The New Teacher?

Question

After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:

Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love
for learning, and I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs
of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.
You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and
raise their self-esteem.

You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job.

I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, and make sure all students pass the state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments.
Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap.

I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card. All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!
You want me to do all of this and then you tell me . . .

I CAN'T PRAY????"

Answer 1

That is very good I am gonna save that thank you.

Answer 2

I consider your question more as a statement. For surely you got to pray to be able to obtain just a fraction of what you just stated.
As a teacher myself for many years starting in highschool over prisons and last - now - teaching people on social benefit I have tried to instill all the mentioned aspects in my students. And you can't. But you can be very certain about your own values and never be afraid of telling / talking about them. Live them in your professional life with your students.
By the way: my own experience is, that the easier the students the higher pay, and the more difficult students, the less you earn.
To-day I have a salary that can't sustain myself, just because I want to teach people that are not able to fend for themselves in anyway.
Love and respect from a teacher in Denmark.

Answer 3

Senseless and boring. Better Luck next time.

Answer 4

I like it

Answer 5

That was poignant and thought-provoking.

And, I think you are right.

Answer 6

funy good work lol

Answer 7

AMEN.

Answer 8

haha... that was good

Answer 9

and the joke is...?