Join the Profession - Part I

There's way too much clatter about 'the poor state of education/teachers in America.' Rubbish!! This nonsense about the failure of education and poor teaching leading to our demise is utter nonsense. Let's be clear, no institution in America has ever claimed to be perfect. That condition simply doesn't exist.

Those critics, who for decades, have lamented 'we are behind the rest of the world' have no idea of the cultural differences between various countries or the internal workings of education in each society. And that my friends is an important distinction that gets lost in the heated rhetoric.

I mention this notion of the naysayers/critics in Part I of 'Join the Profession' because in any endeavor one has to block out the noise. Don't let the voices of 'gloom and doom' sway you from what is an honorable and critical part of the beauty of our nation. A strong public education has been a bedrock of our national heritage.

Dick