Teachers Society's Heros

Throughout our history, public education has often been the focus of national discussion. These discussions were primarily centered around a specific topic which addressed a needed reform or a serious failing. Today, teachers and teaching is the target of every pundit, politician and self-proclaimed expert. Never before have so very many people had so many contradictory comments about teaching and teachers. If you follow the noise, you will hear teachers blamed for everything from failing schools to bankrupting state budgets. Listen carefully and you will hear the defenders who claim we are educational martyrs slaving away without proper pay, resources or support to do our jobs as successfully as we can. Leading the pact are the alarmists who point there scolding finger at the fact that thousands of teachers are losing their jobs to budget cuts and that future employment opportunities for education majors is bleak at best.
Yes it's true that schools are suffering financially, but to blame teacher pensions and salaries as the main culprit is ridiculous.
In this time of recession, the poor economy limits tax increases and severely lowers state aid; both vital to the economic well-being of schools. As a result of these financial shortfalls more and more school budgets fail. Programs and staff are cut!
Yes it's true that too many children in too many school districts fail. We as educators must improve English Language Arts and Math skills. But let's not loss sight of the improvements we have made with a quickly changing student demographic for whom English is a second language and for children growing up in homes where parents have little or no formal education.
Most teachers still lack the the financial, scientific and technological resources necessary to maximize instruction and improve their effectiveness. We are responsible for preparing students for the 21st century without the resources or common tools of the modern work world. Hopefully the day will come when every student and every teacher will have the tools necessary for better communication, research and learning.
People motivated to teach possess the best of human qualities; the desire to give, to contribute and to make a difference. If the definition of a "hero" is a person of distinguished courage and ability who displays self-sacrifice for the good of humanity, then teachers are society's heroes.

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