Dear Teachers, In this era of Common Core and parents who don’t fucking get it and testing pressure and all the other bullshit that makes your job really frustrating and thankless and oftentimes, nearly impossible, I just wanted to let you know something. We have six kids attending public schools this year. We have a […]
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Education is all about customer service. And the service here kind of sucks.
Eighteen years ago I got a 4th grade teaching position in a fairly wealthy and extremely competitive school district in Fairfield County, CT. I had just moved back to Connecticut from Pennsylvania where I had been teaching for five years. After the principal offered me the job, I was sent to meet with the Assistant Superintendent. […]
Two trains leave the public school system at the same time traveling in different directions…
I recently wrote a post entitled Dear Teachers. It’s gotten a lot of exposure. I guess it struck a chord with a few people. Since writing that, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I want my kids to get out of school. And why they are going to school in the first place. […]
Dear Teachers
Dear Teachers, As we enter another school year, I want to take a minute to write you this note and let you know how much I appreciate what you are about to embark upon with my children. But first, a little story. My favorite, and most influential, teacher of all time was my 5th grade […]
