|
kd, I think you must be my soul sister or something...
I completely agree.
Oh, and why do I agree? Because I am a first year teacher seeing how sad the schools are and how stupid many long-time teachers really are.
I am in Rhode Island now. However, I went to school in Texas (and had always planned to work in TX...I am only up here 'cause my husband is a grad student at Brown...then we are returning!) and although the schools could use improvement there, I would say that they are like heaven compared to the corrupt disaster that RI schools are. The difference in my opinion: TX does not have teacher unions. They do not have tenure. If you suck, you get fired (most of the time). People here in RI are too comfortable and feel that nobody can touch them once they get a job. I say shake 'em up a little. Hold them accountable with competency testing. That'll weed them out just like you said!
|