Teachers

It is harder and harder to be a teacher. I was reading the online newspaper and it was talking about a teacher who had a blog and complained about her high school students being lazy and wanting things done FOR them instead of them working FOR what they get. No school names...No teacher names...NO student names. They traced it back to the teacher and SUSPENDED HER. Just for stating her opinion that probably most teachers think but are afraid to say for just this reason. I know I am afraid to say anything and I am a very brazen person and will say what needs to be said. It is crazy what this world has come to that teachers can't say what needs to be said. All of society's ills are laid at the doors of the teacher, but teachers are not permitted to ask for help from anyone or get support from anyone....they are just to fix it.

I agree a blog is not the place to do it and a frank discussion with an individual parent is, even if you have to repeat yourself over and over, but it just seems like overkill to blame the teacher again. NOW  in all fairness I have heard she has done other things on her blog and this was the final straw so to speak......will have to see how this plays out. I think the bigger ideal is if teachers actually have a voice outside the classroom and are allowed to use it as long as it doesn't mention schools, students, districts etc.  We will have to see. AGAIN, I am sure there are more facts to this case than we are all hearing but will have to see how it plays out.