We are treated as babysitters. Not teachers. Not educators. Not role models. Not explorers. Not disciplinarians. We are babysitters to 90% of the world.
Not teachers. Not educators. Not role models. Not explorers. Not disciplinarians
..because as a group, you aren't.
The minority of teachers who'd still wish to enforce a base level of competence, rigor and excellence are being reined in by school policies and the rest of them either just don't give a shit anymore - or, at worst, actively promote this culture.
It's been difficult grappling with what's happened to higher ed since I retired from college teaching at the height of TDS. Though I never could get on the tenure track because I couldn't lie well enough to write a convincing diversity statement, I had been left alone to teach as I saw fit, never seriously considering the cultural and political impact of critical studies until the situation reached a boiling point, when my colleagues went apeshit with Trump's election in 2016 and the administration expanded and "reaffirmed its commitment to equity," including some of the usual horseshit about diversity. The mission statement--revised in reaction to Trump's election--was laughable, in one sentence "reaffirming the commitment to equity and diversity" and "acknowledging the importance of free speech and academic freedom."
I was extremely lucky to retire after 20 years in and get the opportunity to leave California when I did.
Sending your kids to public school is tantamount to child abuse.
Change my mind.
As a middle school teacher. I agree.
We are treated as babysitters. Not teachers. Not educators. Not role models. Not explorers. Not disciplinarians. We are babysitters to 90% of the world.
..because as a group, you aren't.
The minority of teachers who'd still wish to enforce a base level of competence, rigor and excellence are being reined in by school policies and the rest of them either just don't give a shit anymore - or, at worst, actively promote this culture.
It's been difficult grappling with what's happened to higher ed since I retired from college teaching at the height of TDS. Though I never could get on the tenure track because I couldn't lie well enough to write a convincing diversity statement, I had been left alone to teach as I saw fit, never seriously considering the cultural and political impact of critical studies until the situation reached a boiling point, when my colleagues went apeshit with Trump's election in 2016 and the administration expanded and "reaffirmed its commitment to equity," including some of the usual horseshit about diversity. The mission statement--revised in reaction to Trump's election--was laughable, in one sentence "reaffirming the commitment to equity and diversity" and "acknowledging the importance of free speech and academic freedom."
I was extremely lucky to retire after 20 years in and get the opportunity to leave California when I did.