Posted: 6/12/2007 6:12:15 AM EDT
I got this in email today.
After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:
"Let me see if I’ve got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids,
fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I’m supposed to instill a
sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs
of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.
You want me to wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their
backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self-esteem. You want me to
teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote,
how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job.
I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of
anti-social behavior, make sure all students pass the state exams, even those who don’t
come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments. Plus I’m to make sure
that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of
their mental or physical handicap.
I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter, email,
and report card. All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books,
a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food
stamps!
You want me to do all of this and then you tell me I CAN’T PRAY?"
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