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If You Can Read This — Thank A Teacher As we come to the close of another school year, we say thank you to our teachers who prepare others for a bright tomorrow. After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: “Let me see if I’ve got this right… |
Angela
Rose-O'Brien
Publisher
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You want me to go into that room with all those kids and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning.” And I’m supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits. You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction,
and raise their self-esteem.
You want me to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, offer advice, write letters of recommendation for student employment and
scholarships, encourage respect for their elders and future employers. And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card.
All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, and a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!
You want me to do all of this… And you expect me NOT TO PRAY? — Teacher Unknown
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