REX SINQUEFIELD

He was a rabid anti-teacher fanatic. Teachers on most schools sustems are entitled to due process, a reaction aginst the past times when teachers were fired for not supporting the political party in power or other things having nothing to do with education. This due process is interpreted by some to mean that teachers cannot be fired. This is an exaggeration. There is no school district in the United States where a teacher cannot be fired for directly harming children. However, under most school system rules, teachers cannot be fired because their students do not learn the curriculum. This does “screw up chldren’s lives”. Whether or not a student learns involves too many factors other than the teacher to hold teachers responsible. In most school ditricts, the teachers do not choose the curriculum, and are given the textbooks and instructional materials which they must use even if they think better ones are avaialbe. Some children have learning difficulties and others are not motivated at all. Some parents are not supportive of the school, and some children lead such stressful lives that learning is very difficult.

He was a rabid anti-teacher fanatic. Teachers on most schools sustems are entitled to due process, a reaction aginst the past times when teachers were fired for not supporting the political party in power or other things having nothing to do with education. This due process is interpreted by some to mean that teachers cannot be fired. This is an exaggeration. There is no school district in the United States where a teacher cannot be fired for directly harming children. However, under most school system rules, teachers cannot be fired because their students do not learn the curriculum. This does “screw up chldren’s lives”. Whether or not a student learns involves too many factors other than the teacher to hold teachers responsible. In most school ditricts, the teachers do not choose the curriculum, and are given the textbooks and instructional materials which they must use even if they think better ones are avaialbe. Some children have learning difficulties and others are not motivated at all. Some parents are not supportive of the school, and some children lead such stressful lives that learning is very difficult.