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To: steve harris who wrote (320415)	1/12/2007 6:13:55 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573921

Steve, I know someone who is a public school teacher in Long Beach, CA. She admits that tenure is one of the worst things for public education, but she also likes having it. ;-) Tenchusatsu

To: steve harris who wrote (320415)	1/12/2007 8:00:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573921

Absolutely none of what you posted reflects the education I have been receiving nor my experience in the schools. There are no rubber band rooms for teachers in Seattle, tenure is delayed here to insure that teachers are of a good quality, the WASL, the tests required by No Teacher Left Behind, is not dumbed down......in fact, kids are having a hard time passing it. However, I will agree that it encourages rote memorization. Are their bad teachers in Seattle? Of course. There are bad people in every profession. Are there problems in the Seattle schools? Of course......money is in short supply and some of the best students have been pulled and are send to private schools. In fact, Seattle has one of the highest percentages of any city in the country where residents send their kids to private school. While we know there are problems, there is not one simple cause that can be isolated and addressed. In the past ten years, kids have changed a lot.....I am unclear why. People in my cohort that graduated just 7-8 years ago don't understand what's happening to the classroom and kids in general. In addition, teachers are having to contend with a lot more students where English is their second language. Its a very big problem. All I can tell you that being a teacher is very hard, exhausting work. I don't know if its always been that way but its that way now. I am excited and worried at the prospect all rolled into one. And the salary issue is a huge problem. I will have to work part time as a real estate agent so that my living standard will not experience a big bump down. I am glad that there is more focus on schools but I don't see anyone doing the right thing by them. I just see a lot of people like you trying to lay blame.