I've taught for 20 years in addition to farming 1000 acres. I work roughly 18 hours a day year round. I have taught 4th grade in the same building all of those years. In a district with just under 29,000 students there are roughly 180 teachers who belong to the union. That is due mainly to the fact that our union stinks and has no bargaining power. It's worthless, but I also think it is highway robbery (thus why I don't belong). It's sad when a family with two children and parents who are teachers qualify for free and reduced lunches due to poverty. We don't have any children, so I can blow everything on farm losses!
Although our governor has done nothing for schools, the requirements in our district continue to tighten. That's good - it weeds out the chaff. Inferior teaching is due only to inferior administration from the top down.
In addition to everything my kids have to know for state and national standards, my kids leave with a rounded experience. They know where their food comes from, they understand trade and imports/exports, they can go into detail about our Presidents and history, and all know what a contested convention is and the chances both parties will end up there.
I would challenge everyone to think of occupations that do not use technology. There are a rare few. From UPS drivers to the power company meter reader, they all have to be fluent with technology - those aren't even "office jobs". If I didn't understand sensors and programming the GPS I would never get my crops in or out. Sure, there are guys who do it without, but efficiency will be the name of the game in the next years. Those things make me efficient. I have one tractor from 1996 and the rest are 1970's vintage. It's not the tractor that has to be tech savvy, it's the operator. My students write well and speak well, but teaching cursive is not high on my list of tasks. By the time my 10 year olds graduate, the job they will have will be one that does not currently exist. It's not a drive of mine to let them forget or rewrite history. With learning at their fingertips anytime they are able to find and learn things so much more advanced than cursive. They can't get away from history. It is showing up in everything they look for or want to learn.
Some things won't ever change - reading isnt new and math isn't that different. The world around us has changed drastically and we would be providing them a disservice if we did not change our other methods to meet the world and its steps forward.
The rain shower has passed, so I'm headed back out to the shed ya'll.
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