The last few days I’ve been visiting blogs written for and by teachers across the nation. The more I read about their experiences, the more I learn just how much adversity they are experiencing on a daily basis. It’s incredible, really. The things they have to put up with on their meager salaries!
Their challenges include but are not limited to: students who do not want to learn, increasing student to teacher ratios, unwieldy educational bureaucracies, insanely tight budgets (would you believe teachers are forced to buy supplies out of their own pockets?) and irate, controlling parents.
One especially poignant story involves a stolen purple stapler that belonged to a special education teacher from the Bronx, New York. I encourage you to visit her blog let her words tug at your heart.
If you liked this post and you want to be notified of the next one, subscribe via Email or Full Text RSS Feed. I would love to have you as part of the community!
Welcome! You've arrived to a newly renamed blog (formerly called Adversity University) specializing in personal development for spiritual beings having a human experience. To see a speaking demo tape and other information, please click 
11:17 pm on January 23rd, 2009 1
One truly inspiring story about NY dance teacher Robert DuLaine. A movie about this was made with Antonio Bandaras called Take the Lead. Readers may be interested in this article which describes how the film shows “Dance is transformative.”
http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2006/04/Dance-Is-Transformative.aspx
5:50 pm on January 24th, 2009 2
@ Liara Covert:
I’ll have to watch that movie – thanks for sharing. I love teachers and what they are doing for us. Unfortunately they are not the most appreciated people. The kids take them for granted and the parents expect them to do all the disciplining, teaching and monitoring.