Dear Friends,
As the inevitable date with work to rule approaches, the Ontario teachers' will have to take up the shield of faith to protect themselves against the flaming arrows.
Since Bill 115, whenever I defend our profession, someone throws in my face that there are so many 'bad,' undeserving teachers!
Well, in every occupation there are people with different levels of competence; lawyers lose cases, doctors misdiagnose patients and certain contractors mismeasure windows. Why should it be different in teaching? Teachers belong to human race residing on Earth, not other planets.
Those who have issues with teachers, should take them up with those who train, accredit and hire them. Once a teacher receives the stamp of approval of a few institutions and organizations, she has every right to think of herself as a "good" teacher.
As for 'excellent' candidates turning into 'bad' teachers down the road, I really would like to know what happens in their schools and classrooms to throw them off track.
Only ignorants can declare teachers solely responsible for school drop-outs, young offenders, and unemployed, assuming the 'scandalized' public measures teachers' merits by the number of Nobel Prize winners they produce!
In the old country, where they still call homemakers 'housewives,' they also admit that, a housewife's work, which is never done, is seldom appreciated. I believe, teachers in Ontario suffer from the same misfortune. I'm wondering whether it has something to do with the fact that historically, teaching has been a woman's job. Hopefully, as more men join the profession, the value of our labour will rise to higher esteem.
Until then, solidarity is the best policy! Accepted and filed!
What have you accepted and filed today?
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