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To: Neocon who wrote (19585)	7/29/2001 11:33:25 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

I should give my son some computer time. Later!

To: Neocon who wrote (19585)	7/29/2001 11:36:58 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, I was in school in the days before assistants and volunteers--and monitors. When the teacher left the room, the class erupted. When the teacher came back, the class quieted down, albeit not immediately. I don't see any need to identify the ringleaders, particularly if it puts that kind of pressure on a child. The teachers surely knew who was acting up even without a student-produced list. It serves no classroom purpose, although it might be a character-building experience for the selected child. X, are you there? What do you think? Karen

To: Neocon who wrote (19585)	7/29/2001 5:44:36 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Nowadays, there are teaching assistants and parent volunteers in many classrooms.... But maybe no teachers. chicagotribune.com Burned out and frustrated "I think a lot of teachers are honestly burned out," said Michael Allen, a policy analyst with the Education Commission of the States, a leading clearinghouse of education data. Ed Doherty, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said teachers might stay longer if they were happier. "What bothers me is the number of teachers in their late 50s, healthy and talented, who are itching to leave the school system," Dougherty said. "If you are constantly reading in the newspaper about how `lousy' a job you are doing, teachers are going to want out early." Haselkorn of Recruiting New Teachers thinks lawmakers have missed opportunities to relieve pressure on both teachers and the system. Among other things, he points to the difficulties teachers face in moving pensions, licenses and seniority from one district to another. Besides making it harder to balance local shortages and surpluses, these obstacles also keep unhappy teachers from finding places where they might be willing to stay even after they qualify for retirement.