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> All that said, I grow tired of the arguments and articles > of 'don't speak unless you've walked a thousand miles' > which I felt as I read this article. No
by hackluck 13y ago
> All that said, I grow tired of the arguments and articles
> of 'don't speak unless you've walked a thousand miles'
> which I felt as I read this article. Not all knowledge and
> understanding must derive from doing something to have a
> valid opinion. We need to treat teachers better and find
> better pay structures but I've found no harsher critics of
> teachers and our schools than the teachers I went to
> college with as they filter into the systems and find
> tired and broken systems in which they get no voice until
> they have 'tenure'.
I don't know that this article is so much about "not speaking bad about teachers", but about having compassion for teachers and talking about education with a little more humility for the institution that helped produce you. I would say this article is more of the "teachers don't write articles about how to __________ better, so don't let _______________ers tell teachers how to teach better" variety.
And I totally agree that most young teachers are completely overwhelmed by the ridiculous systems in which they are forced to teach. My only hope is that some of these young, inspiring teachers remain in the profession long enough to change the broken system (which might take a LONG time!). The unions are broken; for the most part, teachers are not.