I have no doubt that you are passionate about what you do, and are more than likely BETTER that most of the teachers I've ran into.......

Over the past 12 years, I can point out about 20 teachers out of oh say 100 hundred that were actuallly EFFECTIVE at teaching the classwork.

I've been to more school board meetings, ONE on ONE's with the principal (again a GOOD FRIEND), school functions, EVERY drama event, EVERY orchestra event, MOST basketball games, etc, etc.........So.....again, I'm probably more involved than MOST.

I never did ONCE attack you personally......

A question..........do you have kids, and are they in school? I ask, because most of my involvement with the local school system is through my kids.....and what I've seen, it was NOT very good.

I wish 12 years ago.......I had the money to afford private school, because THAT is where my daughters would have been.

I'm done with this............just as you are passionate about how GOOD things are I'm equally passionate about how BAD things are......

I think we both agree.......you CANNOT throw money at a bad system. Get rid of the BAD apples, promote within.......How about actually TESTING the teachers a little. This is one of the ONLY professions around where refresher courses are not REQUIRED.

I have NO problem doubling the salary of GOOD teachers............and I mean GOOD TEACHERS.....

Finally..........Both of my daughters want to be educators...........BOTH WANT to do a better job than their existing teachers..........BOTH want to help kids.......

Finally........Finally...........My oldest daugher.........her favorite role model is one of her best teachers...........now an assistant principal at her high school.

The system is broke.......Rules were put in place without funding, but MONEY doesn't fix everything.......we need to get out of that mentality........

I'm sorry you think I'm personally attacking you, because I'm not.

Later,

Geo