Jennifer,
Wow! You hit the nail on the head. I agree that teaching starts at home and ends at home. This is a never ending journey,their education, that we take with our children. We are the first teachers and will most likely be their last, they learn from us!
I agree that due to unions, the bad teachers are aloud to remain. But the question is where they always bad, or are they burned out by years of educational and uninvolved parenting abuse? It is said to say, but not everyone shares our passion of educating our children. I have run the gamut of individuals who feel that it is a public schools job to provide the education. The downfall is that a specific teacher may start out with dreams and goals of making a difference but when they are faced with teaching, parenting, potty-training, providing discipline, and most importantly love, they too sometimes get drained and lose sight of their first love, teaching our children.
While financial cut backs and downsizing have drained some of our teachers, I see that one of the biggest problems are the parents who don't parent and teach at home. They expect someone else to do their job. How sad that a super-fantastic teacher has bottomed out and has no enthusiasm left for their job, because of the losses they see in the everyday family.
It is up to everyone of us to parent and teach our children and not leave it all up to the educator. Thank god for the educators with the Patience of Job, Grace and Goodness of God, and metabolism of the Olympic athlete!
Great blog, it was fantastic and really hit home!
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