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In reply to the discussion: Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’ [View all]Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)2. This is sadly so true
I thank you for posting this; I like the Washington Post "Answer Sheet" blog.
I sometimes feel like I am the only one who feels the way the writer does, I'm am glad (and depressed, really) to find others see it the same way.
I am near the end of a teaching career, and sadly, I am glad I am at the end and not the beginning. Some really bad things have happened and are yet in the pipeling TO happen.
I find this quote both chilling and accurate:
"The repercussions of these ill-conceived policies will be telling and shall resound to the detriment of education for years to come."
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Now that is a very good option... "good teachers to start their own schools"
Sekhmets Daughter
Apr 2013
#19
Great idea. Teachers should start cooperative schools just as workers have taken over factories.
AdHocSolver
Apr 2013
#24
The ill-conceived education policies are exactly what our power elite want.
AdHocSolver
Apr 2013
#23
The computer can be programmed to look for special phrases and "buzz" words.
AdHocSolver
Apr 2013
#22
We keep doing this, and keep complaining about the intellectual stagnation of our kids
Scootaloo
Apr 2013
#9
Sounds like a useless, mind-numbing, creativity-destroying, drudge work assignment.
AdHocSolver
Apr 2013
#29