If I had written this, it would likely include more profanity and personal attacks. So I’m glad Bailey Shawley is a more civilized person than I am.
Dear Ms. Brown,
I saw your interview with Stephen Colbert. I wish I could have been one of those protesters outside the studio. You see, I don’t support people who are not educational experts attempting to reform or really even discuss education in such a public forum. That may be because I am a teacher.
I am certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to teach Secondary English for 99 years; in other words, I have earned my permanent certification. I have a Master of Education plus sixty additional graduate credits. I have been in the trenches for eleven years. In those eleven years, I taught English and reading and remedial reading to students in grades seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven. I also tutored students who were performing below grade level and who were not proficient on our standardized state assessments. I was considered a teacher leader in my building…
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Believe me, it was not easy to be civilized! ALL of my filters miraculously were in place. Thanks for sharing my letter with your readers! ~ Bailey
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You use your real name on your blog. I don’t. This allows me to be a bit less… yeah, let’s keep the word “civilized.” 🙂
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That’s exactly what was last post on my blog was referencing: teachers don’t seem to really have Freedom of Speech. I’m going to be testing the waters in the next couple of days. Stay tuned!
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No worries. You’re on my radar now. 🙂
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I am a college teacher with many, many years of experience. I got a class of people, ranging from 18 to 26, where I had one person of over-average intelligence, 3 of average intelligence, and the rest (5) with varying degrees of below-average intelligence. I bent over backwards to help them, and, in the end, four of the five idiots said I was a bad teacher. Teaching can be very frustrating. I’m glad I’m a writer and can escape into other worlds at the end of the day.
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