1. 20:23 29th Jan 2012

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    Op-Ed: An L.A. teacher reviews her review

    latimes:

    Evaluations don’t take into account the real world of today’s Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms.

    A must-read on education:

    On a recent Wednesday, my second-period class was interrupted by a student who overdosed on alcohol and Ecstasy and nearly died. Earlier in the year, one of our students was shot in the face and hospitalized. Last year, a student was shot in the neck and paralyzed for life; one of my students was standing next to him when it happened. The year before that, one of my students was inside her house when her sister, sitting in a car outside, was shot and blinded in one eye in a gang drive-by. The baby she was holding was struck by a bullet and killed.

    There are days, or perhaps just moments, when I feel like giving up. I have had to resign myself to the incomprehensible idea that society has decided to blame many of its failings on teachers. But I know we don’t deserve the rap. I work with an incredibly intelligent, caring, talented group of people. I also work with many brave, sweet, bright, extraordinary teens.

    A reminder to be thankful

    (Source: Los Angeles Times)

     
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      Truly inspiring. Real words from real people.
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      But really… a must-read. Yet another example of my increasing frustration with the education system in this country.
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      Story of a teacher’s life… things you don’t know.
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      Such hard lives :((
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      A reminder to be thankful
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