Teachers are always getting the blame for students poor performance. How about the parents who never seems to take any responsibility ? Again, everyone must play a vital part in a child’s education. I look at it as pieces of a puzzle that must work hand in hand if any true success is to realized. Students themselves need to step up to the plate and share some of this accountability. I am in full agreement that teachers, administration, parents, and students are of utmost importance with their individual contributions to ensure that our children achieve complete success. It seems that there is never any mention of parents contribution. Remember, students are in school for approximately 6 to 6 ½ hours a day out of twenty four hours. In whose company are they in most of the day? Of course, the parent and not the teacher. Teachers can only do so much. Already, we are the teacher, counselor, nurse, and surrogate parent, just to mentioned a few of the roles we play in addition to providing them with their needed supplies such as pencils, paper, and anything else that they may need. What else more can we do?
Yes, I realize there are some incompetent teachers in the field. But in my thirteen years in this field, I can honestly say that the largest majority of teachers are excellent ones who daily go over and beyond what is necessary to accommodate students. Daily, we put up with verbal abuse, profane language, disrespect, and no common courtesy or manners from these students. Who is setting the role model at home for these youngsters? Where does the blame really lie? And the sad part about the entire situation is that for those in the classroom that really want to learn or those needing additional assistance from the teacher sometimes cannot receive this guidance due to huge amounts of behavioral problems in the classroom which has become a daily occurrence. Yes, as a teacher, I will speak for the vast majority of us. We need help, and first of all that help must come from home to educate students on proper manners and etiquette, something that many of them do not have or even care about. Once this occurs, support to improve the school system financially, socially, and politically will likewise improve. Only then will we see true improvement in our children and our nation’s future for the next generation.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
superman
Unlike many people in America right now, I am not waiting for Superman. First of all, Superman does not exist and was really just a television series back in the 1950's. So if you are one of the people sitting around waiting for Superman, I’m afraid you don’t have much chance of him ever showing up. Instead,it may be feasible and go out and do something to save our education system. Clark Kent was the mild-mannered alter-ego of the all-powerful Superman. He lived in the shadow of his red-caped friend but never seemed to let it affect him. And while Superman flew around town saving the world from all the evil people, Clark Kent worked tirelessly at his job as a news reporter living a mediocre existence. Superman received all the fame and presige while Clark went about his job non assuming and just doing his job while superman received all of the accolades. He is the one who is featured in video clips, who made the front page of the Daily Planet, and who everyone looked up to.
Clark Kent, on the other hand, goes about his business consistently churning out one solid news report after another, not because he needs to, not because it brings him untold wealth or fame, but because he loves his work just as a teacher loves his or her work. Sure, the only real reward that many teachers ever receive is one of those peck-on-the-cheek kisses from Lois Lane that really perked Clark up. In fact, it seems that he liked it this way. Recognition isn’t what Clark aims for; doing his job and doing his job well is what matters. Even while the man with the famous “S” on his chest appeared on the front page of the very paper Clark writes for, Clark is working on the bylines for the next issue; it’s as if he is perpetually working. Mr. Kent knows that he will never be featured in a documentary or be the focus of an entire nation. He knows that not everyone will appreciate what he does–people might even write letters to the editor talking about how much they despise what he is doing and that he is the reason that America’s newspapers are failing. Clark knows that he will always walk a fine line between making the public happy and doing his job professionally, but he always sticks to his guns and does what he knows is right for his readers no matter who might tell him he is doing it the wrong way. And Clark Kent knows that he is making a difference just as teachers know they are changing the world and educating our generation.
The irony, of course, is that Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same. Yet, even though the Man of Steel’s secret identity is thinly veiled by only a pair of glasses, nobody seemed to notice. They just went on praising Superman and taking all of Clark’s hard work for granted. So why, you may ask, didn't Clark just quit his job as a newspaper reporter and move onto the bigger and better things that he surely is capable of (I mean, he is Superman and all)? Because the world then and even now needs news reporters like teachers. Teachers like superman are good at their jobs because they care about their job. They put passion into their job, and not satisfied until the job is done correctly. This means staying up late, waking up early, grading papers late at night. And they do all of this without using any magical powers.
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Clark Kent, on the other hand, goes about his business consistently churning out one solid news report after another, not because he needs to, not because it brings him untold wealth or fame, but because he loves his work just as a teacher loves his or her work. Sure, the only real reward that many teachers ever receive is one of those peck-on-the-cheek kisses from Lois Lane that really perked Clark up. In fact, it seems that he liked it this way. Recognition isn’t what Clark aims for; doing his job and doing his job well is what matters. Even while the man with the famous “S” on his chest appeared on the front page of the very paper Clark writes for, Clark is working on the bylines for the next issue; it’s as if he is perpetually working. Mr. Kent knows that he will never be featured in a documentary or be the focus of an entire nation. He knows that not everyone will appreciate what he does–people might even write letters to the editor talking about how much they despise what he is doing and that he is the reason that America’s newspapers are failing. Clark knows that he will always walk a fine line between making the public happy and doing his job professionally, but he always sticks to his guns and does what he knows is right for his readers no matter who might tell him he is doing it the wrong way. And Clark Kent knows that he is making a difference just as teachers know they are changing the world and educating our generation.
The irony, of course, is that Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same. Yet, even though the Man of Steel’s secret identity is thinly veiled by only a pair of glasses, nobody seemed to notice. They just went on praising Superman and taking all of Clark’s hard work for granted. So why, you may ask, didn't Clark just quit his job as a newspaper reporter and move onto the bigger and better things that he surely is capable of (I mean, he is Superman and all)? Because the world then and even now needs news reporters like teachers. Teachers like superman are good at their jobs because they care about their job. They put passion into their job, and not satisfied until the job is done correctly. This means staying up late, waking up early, grading papers late at night. And they do all of this without using any magical powers.
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