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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'
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.
ou 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