Teachers and Magic
There's an interesting website (and now a book) called Post Secret. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Are they all for real? I don't know but many of them seem quite heartfelt and it certainly makes you feel like you aren't alone in the world. They put up a new set every Sunday.
The reason I bring it up is in this week's batch is one with a photo of an empty classroom. The words stuck over it say, "Every day I am asked to be a magician in a world where magic does not exist." Someone wrote in agreeing that much is asked of teachers and yet many or most go back because they believe it is possible.
Do we ask too much of teachers as either individual parents or a society? Is it reasonable to ask anything of them due to principal direction contraints? What is asking too much of a teacher? Teachers, weigh in.
The reason I bring it up is in this week's batch is one with a photo of an empty classroom. The words stuck over it say, "Every day I am asked to be a magician in a world where magic does not exist." Someone wrote in agreeing that much is asked of teachers and yet many or most go back because they believe it is possible.
Do we ask too much of teachers as either individual parents or a society? Is it reasonable to ask anything of them due to principal direction contraints? What is asking too much of a teacher? Teachers, weigh in.
Comments
Teaching is hard. damn hard. You need patience, empathy, a backbone, sense of humor, stellar organization skills, the ability to perform, think fast on your feet, and yes, you do need those eyes in the back of your head.
Are there any other professional class jobs where one has so little autonomy? When do elementary teachers even get a chance to use the bathroom? OK, so neurosurgeons can't just leave the OR when they want, but their payscale ain't in the same ballpark.
on the other hand:
parents ought to be able to ask for more sometimes, but it is really hard to ask in a helpful and diplomatic manner. How to solve this? How to teach parents, teachers and administrators to work as a team realistically, cooperatively and constructively? I've seen it happen and I've seen it not happen. I'd like to think we could all improve.
However, the bitter (ask me about my son's kindergarten experience) parent in me comes back to this article:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/ALESSI1.html
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