Tenure Teachers

Tenure is really the worse thing that some teachers can ever be granted because there are many teachers who lose their passion after a long time, and they will abuse their students. No one will say anything because who will believe them? The teacher is the authority, not the student. You cannot say anything against an authority figure. Think about the LAPD. There are a lot of corrupted cops, but people cannot say anything because it the police are the authority. Do you understand how hard it is to speak against an authority figure?

Oh well, if you are a teacher, then you know better. I was under the impression that teaching and learning is a two way process, that is, the student has to put in an equal effort to take in what is being taught. But if you, as a teacher, feel that a teacher can teach even a student who is unwilling to learn or is just too dumb to grasp facts (is this called learning disorder?), then I guess I am out of here. This doesn't meant that I agree with you, even if you are a teacher. I have met too many dummies of all ages and sizes in my life to agree wholeheartedly. Cheers and happy mylotting

I was a teacher for 15 years. I NEVER met a student who could not learn. I did, however, meet teachers who could not teach. Sounds to me that this "teacher" was verbally abusive to her students. She should have been out of a job a long time ago and would have been if she did not have tenure. It takes many years of documenting facts and incidents for a teacher with tenure to be dismissed from her job. It is usually more trouble than it is worth to the administration. Teachers also have very strong unions backing them up. And if no one ever rocks the boat and complains, like this young person, then nothing is done. It doesn't mean she was an ok person, it just means that no one ever did anything about it.

Yes, when some of the children in my neighborhood were selling things for their middle school, the middle school I attended ten years ago, I asked them about her and they said that she was still around, she was still being a witch with a "B" and she was going to retire. I felt bad for any and all of the people who ever had that woman for a teacher.

i understand what you meant when you said that she doesn't deserve retirement. A person that goes into retirement gets a portion of their pay and is recognized as having done good work. However, as another mylotter pointed out don't dwell on her or what she did. I had a teacher in high school that was just cruel... first day of senior high she said: "I have no problem in failing each and every one of you, and those of you that do pass im sure 54% of you wont get into college" Talk about encouragement eh? When i graduated with my B.A the first thing i did after securing an amazing job i went straight to that high school to stick it to her... that i succeeded... and in the field she said i was no good at (English and Communications)... she was no longer a teacher.. i was happy because she wont be having that negative affect on students sad because i really wanted to stick it to her.. one of the top 12 of my university... just move on and know that you accomplished something with your life despite her cruelty.

See people have tried that in the past, and because she does have tenure, there is nothing that can be done about it. Tenure protects teachers from getting fired. Many other people and myself can complain all we want, but when a person has tenure, they are protected.

Maybe you can use a suggestion box! All I know is that certain behaviors are unacceptable for teachers, like yelling and name-calling.

It amazes me when people like that are hired to be teaches.

You know, I think he started out as a pretty decent teacher but tenure gives them no incentive to have to do anything at all. Why work hard when you don't really HAVE to, right? This is why socialism is a frightening concept too!