What Comes with the Certificate
to TEACH SCHOOL
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, and 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 a 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 mandatory state exams, even those who
don't come to school regularly or complete any of their
assignments.
Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an
equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical
handicap. And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter,
telephone, newsletter 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 NOT PRAY ??
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