tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2098878269413818423..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: USED: How Teachers Can Be HeardPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62536191617518983672016-09-19T11:11:28.758-04:002016-09-19T11:11:28.758-04:00Bureaucrat or teacher you're talking people. ...Bureaucrat or teacher you're talking people. My point is that these "people" have experience and point of view that should be heard not herded. <br /><br />A goal should be a power structure that remains open to diverse views in creation and implementation of policy. There's both a legislative or policy making branch and an executive branch. But, in practice Bureaucrats in carrying out policy make policy by their decisions as to whether to implement policy with Brown v. Board of Education speed. They are the fourth branch of government you don't usually get taught about in school.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231961860079645312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-5938104579408121372016-09-17T13:29:55.635-04:002016-09-17T13:29:55.635-04:00Basic problem is that typically teachers come to t...Basic problem is that typically teachers come to the job and stick with it because they care passionately about supporting kids every day. They do not spend their days bullshitting with other adults and lauding their own good qualities. They are the "magic behind the scenes" folk who don't want the spotlight (because if they did they'd be crap teachers--kids are center stage for every good teacher). They are the opposite personality type in general of the person drawn to politics. <br /><br />We certainly have a lot of furious teachers who've had it with the ridiculous situation in which we are expected to perform underfunded, understaffed, society-transforming miracles on a consistent basis. But would teachers get enough of that "working joy" that keeps you going with your students out of political careers???? <br /><br />Flipping it: What kind of teachers would most politicians make? SNL is the only place I can imagine that landscape....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053986927823505862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-73316503377367567282016-09-17T11:26:36.617-04:002016-09-17T11:26:36.617-04:00Teachers are not going to be heard until they &quo...Teachers are not going to be heard until they "break something". There are thousands of teachers who are not afraid to speak out and raise hell (like me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-63697019992608636192016-09-17T08:04:09.137-04:002016-09-17T08:04:09.137-04:00If teachers want to be heard, then more of them ne...If teachers want to be heard, then more of them need to be involved in politics, including running for office. Nothing gets you heard more than running for office, including local offices. You will be invited to speak to many, many civic groups. You will be interviewed by the local press, and so on. Also, if elected, then a lot of people will hear you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228908566250306699noreply@blogger.com