10-02-2006, 11:34 PM
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Rutgers University
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 1,310
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Here is a good response as to what is happening to our society...this was written by a teacher. Here are more letters:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15109669/
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No, I certainly don't feel safe at school. I'm a teacher, and it is becoming increasingly more difficult to walk into the classroom and function in a normal manner. Teachers fear reprimanding their students — wondering if this one might come back with a gun because we told him to sit down and be quiet, or to stop yelling in the halls! As a result, the classroom environment is more chaotic, the kids are virtually in control, and school is simply an unpleasant place to be for both teachers and students. I love my job. I love the kids I teach. But daily I ask myself if the $980 I get every two weeks (after five years of teaching and 15 credits towards a master's degree) is worth it. Folks wonder why the school system seems to be going in the toilet. They should instead ask themselves why, given the level of danger, the lack of appreciation and respect, not to mention the paltry income, any intelligent person would, in today's world, chose to teach?
— Rebecca Hanson, Milwaukee, Wis.
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