tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post4157771069416147655..comments2024-02-06T16:00:09.709-05:00Comments on Under Assault: teaching in NYC: Clearing out some filesUAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18260404972111353175noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-50793080307926368252011-09-01T14:43:15.409-04:002011-09-01T14:43:15.409-04:00I salute you, my fellow teacher, for your sincerit...I salute you, my fellow teacher, for your sincerity and your labor. And for drawing attention to some of the real problems faced by teachers and those of their students who are sincere. Unfortunately, all of these qualities (sincerity, labor and drawing attention to the real problems) are handicaps when faced with a system that has been, in some respects, a sham, and is now headed towards being an outright criminal swindle -- no different from the wars in which sincere soldiers fight and perish in utter futility.Arjun Janahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949984941582392261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-79970517923670963062011-04-30T15:06:08.273-04:002011-04-30T15:06:08.273-04:00It's good having you blog again. I did miss y...It's good having you blog again. I did miss your insight into the education nightmare all the teachers are going through, except TFA teachers. They can't wait to work 15 hours a day, and give up their rights, including LIFO. Anyway, I hope you continue to blog. Teachers have to continue to fight, fight, fight as much as they can. We cannot let the mayor, the chancellor, and all the ed deformers annihilate the public school system. I hope that other music teachers take up the call of asking for class reduction to the same class size as the other subject teachers. It's only right.zulmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-87246826563825848242011-04-26T13:23:11.308-04:002011-04-26T13:23:11.308-04:00I'd just like to add that my classroom is stil...I'd just like to add that my classroom is still not a data production laboratory....I still am attempting to educate, nurture and encourage my students who are forced to take tests that are both invalid and inappropriate for them, given their learning issues. I will be very happy to chat with you again, especially once we "break on through to the other side" (of retirement, of course!)Ms. Tsourishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978868613223436958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-15029291081667126222011-04-26T12:33:54.020-04:002011-04-26T12:33:54.020-04:00Hi, Ms Ts: I definitely would have left earlier if...Hi, Ms Ts: I definitely would have left earlier if my job were as pointlessly computerized the way it's going these days. Educators are not office workers or data entry staff. There are subtleties to children that cannot and should never have to be inventorized, categorized and force-labeled. Business paradigms slapped onto our professional tasks are totally misguided and deadly.<br />Hope to chat with you again on the other side (of retirement, that is) !Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-15704110997422642712011-04-26T11:15:33.598-04:002011-04-26T11:15:33.598-04:00Congratulations, UA!! I am just retiring, wishing ...Congratulations, UA!! I am just retiring, wishing I can take terminal leave but not enough days "saved" in my bank. Back at the ranch, as a special educator for over 33 years, we are newly burdened with a computerized IEP system (doubtless another no bid contract with benefits for friends) which now forces us to work hours at home. School computers are broken and inefficient, leaving us no choice. I'm so happy to be leaving this system, but unhappy about the state of education. I hope that arts education does not suffer any more than it already has. Welcome back to the blogosphere! I plan to do more singing and less paperwork in the very near future....Ms. Tsourishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978868613223436958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-15614197063606808512011-04-25T09:30:48.975-04:002011-04-25T09:30:48.975-04:00It is a terrible time to be a teacher. I want to t...It is a terrible time to be a teacher. I want to throw in the towel too. I am looking for a way out after almost 20 years. Many are coming to hate what the billionaires the the president and mayoral control are doing to a free and once democratic public school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com