Walk the tightrope of watching what you say or potentially infer while teaching.
No breakfast/lunches for students whose parents can’t afford them, the stigma and hunger affecting children’s ability to concentrate. Yet these same politicians who withhold funding for food have no problem voting for billions for bombs. And they have THEIR lunches provided.
Do the incredibly difficult and undervalued job of teaching on top of this nonsense.
Seems like another way of harassing teachers and exerting control by a few politically motivated culture warriors and throwing sand in the gears of public education. Then proclaiming the system is broken and further cut funding. While their children attend segregation academies.
Thank you for an excellent article, much to think about. Let’s spend a billion to pay teachers better salaries, and another two or five for public education. A better educated populace makes for a better country.
“Seems like another way of harassing teachers and exerting control by a few politically motivated culture warriors and throwing sand in the gears of public education. Then proclaiming the system is broken and further cut funding. While their children attend segregation academies.”— you have it in a nutshell, right there.
What a great post, Victoria! What you are describing about displaying the Ten Commandments seems indeed realistic. If l were required to teach the Bible, l would teach it like any piece of literature and pick out the stories l think the students would find most entertaining - l don't think Oklahoma folks really want their students going over some of those stories included in the Old Testament, lol! (Maybe they haven't actually read it.) But seriously, can you imagine the mayhem that this could create, which would no doubt end up with teachers bearing the brunt of the fall out. What a mess!
Carry a gun to class to defend your students.
Teach the Bible. Who’s slant?!
Ban library books, teachers left to explain.
Walk the tightrope of watching what you say or potentially infer while teaching.
No breakfast/lunches for students whose parents can’t afford them, the stigma and hunger affecting children’s ability to concentrate. Yet these same politicians who withhold funding for food have no problem voting for billions for bombs. And they have THEIR lunches provided.
Do the incredibly difficult and undervalued job of teaching on top of this nonsense.
Seems like another way of harassing teachers and exerting control by a few politically motivated culture warriors and throwing sand in the gears of public education. Then proclaiming the system is broken and further cut funding. While their children attend segregation academies.
Thank you for an excellent article, much to think about. Let’s spend a billion to pay teachers better salaries, and another two or five for public education. A better educated populace makes for a better country.
“Seems like another way of harassing teachers and exerting control by a few politically motivated culture warriors and throwing sand in the gears of public education. Then proclaiming the system is broken and further cut funding. While their children attend segregation academies.”— you have it in a nutshell, right there.
I love this! “A fattened calf could be slaughtered at a school assembly as penance. The corpse could then be used in an anatomy class”
What a great post, Victoria! What you are describing about displaying the Ten Commandments seems indeed realistic. If l were required to teach the Bible, l would teach it like any piece of literature and pick out the stories l think the students would find most entertaining - l don't think Oklahoma folks really want their students going over some of those stories included in the Old Testament, lol! (Maybe they haven't actually read it.) But seriously, can you imagine the mayhem that this could create, which would no doubt end up with teachers bearing the brunt of the fall out. What a mess!
Yeah—Lot and his daughters. Yikes. And there are so many yikes in the Old Testament. It will be more ‘teacher blame game.’