Last year, I lost my teaching assignment for this school year. Thanks to budget cuts and different priorities, I was replaced by an Algebra teacher. The school district made college preparation their goal. The change included higher math standards for middle school. The jury is still out whether this is a wise decision or not.
So I lost my position and became a pool teacher. For the record, I teach business and computer subjects mostly in high school. As luck would have it, I was assigned to a high school to teach business and computer subjects. I applied for a permanent position and got it! Here it is nearly a week later and things are starting to fall into place. My new students are getting used to me and I am expecting a good year. Next year, I will start a variety of business classes to attract the older and more interested students.
Education is paying the highest price for the terrible economy. In turn, the students will be the ultimate losers. Class size has increased and school years are shortened. At least that is the solution in this school district. Society will pay the ultimate price years from now. Increasing any taxes at this time is not possible! How will we compete? I can still identify the best or my favorite articles of the week. This makes a good segue to today’s picks for Friday Night Links.
The following articles caught my attention:
Money Mamba – Learning from Local Business
My Multiple Incomes – Don’t Pay For Advertising, Host a Giveaway Instead
Not Made of Money – Six Tips for Saving Money When Dining Out
One Cent at a Time –25 Ways To Reduce Your Insurance Premium
Retire By 40 – Avoid Lifestyle Inflation
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I read more than five hundred (500) articles a week and I highlight just five (5) in my Friday Night Links. Education is the casualty of a bad economy! Thanks for reading Friday Night Links Teaching Assignment Edition.
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I have a new teaching assignment!
Congrats on the new assignment! I agree with your assessment of how hard academia has been hit by the economy. I have seen established researchers’ programs fall a part; people having to support their labs out of their own pension; people losing jobs; and talent leaving academia altogether. It is all quite tragic and discouraging for people who have this calling.
Society will pay dearly for these “bad” years, but no one is willing to address the issues long term. Politicians just tinker with the edges and they do it in a biased way.
I’m glad you got a permanent position basically doing the same thing it sounds like. I hope you enjoy it and teach those kids what they need to know to make it in this crazy world!
Easier said than done! I will certainly teach some of them what they need to succeed.
I completely agree with you that, as a society, we are making very short-sighted decisions related to education. I hope the new job goes well!
Thanks, cutting education is an easy choice because it has no immediate consequences. Unfortunately, long term consequences means there are more ill prepared students for the real world. In California, the budget has been slashed for 5 or more years.
That is very scary about your teaching position. I’m happy that you found a new one. My husband teaches 5th grade, and my daughter started kindergarten this year, so I am very concerned to the cuts in education from two differenet perspectives. Education is the key to a successful future, and I am saddened that more people don’t see it as a priviledge instead of a line item on the budget. We had some teacher friends who took jobs in Korea for a number of reasons, but a main one was so their children could attend such a high caliber school. We’ll always be very involved parents and teach our daughter the value of education. Keep fighting the good fight!
Thanks, Parents are a very important component in education. I wish more would be involved and reinforce what goes on in the classroom. It is too bad the financing of K-12 education ends up a political football.