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> Nobody wanted to take the time to help you or understand you On behalf of several ex-teacher friends, a minor correction -- there are teachers who care, and
by Shish2k 13y ago
> Nobody wanted to take the time to help you or understand you
On behalf of several ex-teacher friends, a minor correction -- there are teachers who care, and go out of their way to help the special cases; but the system treats them just as badly as it treats the special kids themselves, so they tend not to stay in that career for very long.
- chris_mahan 13y agoBut then that's even worse.
- dredmorbius 13y agoNice recent interview on NPR with their sports reporter Mike Pesca and a former teacher of his: "Remembering when a teacher had his back" http://www.npr.org/2013/11/24/246984890/remembering-when-a-teacher-had-his-back http://www.npr.org/2013/11/24/246984890/remembering-when-a-t... "I always thought — I never questioned it — I always thought you had my back," Pesca tells Sheehan. "Back then, I would say that school was enjoyment for you, and maybe not necessarily the classes," Sheehan recalls, laughing. "For a lot of teachers you were problematic, so part of my job was really to keep you from being thrown out of that school. That passion is kind of what drove you in school." It was the same passion that drove Pesca to push the boundaries, he says. Sheehan remembers a problem-solving program in nearby Katonah, in which gifted students were given a problem to solve and then present in a skit. Pesca's skit: "The Top 10 Things We Hate About Katonah" — a sort of David Letterman-esque spoof. "The guy running that program practically wanted to have you arrested," Sheehan says. "That night, I did have your back."