I have a lot of friends who are teachers. I even have a mother in law who is a teacher. That being said, I have an enormous amount of respect for these people because the idea of spending even an hour with a large band of small children, preteens or asshole high school students makes me sad that corporal punishment is not only not admissible in a school, but also illegal. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in hitting kids unless it's a last resort, but seeing as how most parents nowadays are more interested in being friends with their kids than actually parenting them, someone needs to show them that there are serious consequences for fucking with the wrong person. Namely, me. I don't suffer fools or assholes easily and my quick temper is only saved by the fact that I know that it is best controlled when situations can be avoided.
However, I do have my moments when I wish I had become a high school English teacher. I love books and watching people embrace the joy of reading. I love Shakespeare and research papers. However, the moment that the slacker asshole in the third row dared to ask the question "does spelling count?" because he hadn't bothered to read the syllabus, I would have to kiss my career good bye purely because I wouldn't be able to stop myself with just a simple yes. That misguided youth would spend the next week of his life trying to dislodge an edition of Shakespeare's plays out of his bleeding rectum and I would would be acquainting myself with the state's penal system. Bet he'd never ask the question again though.
How is it that we, as a society, have gotten so lazy that we can't be bothered to worry about spelling. I get grammar. That shit is hard, but man, spelling?! Really? Do you really care so little about how you present yourself to the world that you can't be bothered to know the difference between grate and great? This whole mentality of "close enough" is bullshit. Learn how to spell. Learn how to distinguish antonyms! This is important! Seriously! How is it that we let these kids skate through without educating them, or worse, not allowing their teachers to educate them properly because they're afraid they'll lose their jobs because Johnny and Cindy had to stay in second or tenth grade another year? They should be socially shamed because they didn't work hard or their parents used the teacher as a glorified babysitter. People are so fond of saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, but that certainly doesn't apply to teachers. It's their fault that the students aren't listening. Fuck that! My kid does his homework and I sit there with him until that shit is done. If he doesn't understand it, I try to help him. If he still doesn't get it, we try to find someone who can help, and if none of that works, it is HIS responsibility to get hell from his teacher. Stop blaming teachers because you can't be bothered to take an active role in your child's education or upbringing. I understand that there are indeed some awful teachers out there, but they are in the minority. Most teachers care about their students and don't deserve a pay cut or to be fired just because your dumbass kid can't unglue himself from AdventureTime long enough to actually learn something. I'd get in to the concept of teaching to the test, but bitch ain't got time for that.
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