Comments in the Seattle Times
In the Sunday edition of the Seattle Times there is an article about education funding and how the State House and Senate is going to find ways to comply with the court mandate to fully fund basic education. As of 4:00 on Sunday, there are 145 comments, mostly negative toward teachers. I posted the following comment. I don't know if it will make a difference, but I felt compelled to respond. I have posted the comment below. Long time readers of this blog will know this is not the first time I have written a comment like this. I thank them for their understanding:
I teach mathematics at Ingraham High School in Seattle. I have been reading these comments with a combination of shock and bemusement. Shock that so many people hate teachers (when did we become the bad guys?) and bemusement that, in general, teachers are considered lazy, incompetent, and are living high on the hog with what we are paid and all the time off we get.
I am in my 8th year as a teacher, but I did not start teaching till I was 45. This is my second career. I love what