What not to say....
My good friend posted on Facebook yesterday that one of her kids' teachers said, " Ok. You all need to stop talking now. I hate this class already." As of now she has 20 comments. Several comments were negative towards tenure (the program where teachers who have worked for 3 years in their position get a "job for life" and it is nearly impossible to fire them). I certainly understand resentment towards tenure. However, I also understand the comments - several left by teachers - saying that this isn't indicative of how the vast majority of teachers feel or teach. Some, like me, begged her to contact the school (I said she should bring it higher, to the Assistant Superintendent). She said her kid didn't want her to. What would have I done? I would have called. Immediately! It isn't in my nature to wait and see. I'm hot headed and I just can't help myself. Would that have been in the best interest of my child? Probably not. It would be...
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If you want to get really angry, check out the book _Higher Education?: How Colleges are Wasting our Money and Failing our Kids -- and what we can do about it_ by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. It took me a while to read the book because I had to take notes and yell about it occasionally. I'd be interested to hear your assessment as a Smith grad. They also have good things to say about Raritan (sp?) CC.