Comments on: Teacher Appreciation in Seattle http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/05/teacher-appreciation-in-seattle/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kalidas http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/05/teacher-appreciation-in-seattle/#comment-46823 kalidas Sun, 24 May 2009 15:50:08 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8305#comment-46823 Consider [the pedagogue] in his highest incarnation: the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary, unimportant, and, in large part, untrue. His whole professional activity is circumscribed by the prejudices, vanities and avarices of his university trustees, i.e., a committee of soap-boilers, nail manufacturers, bank-directors and politicians. The moment he offends these vermin he is undone. He cannot so much as think aloud without running a risk of having them fan his pantaloons. H.L. Mencken Consider [the pedagogue] in his highest incarnation: the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary, unimportant, and, in large part, untrue. His whole professional activity is circumscribed by the prejudices, vanities and avarices of his university trustees, i.e., a committee of soap-boilers, nail manufacturers, bank-directors and politicians. The moment he offends these vermin he is undone. He cannot so much as think aloud without running a risk of having them fan his pantaloons.
H.L. Mencken

]]> By: rg the lg http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/05/teacher-appreciation-in-seattle/#comment-46570 rg the lg Thu, 21 May 2009 18:59:41 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8305#comment-46570 My take ... 1. Are you surprised? No. Neither am I. Administrators rarely give a rats behind about teachers ... unless they, like ours, have offspring who happen to work for the district. Then at least they aren't prone to gagging letters. They pick other times, such as when no one is looking ... or when no one else will apply for the positions they want their spawn in. 2. Does the community care? Not unless they are going to RIF coaches. But that probably will not happen. Coaches are exempt ... unless they have losing teams ... and then only if the sport actually matters. Teachers do not matter ... and never have. Sad ... isn't it? But NOT surprising. RG the LG My take …

1. Are you surprised?
No. Neither am I. Administrators rarely give a rats behind about teachers … unless they, like ours, have offspring who happen to work for the district. Then at least they aren’t prone to gagging letters. They pick other times, such as when no one is looking … or when no one else will apply for the positions they want their spawn in.

2. Does the community care?
Not unless they are going to RIF coaches. But that probably will not happen. Coaches are exempt … unless they have losing teams … and then only if the sport actually matters.

Teachers do not matter … and never have.

Sad … isn’t it?

But NOT surprising.

RG the LG

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