For a single parent, it is a tough decision to return to school while providing for your family. This program offers a chance to do both. Yes, some that go through Teach For Georgia will not stay once they find out what they are getting into. But some of us who already know what to expect, and those who find the true joy of teaching, will stay. I think the highlight of this program is that you are not getting new teachers who find the compensation to be a problem.
Many new teachers are starting off in life and are chasing money, so they leave.
Now you may have new teachers chasing what they enjoy to do that will stay. Clarence M. Canty of Atlanta is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, a former Merchant Marine ship captain and tour boat captain. He currently teaches technical mathematics at Atlanta Technical College. Get rid of video poker games I think that Gov. Roy Barnes will be doing a good thing to get rid of these illegal poker games. Everywhere you look you see these poker games, in every filling station and convenience store.