Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been interesting over the years. First grade: People attribute my success with the alphabet to "lots of practice." Second grade: My teacher expresses concern. People wonder if I get less time on tests because I spend so long writing my name. I assure them that my academics have not suffered as a result of my surname. I do, however, learn that if I want my name to fit in the upper right hand corner of a piece of notebook paper, I should start in the middle of the page, not four-fifths over to the right, where everyone else does...
...news came as a surprise to Sophia Raniuk, a piano teacher who says she buys all music and supplies for her students at Briggs & Briggs...
While the union may claim to represent the majority of Americans, they conveniently leave out the fact that, as a union, they have protection clauses in school districts which make it impossible to fire a teacher whose performance is subpar. They also leave out the fact that they oppose stricter standards for teacher testing, which is essential to getting better educated teachers...
Proponents of school choice are by no means anti-teacher. Rather, they oppose the idea that their hard-earned money is producing stagnant student test scores-scores which place American students far below the rest of the world in basic educational skills. Teachers are crucial to the improvement of American schools, and they need to be consulted in the implementation of curriculum which will return America to the top. But first, they need to accept change. The NEA must stop its politicking and decide to put America's future first...
...February, 50 Arab kids from Jericho and 30 Jewish kids from Jerusalem converged at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo to learn to make the birdhouses and get to know one another. Coexistence didn't come easily. A Jewish fifth-grader, tears of frustration flowing down her cheeks, rushed to her teacher. An Arab boy wouldn't give her a turn hammering nails into a box they were supposed to be building together. She spoke only Hebrew, he only Arabic. The Israeli teacher explained the problem--in English--to his Palestinian counterpart. The boy relented and let the girl have her chance...