So much was taken for granted in our society,
even by the highly educated, especially when
it served self.
One such fellow* told me the other day, he
believed that poor teachers ought to be fired.
So I asked him what a poor
teacher was.
Was it someone who didn't get
Was it someone who didn't get
the PC teacher-of-the-year award
or someone who dared go upright and
criticize his colleagues and administrators?
Was it someone who spoke rude truths in the
classroom and in so doing upset the coddled
or someone who actually taught students
to question and challenge their university?
Or was it the old “you’ll know a poor teacher
when you see, hear, and
observe him”?
The fellow, unsurprisingly, never did get back to me.
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*Thomas J. Cottle, Professor of
Education, Boston University
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The poems I've posted here recently illustrate the importance of naming names as a vital means of quality control. They also illustrate how one can create from dubious statements made by others. They were written in 2008 and 2009 and form part of a new collection tilted Triumvirate of the Monkeys. which will be published in a couple of weeks. BTW, I am not a fan of those who obtain degrees in educationism. Much of the stuff taught in university schools of education is as inane and utterly boring as it gets.
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