re: Chauna Banks on the EBR Teacher Shortage

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She’s reminding teachers that you aren’t there to teach you’re there to indoctrinate.

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You are giving her way too much credit. She’s advocating being a lazy arse which is exactly what her constituents want to hear.

She is the definition of hypocrisy

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None of us should be so attached to a building, principal, staff, or student population that it dominates us.

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This might be the stupidest fricking thing I ever read. This is like telling a football team "As long as you are getting paid you should win. It doesn't matter how the team is managed, how good of a head coach you have, it doesn't matter if you don't have the best equipment to work out with and train on. It doesn't matter what kind of team we put together you are expected to win".

No you dumb bitch. Environment matters and if you don't have a principal who don't know what they frick they are doing, the teachers have no idea what is expected from them and they are trying to get control of their class, but when they send kids to the principal, nothing happens. They are sent back to my class and we are back to square 1 so if you want to talk about jobs.. All you are is an elected official who gets paid too much considering the fact you get absolutely nothing done and if you think its so easy then come do the job for two weeks to show us how its done.. Bitch.. If I were a teacher and taught at whatever schools she directed her message to, I would get fired because I wouldn't be able to help myself and I would send her an email telling her exactly what I posted above. Maybe that's the problem, people need to push back on these idiots.

where did she publish this manifesto?

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Apparently, she writes the same way she speaks.

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*write
*speak

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Familiarity often led to all kinds of preferential treatment, schisms, lack of productivity, and complacency.

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Um, I respectfully disagree with this.

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The drawback is I do not invest a lot into forming relationships. I do not participate in extra-curricular activities or volunteer for off-campus events. Gone are the days when I purchased embroidered or printed t-shirts and sweatshirts. In all honesty, I have become detached from my varied school surroundings. I remember a time when I was intentional and “knew by name” my students, parents, and co-workers, none of those traits currently exist.

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And she thinks this makes BETTER teachers?

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My mama would say, “There are ONLY two days that matter when a job get tough. She asked, “Do you know what they are?” I would guess, “Saturday and Sunday”! She would respond, “No. The only two days that matter on a job are PAYDAY and OFFDAY!”

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Makes sense for so many things in so many ways.

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Banks
Broome
Marcell
Gravy
HH
Kibbles
Tarsha
Lamont

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I wouldn't trust ANY of these people to work the register at Walmart, much less a damn City.

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Some people get too complacent when they're in one spot and, theoretically, the poorer performing schools need the better teachers.

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So, we should move the good teachers out of our good schools? That seems counterproductive. Perhaps we shouldn’t touch what’s working.

The problem is obviously to big to fix all at once. Maybe the district should pick one school, throw everything at it and see if anything improves it. If you find something that works then apply it district wide. If nothing works, at least you know what doesn’t work and it cost you significantly less resources to learn those lessons.

My suspicion is the only successful model for struggling inner city schools is boarding schools. You have to remove young impressionable minds from their toxic environment. I just don’t see anything like this ever happening, but it’s the only way I can see how you break this cycle.

For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would prefer not to send their kids to EBRPSS. They are the pinnacle of academic excellence, and they strive to do the best for their community and children.