I know one who works in warehouse in summer. Actually she liked it so much (and they liked her) that after her first summer she stayed part-time for school-year, too.
@Arbitrary, no, it wouldn’t. We would all stay home and have dinner around the table and, dare I say it, family time where the parents talked to their kids and each other. No one who punches numbers into a cash register to place a meal order and still screws it up is worth 15 bucks and hour. If it gets to that point, the jobs will be gone and the fast food workers will be out on their butts.
Miss Christopher probably has a PhD in Medieval English Literature or some closely-related degree. Aside from teaching, what kinds of jobs does that qualify one for?
I grew up in the home of a teacher, had grandparents that taught, married a teacher who also came from a long line of teachers (I’m the black sheep engineer) so I have nothing but the deepest respect for the teaching profession and the professionals involved in that work.
Unfortunately, there exist plenty of teachers who are not professionals and demonstrate this in their work and their attitude. They sully the public impression of teachers who then all get lumped into one nasty bunch. Who hasn’t heard of the teachers in Atlanta who were cheating the tests or of the teachers who were passing kids on who couldn’t read.
The public doesn’t trust teachers to do a good job which is why we have all these tests and metrics. The cycle can be broken but it will require teachers to police themselves. Public confidence will return when the teacher’s unions start helping the school board dismiss the lazy, stupid, and incompetent teachers rather then standing in the way of tossing out the trash.
It has become so bad in the education field that my wife (A science teacher of more then 2 decades) warned our youngest against going into the teaching profession because there doesn’t appear to be any future in it. And she loves teaching.
I don’t think anyone is going into teaching for the summer off. If they aren’t going into it because they really want to educate kids then they are going to be miserable all throughout their career.
But we parents bare some of that responsibility too. We have to teach our children to respect teachers and the education we are receiving. Too many kids come to school with an entitlement attitude and then sic their parents on their teacher when they don’t get the grade they think they so richly deserve.Too many parents are content to let someone else be a school board member or spend time at the PTA meeting. We owe teachers support as well.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Oh, the teachers are serious? When my father was a high school teacher, he told he at one point worked in a grocery store during the summer.
paha_siga over 9 years ago
I know one who works in warehouse in summer. Actually she liked it so much (and they liked her) that after her first summer she stayed part-time for school-year, too.
Johnnie Polo Premium Member over 9 years ago
Burger flippers think they’re going to get 15 bucks an hour. Not bad coin for non-skilled laborers.
tedunn5453 over 9 years ago
@Arbitrary, no, it wouldn’t. We would all stay home and have dinner around the table and, dare I say it, family time where the parents talked to their kids and each other. No one who punches numbers into a cash register to place a meal order and still screws it up is worth 15 bucks and hour. If it gets to that point, the jobs will be gone and the fast food workers will be out on their butts.
RickMK over 9 years ago
Too much money is wasted on flashy gizmos and gadgets.
Money that should be used to pay teachers is wasted on test publishing companies, computer manufacturers, and software companies.
If they stopped throwing money away on high-tech gadgets and fads, there would be more than enough for teachers to get good salaries.
Honest Tom over 9 years ago
Great pay for 170 days per year job!
TOMOTH over 9 years ago
Interesting…
Check out today’s Brewster Rockit.
dflak over 9 years ago
Miss Christopher probably has a PhD in Medieval English Literature or some closely-related degree. Aside from teaching, what kinds of jobs does that qualify one for?
Mephistopheles over 9 years ago
I grew up in the home of a teacher, had grandparents that taught, married a teacher who also came from a long line of teachers (I’m the black sheep engineer) so I have nothing but the deepest respect for the teaching profession and the professionals involved in that work.
Unfortunately, there exist plenty of teachers who are not professionals and demonstrate this in their work and their attitude. They sully the public impression of teachers who then all get lumped into one nasty bunch. Who hasn’t heard of the teachers in Atlanta who were cheating the tests or of the teachers who were passing kids on who couldn’t read.
The public doesn’t trust teachers to do a good job which is why we have all these tests and metrics. The cycle can be broken but it will require teachers to police themselves. Public confidence will return when the teacher’s unions start helping the school board dismiss the lazy, stupid, and incompetent teachers rather then standing in the way of tossing out the trash.
It has become so bad in the education field that my wife (A science teacher of more then 2 decades) warned our youngest against going into the teaching profession because there doesn’t appear to be any future in it. And she loves teaching.
I don’t think anyone is going into teaching for the summer off. If they aren’t going into it because they really want to educate kids then they are going to be miserable all throughout their career.
But we parents bare some of that responsibility too. We have to teach our children to respect teachers and the education we are receiving. Too many kids come to school with an entitlement attitude and then sic their parents on their teacher when they don’t get the grade they think they so richly deserve.Too many parents are content to let someone else be a school board member or spend time at the PTA meeting. We owe teachers support as well.