This is so on-point it's frightening. I was a high school teacher in Los Angeles from 2000-2001, and it's frightening how much of what is articulated in this exerpt I *experienced*.
We had a principal who was fantastic, because he was a former teacher from the area. But when he was replaced by someone with more "administrative experience" it was appalling how quickly things declined. Children aren't held to standards, parents come at odds with teachers, administrators point the finger at teachers, and th
That's right, blame the lawyers. This excuse is so lame. In the corporation I used to work for, many of the ideas I'd get would get shot down because of legal reasons. But usually it was just ignorance talking, and the lawyers were the only ones that backed me up.
If you want to blame something, blame the political process for assigning promotions. Usually, the guy that becomes principal, or the guy that becomes CEO, is the one that never offended anyone or the one that never did anything.
If all the world's economists were laid end to end, we wouldn't reach a
conclusion.
-- William Baumol
This is brilliant (Score:5, Interesting)
We had a principal who was fantastic, because he was a former teacher from the area. But when he was replaced by someone with more "administrative experience" it was appalling how quickly things declined. Children aren't held to standards, parents come at odds with teachers, administrators point the finger at teachers, and th
Re:This is brilliant (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:This is brilliant (Score:2)
If you want to blame something, blame the political process for assigning promotions. Usually, the guy that becomes principal, or the guy that becomes CEO, is the one that never offended anyone or the one that never did anything.