Let me be clear, teachers are not turning children gay, confusing them about which bathroom to use, or telling white students to be ashamed of who they are (well, not the vast majority--there are outliers in every group of people). If you are under any of the aforementioned misconceptions, it is because you are listening to over-exaggerations or outright lies from people who are desperate to destroy public education, and those people are extremely close to achieving their goal. Public education is at a breaking point greater than the crisis caused by COVID.
Why these sudden attacks these past two years? Well, a few things happened that nearly woke the citizens of our great nation to systemic problems that people would rather pretend do not exist. Now, I'm more than happy to discuss the new awareness of (and thus attacks on) the LGBTQ and BLM movements, but you will need to message me directly at the moment as the focus of this post is on the attacks on teachers themselves, not the cudgels that have been used to do it.
You see, COVID struck a little over two years ago and turned the world upside down. In the space of a week or two, people with school aged children went from their normal lives to a sudden shift to at-home learning. Almost immediately, people began to realize how much they depended on our public school systems and how many roles those systems provided for their entire communities. Teachers and support staff made colossal adjustments at astonishing speeds, but there was not nearly the time, funding, or training necessary to keep up with everything. Sadly, many people were so focused on their day-to-day survival that they bit at the hands that were trying to feed them instead of recognizing how the long-time abuses poured onto our public educators were what was truly at fault for there not being a robust-enough of a system to respond properly to such an emergency.
However, some people did begin to notice, and for a while teachers were lauded as heroes. Parents and communities were desperate to get the school systems back and serving in the many ways that they were before. As we have begun to return to that "normal" setting, the relief has been palpable. Surely, gratitude should follow. After all, when heroic efforts are taken to save a ship in the midst of a storm, one should expect at least some warm feelings for the exhausted crew who brought the passengers to safety.
Instead, those who want to dismantle public education did not want their voters grateful towards teachers and support staff. Thus, they have hijacked societal issues (which also threaten their tyrannical power) and ridiculously placed the blame for such issues on those who are already so close to their breaking points ... and it's working. Fatigued, demoralized, and now demonized, many educators are leaving--in numbers never seen before. To be clear, there was already a teaching shortage, schools of education have been in massive decline in their enrollments for over a decade, and many schools are relying on retired faculty and staff to return from their well-earned retirement or underqualified and entirely unprepared people with emergency certificates to fill the gaps.
A democratic republic, to truly function, must have a robust public education system. Those tyrants who prefer an undereducated--and thus easily duped--population would like to see it gone. Question the motives of those who work at breaking down teachers, for they are truly after your rights.
Why these sudden attacks these past two years? Well, a few things happened that nearly woke the citizens of our great nation to systemic problems that people would rather pretend do not exist. Now, I'm more than happy to discuss the new awareness of (and thus attacks on) the LGBTQ and BLM movements, but you will need to message me directly at the moment as the focus of this post is on the attacks on teachers themselves, not the cudgels that have been used to do it.
You see, COVID struck a little over two years ago and turned the world upside down. In the space of a week or two, people with school aged children went from their normal lives to a sudden shift to at-home learning. Almost immediately, people began to realize how much they depended on our public school systems and how many roles those systems provided for their entire communities. Teachers and support staff made colossal adjustments at astonishing speeds, but there was not nearly the time, funding, or training necessary to keep up with everything. Sadly, many people were so focused on their day-to-day survival that they bit at the hands that were trying to feed them instead of recognizing how the long-time abuses poured onto our public educators were what was truly at fault for there not being a robust-enough of a system to respond properly to such an emergency.
However, some people did begin to notice, and for a while teachers were lauded as heroes. Parents and communities were desperate to get the school systems back and serving in the many ways that they were before. As we have begun to return to that "normal" setting, the relief has been palpable. Surely, gratitude should follow. After all, when heroic efforts are taken to save a ship in the midst of a storm, one should expect at least some warm feelings for the exhausted crew who brought the passengers to safety.
Instead, those who want to dismantle public education did not want their voters grateful towards teachers and support staff. Thus, they have hijacked societal issues (which also threaten their tyrannical power) and ridiculously placed the blame for such issues on those who are already so close to their breaking points ... and it's working. Fatigued, demoralized, and now demonized, many educators are leaving--in numbers never seen before. To be clear, there was already a teaching shortage, schools of education have been in massive decline in their enrollments for over a decade, and many schools are relying on retired faculty and staff to return from their well-earned retirement or underqualified and entirely unprepared people with emergency certificates to fill the gaps.
A democratic republic, to truly function, must have a robust public education system. Those tyrants who prefer an undereducated--and thus easily duped--population would like to see it gone. Question the motives of those who work at breaking down teachers, for they are truly after your rights.
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