I read a story about this kid who was blind, and the teacher asked him to do sign language and when he said he couldn't she threw a holy fit and took him to the principal and demanded he be expelled because be couldn't even do simple sign language. Then the principal was like " you know he's blind, not deaf right ? "
Keep in mind this was supposed to be kindergarten.
Even had he been deaf, that's an odd way to handle it. "This child has not learned to do a thing, I demand he be removed from the exact place that's intended to teach children to do things."
I don't know how things are for teachers in the U.S, but in Germany teachers are government workers and as such have good benefits, and great job security. They are nearly impossible to fire.
In The Netherlands, I don't believe they're considered goverment workers, but they ARE extremely difficult to fire. Last yr I had a part-time job at a high school next to my studies, and one teacher had been receiving a lot of complaints from parents and students for several years. Instead of firing him, the school was obligated to put him through a course (while he continued teaching, mind you!) to help him teach better. This course took near 3 yrs to complete, and by the end he was still shitty. Only then were they able to fire him then. (By this time he'd been doing a shit job for nearly 10 years!)
All this to say that some people don't become teachers to teach, but to receive job security, benefits and a little status.
in the US grade school teachers are employed by local gov't but not nearly so hard to terminate, its tenured college+ teachers that end up with a similar situation, although i think they typically attempt to only tenure good professors.
It carries some truth unfortunately.
Keep in mind this was supposed to be kindergarten.
In The Netherlands, I don't believe they're considered goverment workers, but they ARE extremely difficult to fire. Last yr I had a part-time job at a high school next to my studies, and one teacher had been receiving a lot of complaints from parents and students for several years. Instead of firing him, the school was obligated to put him through a course (while he continued teaching, mind you!) to help him teach better. This course took near 3 yrs to complete, and by the end he was still shitty. Only then were they able to fire him then. (By this time he'd been doing a shit job for nearly 10 years!)
All this to say that some people don't become teachers to teach, but to receive job security, benefits and a little status.