Ahoy the Bridge, Periscope off the Port Bow, Brace for Impact

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Today several of us at work, our hallway custodian, a couple of my teaching colleagues, and our assistant principal were talking about the state of public education in America - and around much of the world - and decided the best metaphor (I think it's a metaphor, but then again, I'm a math teacher) for our school was that of a sinking ship getting repeatedly struck by torpedoes. The torpedoes are being fired by parents, students, the Republican State Legislature, the new Secretary of Education, and the media. Every time we begin to think we've plugged one of the holes from the last torpedo, another one comes cruising in and damages us further. We're sinking faster than we can bail the water out. Is it any wonder so many teachers are deciding to abandon ship? Do you ever feel this way at work?