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[Fwd: FW: A TEACHER IN THE 21ST CENTURY]

From: SANDRA ROWLAND (serowland)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 18:58:51 PDT

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    The gifted teacher at the middle school sent me this. Quite true!

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-tes_everyone_home.al.us
    [owner-tes_everyone_home.al.us] On Behalf Of judy
    matthews
    Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 12:08 PM
    To: tes_everyone
    Subject: FW: A TEACHER IN THE 21ST CENTURY

    -----Original Message-----
    From: S. H. [skmh]
    Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 3:30 PM
    To: cironeC.us; Mooney2; megondeb_99;
    klmn1; mrscrowe; pselba6
    Subject: A TEACHER IN THE 21ST CENTURY

     "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room
    with all those kids and fill their every waking moment with a love for
    learning.

    "Not only that, I'm to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity,
    behaviorally modify disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse
    and T-shirt messages.

    "I am to fight the war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check
    their backpacks for guns and raise their self-esteem. I'm to teach them
    patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, how and where
    to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook and how to apply for a
    job.

    "I am to check their heads occasionally for lice, maintain a safe
    environment, recognize signs of potential anti-social behavior, offer
    advice, write letters of recommendation for student employment and
    scholarships, encourage respect for the cultural diversity of others,
    and, oh yeah, always make sure that I give the girls in my class 50
    percent of my attention.

    "I'm required by my contract to be working on my own time summer and
    evenings at my own expense toward advance certification and a master's
    degree; and after school, I am to attend committee and faculty meetings
    and participate in staff development training to maintain my employment
    status.

    "I am to be a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very
    presence will awe my students into being obedient and respectful of
    authority.

    "I am to pledge allegiance to supporting family values, a return to the
    basics, and to my current administration. I am to incorporate technology
    into the learning, and monitor all Web sites while providing a personal
    relationship with each student.

    "I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to
    commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused, and I can be
    sent to jail for not mentioning these suspicions.

    "I am to make sure all students pass the state and federally mandated
    testing and all classes, whether or not they attend school on a regular
    basis or complete any of the work assigned. Plus, I am expected to make
    sure that all of the students with handicaps are guaranteed a free and
    equal education, regardless of their mental or physical handicap.

    "I am to communicate frequently with each student's parent by letter,
    phone, newsletter and grade card. I'm to do all of this with just a
    piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a 45 minute
    more-or-less plan time and a big smile, all on a starting salary that
    qualifies my family for food stamps in many states. Is that all?"

     "And you want me to do all of this and expect me not to pray?" 


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