Part of the rhetoric of the 'reformers' is that teachers have summers off, are somehow corrupted by unions and are overpaid. Well, that's just some of the ill-advised and poorly expressed sentiments of some. These arguments are not only misleading, they don't come close to telling the truth.
My girlfriend is a FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences) teacher and she cares about her students and her subject matter. The ideas expressed in the first paragraph don't represent the person I know and see each day when it comes to teaching. Let me give you but one of many illustrations of her devotion and love of what she does each day she heads to school to work with the students.
Yesterday she spent 8 hours, on top of 5-6 more on Saturday, typing up and testing recipes for her classes. The countertop was littered with all sorts of ingredients, recipes and sponge cakes. As I observed her I thought of the joy brought to her as she was baking.
This past weekend was but one of many spent in the kitchen doing what she does best. I can't begin to tell you the many ways that she serves students but I do know that her impact on the lives of those she comes in contact with are all the better because of her.
She, and many like her, offer so much more to children than we can ever imagine. What a person, what a teacher!
Dick
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