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I wish this were required reading for every school board member, as well as everyone in any level of government. I can remember when I was in elementary school, we could ask our teacher a random question, and even if it wasn’t part of the curriculum, he/she could spend several days exploring that topic with us – teachers now do not have that luxury. Most are being forced to teach whatever their state’s big test is. As parents, we need to get angry about this – my child is NOT just a result on some test – is yours? Each and every one of them is talented in their own way, no matter what some test says.

To the teachers out there who are fighting this, and doing your best even though you are told you are failing….to those willing to let our children explore, even if it’s not on “the test” – my very sincere and heartfelt thanks go out to you. My children have been lucky to have some excellent teachers, and very few who we were dissatisfied with. You have this mom’s total support!

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OMG, as I read this story I was reliving my 26 years as a teacher. I retired nearly 3 years ago, left public school teaching 9 years ago. I was so fed up with administrators acting as though they knew what was happening in the classroom and telling me I was not an effective teacher. Geez, then tell me why may of my special education students had great jobs, went to college, thanked me for being the teacher I was for them for the way I taught them and the goals we set together for them molded them into the student and adult they are now. Funds given but taken away when time came to use them,,not for me, but for my students; spending upwards of $10,000 per year to supply the students of my classes; arrive at the school 1-2 hours prior to the opening and leave 2-3 1/2 hrs after school closed; spent my weekends, holidays, and summers planning, developing, purchasing, and everything in between for lessons for my classroom and students, ALL WITHOUT REIMBURSEMENT.

So much disrespect for teachers because we only work September to mid June and we get paid so much money. How much was I making in the end when I had to purchase all my supplies? How can they expect students in special education to work 2-4 years below their age level and still be expected to score as those working on grade level? How can they justify tearing a child apart emotionally after I have just spent months/years for some working on building their self-esteem so they feel confidence and pride in what they are capable of doing and driven to do better, even if only a bit better?

Our administrators and politicians only care about their pockets and not of the students of our country. They only pretend to care when it’s time for election year. OH AND LET’S LOOK AT NEW GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTI!!! HE’S THE BIGGEST, MOST HORRIBLE BULLY IN THE POLITICAL WORLD AND WHAT’S SCARY IS OTHERS WANT TO FOLLOW HIM AND BEGGING HIM TO BE PRESIDENT. He hates the teachers because NJEA did not back his bid for governor and we’ve been paying for it since.

This written piece from a loving and caring teacher in Florida is so well written and right on the mark. I THANK ALL THE TEACHERS IN OUR COUNTRY FOR YOUR DEDICATED TIME TO OUR CHILDREN. For without you they wouldn’t be anywhere. THERE ARE FAR MORE PHENOMINAL TEACHERS THAN HORRIBLE ONES. PRAISE THE TEACHERS,,,DON’T ABUSE THEM. Please!!!!

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I stand by every word of this essay. I know that if the lawmakers and political agnendas were looked at clearly they would see that they themselves were taught by TEACHERS now look where they sit and the decisions THEY make.WHY? was there education not WELL spent.DO thier children NOT need to learn and thrive. GOD BLESS ALL TEACHERS WHO CARE AND GIVE CHILDREN A REASON TO WANT TO LEARN !!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

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All you people have written that you do all this work and don’t get paid, i know you don’t get paid enough i know you put in unpaid overtime because my children s teachers do….
the problem is that the law-makers don’t give a crap about how many unpaid hours you put in…. they look at schools and all they see is the money that is put into it and not the kids struggling to survive, because their parents don’t have jobs and the only food they eat is the ‘free’ cafeteria lunch offered.
They don’t see the dozens of IEPs that you spend hours doing the paperwork and re-evaluating and conferences with the parents and other teachers and special ed students that are pulled from the class and you have to keep track of 20- 30 students from 7:30 – 3:30 pm, plus longer is there are after school activities.
I was fortunate to finally find a school in 4th grade that gave ME what I needed, after 4 years of slipping through the cracks.
I thank God every day to know that MY SON is in a school that cares about their students, and has teachers like Ms. Miller…. she is a wonderful teacher, judging from what she wrote….
and i am lucky to have known many teachers like her in my lifetime….
sincerely, a lucky parent….

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