Teachers

Over the many years that I have taught I have seenmake their administrators look mighty good. If your test
one fact that is always constant. TEACHERSscores are up it is because of your teachers.
When the lights go out for the day they move into theJust like the district the teachers bills have gone up,
halls or to the nearest window and TEACH.their transportation costs are up, their food costs are
When computers go down and all the technologyup, their heat and electricity is up etc. etc. But unlike
stops because of some catastrophe they TEACH.other industries their salaries are low.
When there are no books they buy their own andTeachers are the backbone of the education system.
share with the students and TEACH.They are the ones that are on the front lines of the
When the buses get stuck and half the class is latewar against ignorance. They are not only required to
they TEACH the ones that are there.teach core subjects they are expected to teach
When half the class is absent because of a flucitizenship, responsibilities, manners, cleanliness, safety
outbreak, they TEACH the students that are there andfrom all the bad things of the world and each year
then have to do it again when the others return.more responsibilities are shifted from the home to the
When the heat goes off they put on coats and glovesschool system. The compensation they receive in
and open their books and TEACH.comparison to their responsibility is pitiful. But dispite the
When the heat is unbearable they take their classespitiful compensation they keep teaching because they
outside and sit under the trees and TEACH.love kids.
When the principal leaves, they don't know, becauseYour teachers deserve a break, not a little break, but a
they are too busy TEACHING.big break. They need adequate compensation for all
When the bells fail to ring they keep TEACHING.they do. They are the bottom line and are the ones
That's their job and they love it, it's a passion and theythat accomplish the goal of a district. They TEACH.