I’m kind of an emo kid. I have the short messy hair, the thick plastic rimmed glasses, the weird colored sneakers, the stretched ear piercings, the buttons, the messenger bag, and the vintage jacket. I’m more into indie music than emo, now, but I never cried at Dashboard Confessional or anything like that. I’m not depressed and I don’t complain about my life. And I was never a goth.
If my parents could see me now, they’d say, “Emo, how did you escape from the attic?”–Emo Phillips
I used to love the first snowfall of winter. I’d run to our front door and pound on it and I’d say, “You can let me in now!”–Emo Phillips
I could suggest, oh, probably upwards of a thousand peer reviewed journal articles which elaborate in great detail and with both qualitative and quanitative data/methodology just what makes a good teacher.
In case you’re curious, not one mentions mocking your students.
Asshole
You stupid piece of infectous human waste.
Your are a teacher.
You are responsible for the emotional and intellectual development of the students under your care.
Not only are you failing them, you are intending to cause them emotional injury
You, sir, are an asshole.
Worse, you have failed in your duty as a teacher, you have failed in your fucking sacred covenant as an educator, you have failed as a compassionate role model, you have failed as a friend, you have failed as a mentor.
Fucking asshole.
Finn, I suspect you may be taking this a little more seriously than is strictly reqoired. Oh, and as a teacher, I can pretty much guarantee that there’s nothing “sacred” about our “covenant”. Cheers for the deification, though.
I humbly disagree.
Well, strictly speaking, I probably did get a bit carried away… After reading that OP I saw red.
And as one teacher to another, I suggest that you’re not giving our calling enough credit.
Each to their own, as ever. I get a bit ticked off when people portray teaching as a vocation rather than a job; firstly because it strikes me as horribly pretentious. Mostly though, it gives the authorities something to beat us with. The same trick was used to keep nurse’s pay low for years in the UK, all the time portraying them as saints and angels, more concerned with the welfare of others than with themselves.
I’m curious about this, why do you view it as pretentious?
And for that matter, why does there have to be a dichotomy?
Can’t it be a job as well as a vocation?
Stateside, we have NCLB.
I do think that nurses and doctors also fulfill a vital and noble purpose, that anybody who dedicates themself to healing is indeed following a calling.
I also think that exploiting and abusing that dedication is absolutely revolting.
Nurses may be saints, that doesn’t mean they should be paid peanuts.