Comments on: Florida Teacher’s Essay Becomes Rallying Cry for Respect http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/ The National Education Association online news and information resource. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Propaganda « The Weekly Sift http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-2395 Propaganda « The Weekly Sift Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:09 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-2395 [...] the Facebook wall of my sister the teacher, an essay by a Florida teacher explaining how things really are:. I am required to teach Social Studies and Writing without any [...] [...] the Facebook wall of my sister the teacher, an essay by a Florida teacher explaining how things really are:. I am required to teach Social Studies and Writing without any [...]

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]]> By: Pokemon http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-2007 Pokemon Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:00:46 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-2007 Respect is a must for everybody. Respect is a must for everybody.

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]]> By: Jesse Puhr http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1957 Jesse Puhr Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:14:34 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1957 I am a graduate student pursuing an MAT in Exceptional Education, and am in my first internship now in Tampa. I find it heart-breaking to read this essay because I know how common such thoughts are in this profession. Sadly our current governor and indeed society in general does not care enough to make education a priority. Also sad is that while many teachers such as Jamee are putting in overtime and shelling out for materials, there are also many teachers who are coasting along with terrible attitudes and beat the children off of school property after the final bell rings. We all hate the standardized test and the methods with which we are held accountable, but a teacher would need to be blind or criminally naive to think that some form of accountability wasn't needed. Until EVERY teacher is a a quality teacher, though, we run the risk of having the entire profession guilt-by-association, the effects of which will threaten to push out those we need to retain the most. This is only my humble opinion, but mixing a little honesty with our indignation is called for... I am a graduate student pursuing an MAT in Exceptional Education, and am in my first internship now in Tampa. I find it heart-breaking to read this essay because I know how common such thoughts are in this profession. Sadly our current governor and indeed society in general does not care enough to make education a priority. Also sad is that while many teachers such as Jamee are putting in overtime and shelling out for materials, there are also many teachers who are coasting along with terrible attitudes and beat the children off of school property after the final bell rings. We all hate the standardized test and the methods with which we are held accountable, but a teacher would need to be blind or criminally naive to think that some form of accountability wasn’t needed. Until EVERY teacher is a a quality teacher, though, we run the risk of having the entire profession guilt-by-association, the effects of which will threaten to push out those we need to retain the most. This is only my humble opinion, but mixing a little honesty with our indignation is called for…

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]]> By: Shary Thomas http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1932 Shary Thomas Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:16:44 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1932 I am proud to be a teacher and I am proud that you are one too. Your students are blessed! I hope you never leave the teaching profession. It would be a devastating loss! I am proud to be a teacher and I am proud that you are one too. Your students are blessed! I hope you never leave the teaching profession. It would be a devastating loss!

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]]> By: Florida teacher’s essay rallies educators for respect | Fantasy Stories http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1906 Florida teacher’s essay rallies educators for respect | Fantasy Stories Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:25:55 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1906 [...] From the NEA’s site: [...] [...] From the NEA’s site: [...]

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]]> By: Twitted by suzilong6 http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1885 Twitted by suzilong6 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:10:01 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1885 [...] This post was Twitted by suzilong6 [...] [...] This post was Twitted by suzilong6 [...]

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]]> By: Marlene http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1884 Marlene Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:36:49 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1884 Just read Jamee's piece. WOW! Will begin my 43rd year in education in 2 weeks. I continually receive high evaluations, have taught in various schools on both Coasts and in Europe. I have been an administrator and returned to the classroom because I enjoy teaching. However, when experts with no training, experience, or understanding tell us what we should be doing with our 26 or 31 elementary students who come to school hungry, didn't complete any homework because - -(take your pick: family was removed from the apartment and into a shelter, parent was fighting with ..... before the police arrived, gunshots were heard all night from gangs and police action, babysitter/sibling/family member was abusing the child, parents were working so the 9 year old was babysitting the younger siblings,etc.), and have not seen anything farther away than 2 miles from the school, then strong learning is not happening! State/federal legislators AND Bill Gates are smarter, wiser, and better able to tell public teachers what to teach, when to teach it, and how to assess its learning for these students? Never mind that Bill Gates' children attend excellent private schools with classes with fewer than 20 students. Never mind that legislators can't figure out how to run the state or country without taking money from the middle and lower classes and let the wealthy people pay less taxes (see Warren Buffet's comments on federal taxes- he paid less taxes than his secretary - - by percentage!) If you see a good teacher arrive just before the students, he probably arranged for a very early morning dental appointment - it's difficult to visit a dentist after 7PM. If you see a good teacher leave with the students, she is on her way to a training session, probably for the new, required curriculum that will revolutionize student learning and improve all students' test scores (and will be replaced in 1 or 2 years by a better program), all required by legislators. Yes, I've spent thousands of dollars for my students, yearly- not over my career. Yes, all students should receive a strong education! Yes, most teachers are above average! Jamee, I would work with you anytime. Why? Because we care even when others -including legislators and Bill Gates- don't get it!

Just read Jamee’s piece. WOW! Will begin my 43rd year in education in 2 weeks. I continually receive high evaluations, have taught in various schools on both Coasts and in Europe. I have been an administrator and returned to the classroom because I enjoy teaching. However, when experts with no training, experience, or understanding tell us what we should be doing with our 26 or 31 elementary students who come to school hungry, didn’t complete any homework because – -(take your pick: family was removed from the apartment and into a shelter, parent was fighting with ….. before the police arrived, gunshots were heard all night from gangs and police action, babysitter/sibling/family member was abusing the child, parents were working so the 9 year old was babysitting the younger siblings,etc.), and have not seen anything farther away than 2 miles from the school, then strong learning is not happening! State/federal legislators AND Bill Gates are smarter, wiser, and better able to tell public teachers what to teach, when to teach it, and how to assess its learning for these students? Never mind that Bill Gates’ children attend excellent private schools with classes with fewer than 20 students. Never mind that legislators can’t figure out how to run the state or country without taking money from the middle and lower classes and let the wealthy people pay less taxes (see Warren Buffet’s comments on federal taxes- he paid less taxes than his secretary – - by percentage!) If you see a good teacher arrive just before the students, he probably arranged for a very early morning dental appointment – it’s difficult to visit a dentist after 7PM. If you see a good teacher leave with the students, she is on her way to a training session, probably for the new, required curriculum that will revolutionize student learning and improve all students’ test scores (and will be replaced in 1 or 2 years by a better program), all required by legislators. Yes, I’ve spent thousands of dollars for my students, yearly- not over my career. Yes, all students should receive a strong education! Yes, most teachers are above average! Jamee, I would work with you anytime. Why? Because we care even when others -including legislators and Bill Gates- don’t get it!

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]]> By: JIm Tavegia http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1880 JIm Tavegia Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:32:45 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1880 It could not have been said better. Politicians who can't even run the state properly, bankrupt our children, now what to fix education? It is amazing how politicians who never want to be held accountable for their failures think they can throw another mandate down on someone else and make them accountable. The problem si that the general public is never held totally accountable. Public ed is the only institution that is required by law to keep the deadwood. Most all of the under performing students would have been fired from their jobs in the real world, but are forced to remain in school and teachers held totally accountable for the "horse led to water, but would not drink". Poor performing students are never held accountable for their lack of effort and disrespect they show their teachers. It is always blame the teacher. Then the cycle will continue as these failures have children at government/taxpayer expense and send more under performing children to school. There is no solution to fix what is so morally wrong with this country, when most of the people at the top are morally corrupt as well. The bounty that God has given us has been misused and is gone forever. It could not have been said better. Politicians who can’t even run the state properly, bankrupt our children, now what to fix education? It is amazing how politicians who never want to be held accountable for their failures think they can throw another mandate down on someone else and make them accountable. The problem si that the general public is never held totally accountable. Public ed is the only institution that is required by law to keep the deadwood. Most all of the under performing students would have been fired from their jobs in the real world, but are forced to remain in school and teachers held totally accountable for the “horse led to water, but would not drink”. Poor performing students are never held accountable for their lack of effort and disrespect they show their teachers. It is always blame the teacher. Then the cycle will continue as these failures have children at government/taxpayer expense and send more under performing children to school. There is no solution to fix what is so morally wrong with this country, when most of the people at the top are morally corrupt as well. The bounty that God has given us has been misused and is gone forever.

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]]> By: teacher’s essay rallies educators for respect | Education News http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1879 teacher’s essay rallies educators for respect | Education News Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:36:56 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1879 [...] From the NEA’s site: “(Jamee) Miller, a National Education Association and Florida Education Association member who has been teaching for seven years, wrote the essay a year ago largely for herself and then put it away. But when the controversial Senate Bill 6 was recently careening through the GOP-controlled legislature, she dusted it off and posted it on Facebook. Education experts said SB6, which Gov. Charlie Crist ultimately vetoed last week to support teachers, would have made Florida one of the most teacher-hostile states in the country. Even though it was vetoed, similar anti-teacher efforts are cropping up in other states from like-minded opponents.” [...] [...] From the NEA’s site: “(Jamee) Miller, a National Education Association and Florida Education Association member who has been teaching for seven years, wrote the essay a year ago largely for herself and then put it away. But when the controversial Senate Bill 6 was recently careening through the GOP-controlled legislature, she dusted it off and posted it on Facebook. Education experts said SB6, which Gov. Charlie Crist ultimately vetoed last week to support teachers, would have made Florida one of the most teacher-hostile states in the country. Even though it was vetoed, similar anti-teacher efforts are cropping up in other states from like-minded opponents.” [...]

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]]> By: Ozaifa Simran http://neatoday.org/2010/04/21/florida-teacher-issues-rallying-cry-for-respect-for-educators/comment-page-3/#comment-1801 Ozaifa Simran Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:30:42 +0000 http://neatoday.org/?p=804#comment-1801 I was just googling " I am a teacher, Because.... ". I am going to conduct a teacher training two days after.... so i was thinking to make the teacher express why they have actually become a teacher should be known first in order to start the training.... the first link was this blog .... and now i really need to think new to inspire the teachers more and every teacher possible around. I, Myself is a teacher of middle section.... I found so many similarities in my teaching life.... everyone influences me to join marketing or consultency job.... but i am fighting to stick to teaching. I believe if there is monetary scarcity in teaching then there is many times more satisfaction in being able to teach through which i learn to respect ownself more. Every teacher should read this essay. I was just googling ” I am a teacher, Because…. “. I am going to conduct a teacher training two days after…. so i was thinking to make the teacher express why they have actually become a teacher should be known first in order to start the training…. the first link was this blog …. and now i really need to think new to inspire the teachers more and every teacher possible around. I, Myself is a teacher of middle section…. I found so many similarities in my teaching life…. everyone influences me to join marketing or consultency job…. but i am fighting to stick to teaching. I believe if there is monetary scarcity in teaching then there is many times more satisfaction in being able to teach through which i learn to respect ownself more. Every teacher should read this essay.

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