Major series coming on problems of American education - I hope
It's Father's Day and this is the week that I plan to retire from the field of education after a tumultuous, and, I think, successful 38 year career in public and private education. Four more days in my current job and that's it.
Right now I am trying to muster the energy and motivation to do something I have wanted to do for years and this blog thing might be just the right vehicle if I can get anyone to read the darn things.
You can't work in education for as long as I have without nurturing some opinions and ideas about the line of work you are immersed in. That is certainly how I feel about American education at this point. I have lots of opinions about what is right and what is wrong with American education as I remember my years, "on the inside" as both a teacher and an administrator.
What I would like to do is to write installments here about the various topics that have been circling in my mind over the many years. Don't misunderstand. I believe that there is much that is right about American education; but I also believe that the public at-large understands very little about what is wrong. As everyone knows, the public does know that something is wrong; but it is my contention that they bark up many of the wrong trees. I hope to address topics that really count - the ones that I have seen as really hurting kids in our country over the last 38 years and especially the ones that still haunt us today.
If you are reading this, my first hope has been realized. There really are people out there who care. That would give me a big leg up on the motivation piece. Please let me know if I can assume that to be true by replying here or contacting me at Friar4@aol.com. More should appear soon as I jump that last hurdle this week and break away from the field (so to speak).
Right now I am trying to muster the energy and motivation to do something I have wanted to do for years and this blog thing might be just the right vehicle if I can get anyone to read the darn things.
You can't work in education for as long as I have without nurturing some opinions and ideas about the line of work you are immersed in. That is certainly how I feel about American education at this point. I have lots of opinions about what is right and what is wrong with American education as I remember my years, "on the inside" as both a teacher and an administrator.
What I would like to do is to write installments here about the various topics that have been circling in my mind over the many years. Don't misunderstand. I believe that there is much that is right about American education; but I also believe that the public at-large understands very little about what is wrong. As everyone knows, the public does know that something is wrong; but it is my contention that they bark up many of the wrong trees. I hope to address topics that really count - the ones that I have seen as really hurting kids in our country over the last 38 years and especially the ones that still haunt us today.
If you are reading this, my first hope has been realized. There really are people out there who care. That would give me a big leg up on the motivation piece. Please let me know if I can assume that to be true by replying here or contacting me at Friar4@aol.com. More should appear soon as I jump that last hurdle this week and break away from the field (so to speak).
posted by Friar4 at 5:15 AM
2 Comments:
I read it!
But I'm a teacher in Finland...
M
Please feel free to comment on any entries to this series, even if you are not an American teacher and even if you are not a teacher at all. One of my goals is to start a dialogue including people from all walks of life and from all kinds of different places.
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