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CHEW ON AMERICA'S LOW VALUE ON TEACHERS
America devalues teachers. CHEW'S TRUTH believes it started w/integration. That's when the "Christian" Homeschool Movement began in the 1970's. Sparked by Jerry Falwell, Sr. & The Moral Majority, White... https://www.cbsnews.com/video/dr-jill-biden-teaching-career-plans-cbs-sunday-morning-preview/
America devalues teachers. CHEW'S TRUTH believes it started w/integration. That's when the "Christian" Homeschool Movement began in the 1970's. Sparked by Jerry Falwell, Sr. & The Moral Majority, White... https://www.cbsnews.com/video/dr-jill-biden-teaching-career-plans-cbs-sunday-morning-preview/
2)... Evangelicals didn't want their children to go to school with Black & other children of color. These White Evangelicals claimed they didn't want their own children receiving a "secular" education devoid of the Word of God.
But remember: prior to integration, these same...
But remember: prior to integration, these same...
3)...White Evangelical parents had no objection to the education their children were receiving in public schools.
Integration saw ever increasing class sizes. Budget cuts to the arts. Things that were once only offered in segregated White schools.
Once Black & other children...
Integration saw ever increasing class sizes. Budget cuts to the arts. Things that were once only offered in segregated White schools.
Once Black & other children...
4)...of color stood to receive these things that's when America began to devalue teachers in earnest by putting their money in the form of school system budgets where its true heart was.
There's a reason America doesn't measure up to other countries in math & science. We....
There's a reason America doesn't measure up to other countries in math & science. We....
5)...don't invest in teachers to help ALL students excel in these subjects. School systems have what they called "GIFTED" programs for exceptionally bright students, but no investment at all for regular, average students who could also become exceptionally bright with a...
6)... little extra help.
America is one of the richest countries in the world yet its teachers must buy classroom supplies out of their own pockets.
ABC News reports that in South Carolina, teachers must work second jobs just to make ends meet. And yet, we pay athletes...
America is one of the richest countries in the world yet its teachers must buy classroom supplies out of their own pockets.
ABC News reports that in South Carolina, teachers must work second jobs just to make ends meet. And yet, we pay athletes...
7)... millions of dollars to play games. Which is the other reason America devalues teachers. American public schools are disproportionately "sports-centric". This sports obsession is perfectly illustrated under the Friday Night Lights of Texas high school football as but one...
8)...example. States like Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia & others may not have AP courses, computer labs, multiple foreign language offerings or International Baccalaureate programs but by God they've got fully funded school sports.
While their teachers strike just for...
While their teachers strike just for...
9)...wages commensurate with inflation & the work they do with much of it after school hours.
Teachers don't stop working when the school day ends. They have to grade papers. Make lesson plans. And be available to tutor your child if that child needs extra help.
It's no...
Teachers don't stop working when the school day ends. They have to grade papers. Make lesson plans. And be available to tutor your child if that child needs extra help.
It's no...
10)... accident so many Americans are ignorant of how government actually works. Civics is no longer taught. Millennials can't write or understand cursive--that's not taught either. Neither is grammar in many states like Maryland.
As a populace, Americans have become dumber...
As a populace, Americans have become dumber...
11)& less educated. It's by design. Research the Koch Brothers & their philosophy & goals of which Betsy DeVos is a disciple. An uneducated populace is easier to control by the rich.
There's fast becoming TWO Americas. Teachers are the necessary casualty to make it happen./EJC
There's fast becoming TWO Americas. Teachers are the necessary casualty to make it happen./EJC
