This post is for the teachers of the world.
This time of the year is the time that many schools close for the summer.
Many think that the summer is a vacation for teachers. For many this is not the truth. Today teachers send the summer taking classes, continuing teaching in summer school or other jobs.
The thought that they are getting paid a huge salary for only having to work for 10 months is also not true. When one considers the cost of the education they are required to have to teach, the time that they spend each day they are teaching, living expenses, and the out of pocket expenses they provide for their classroom, many are struggling to make ends meet.
In the classroom they often have to be a councilor, nurse, nurturer, as well as teacher. All of this while being told by the administration on what and how they should teach.
I have a lot of respect for teachers. But often students and their parents do not. When Johnny or Jane are learning because they aren’t listening, being disruptive or even not attending the class, often the blame is put on the teacher, and not the student. Or the parent who allows their job to do what they wish without discipline or respect.
In my view the Education System is broken. And it won’t be fixed until we give our teachers the respect that they deserve. And the we I am talking about is all of us. From the highest administrator to the student, parent and the public.