tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5366096971810286566..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Why Are Teachers So Stressed?Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1480604549516365702016-10-12T18:06:04.093-04:002016-10-12T18:06:04.093-04:00I've read & re-read this particular column...I've read & re-read this particular column several times and have tried to relate it to my 33+years of stamping out ignorance. <br /><br />1st: This post could have been 3 or 4 shorter posts, each with a powerful point. I will comment on the largest source of stress for me when I was a young teacher: the pay. <br /><br />After my first year, I had to leave a great principle and a close family-like faculty whom I immediately felt welcomed because there was more month than pay check (Allendale-Fairfax HS '83-'84) to teach at Cardinal Newman HS in Columbia SC, which meant an instant +$3K in pay PLUS I could play music gigs...I could not support a young family of an infant, wife & me on a teacher's pay, literally we were eligible for food stamps. THAT was the big source of stress. Apparently, in many states, that is again the situation for young teachers. <br /><br />fizzicks numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913370100937432939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55664747358687992762016-10-10T21:39:53.869-04:002016-10-10T21:39:53.869-04:00Yes. Yes. Yes.
I've worked in Florida's sc...Yes. Yes. Yes.<br />I've worked in Florida's school system for 37 years. I have two black eyes from the punches and am retiring early because I can't stad by and watch this. After retiring I plan to be politically active and advocate for our public schools. I have achieved a high level of competence over the years and have no where to share what I have learned from those master teachers who came before me. Our children are suffering and this "reforming" is punishment. Please stop the madnessartnewbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976136849984119517noreply@blogger.com