Failed!

Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.  Apparently that is what is administration at my district is doing.

Action has failed.  Our plan to educate our students has been shot down so quickly.  Apparently the administration doesn’t feel it is necessary that our students are properly taught about the consequences of becoming teen parents.

What is the logic in allowing students to grow up and make uneducated choices?  They don’t fully understand the consequences of their actions, and as a teacher, I should have the ability to ensure they do understand.  But the man is yet again holding us down and duct taping our mouths.  In our heads, we scream, but outwardly we are forbidden to help.

Our superintendent claims that he has big plans to get our parents and community more involved in students’ education, and yet he doesn’t see the need to help create a more educated community?  How does that make sense?

I do understand the argument that public schools should only be expected to teach so much, but here’s my thought, why shouldn’t we teach as much as we possibly can?  I know teachers.  They have a strong, nurturing behavior, and a desire to help students as much as possible.  They care about their students, otherwise they wouldn’t be willing to work at home or on the weekends.  They wouldn’t deal with the challenges of teaching if they didn’t love their kids.  Being told you’re not allowed to help or educate is going against everything it is in our nature to do. 

It’s a big fat failure…