Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for September 13, 2012
September 12, 2012
September 14, 2012
Transcript:
As a teacher, I'm also required to be nurse, counselor, fight referee, babysitter, etiquette enforcer and behavioral therapist. After all that, I spend what's left of the school day teaching math, science, English and history. That's a lot to squeeze into five minutes.
fiddler17 about 12 years ago
He must not be a very good teacher.
ottod Premium Member about 12 years ago
mysticturner about 12 years ago
They have five minutes left to teach?
It must be an exemplary school. Most schools don’t even teach that much. One of my friends who is a teacher has even had parents brought thier attorney to the parent-teacher conference.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 12 years ago
Or more.
K M about 12 years ago
Elementary school teacher, then?
perceptor3 about 12 years ago
WTF?
As a former teacher, we can agree on the “alleged parents” bit. Parents were the biggest reason I got out of teaching a decade ago.
As for the rest… the “far right” (and please define that term—does it mean everyone who did not vote Democrat in the last or previous elections?) I doubt had little effect on our kids. Granted, a lot of recent right-wing ideas haven’t been beneficial… Because they were pre-sabotaged by left-wing ideology from the get-go.
Another good reason to get out of teaching…