Yup. My mother entered school teaching after decades in the private sector. She had held several secretarial positions for CEOS, vice presidents, and other exec

Yup. My mother entered school teaching after decades in the private sector. She had held several secretarial positions for CEOS, vice presidents, and other executives at large pharma, travel, etc companies. In other words, she understood corporate america. She entered teaching because that was her dream job, but one she was unable to enter as an immigrant to this country. She loved the idea of teaching and she had done a pretty good job on my brother and I. She wanted to be able to be home with us during the summer. It took her a few years after getting her credential to see the dysfunction in the system. Old teachers were unable to cope with the young children who need young, able bodied teachers able to deal with their very normal behaviors. Principals would get upset that my mother would allow the kids to go outside, even when recess wasn't scheduled. She had the highest marks in the school when it came to testing, but was denied tenure, because her methods of getting the job done were at odds with her principal. There was a large parental showing at the board meeting, and she ended up being put on administrative leave. Some of her students -- who no longer had to take ritalin to deal with his 'excessive' movement while she was their teacher -- ended up back on the drug. This was all in a lower-income district with a history of terrible results. From that point on, my entire family has shunned public schools. My brother and I were sent to private schools, and my mother always votes against every issue the teachers union supports. They enable the behavior. They encourage, ineffective, anti-competitive practices which harm students, and enable lazy teachers.