Oh, but for a winning lottery ticket. And having it be true. So I've learned during the past week or so. You would have thought I had given educators slumber-party privileges in the Lincoln Bedroom. Let's just say, were I to effect a coup today, my assassins first would have to get through 2.5 million teachers whose loyalty makes Lassie look like Benedict Arnold.
Most letter writers place the blame for today's disorderly students squarely on parents' shoulders.
Then the child ran away. So naturally they took him to Houston for a sports event. Then there's the Illinois teacher who complained to parents when their daughter called her an obscenity. Understandably, children who've never heard the word before react violently. Most point out that though many children and parents are wonderful, the growing number who aren't make teaching impossible.