Education

Smarmie Doofus

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2. Love the quote. I've seen this over and over.

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 10:07 AM

Jan 2013

It's a way people have of dealing w. anxiety. A defense mechanism if you will.

"Well, TEACHER X was __________ ( fill in the blank: crazy, lazy, stupid... etc). They'd NEVER do that to me."

Usually ornamented w. an anecdote ( out of context , of course) or two about TEACHER X's alleged craziness, laziness, etc.

He/she is gone eventually...usually via "voluntary" retirement or "voluntary" transfer.... admins move onto the next target.

("Well.... TEACHER Y was crazy.... etc.) And so on.

Which is not to say that there are *no* bad teachers. Rather: whether or not they are "bad" has nothing to do with why they are targeted.

*Nothing*.

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Love the quote. I've seen this over and over. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 #2

It's like that in my school, too. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #3

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Depends on the superintendent, I think. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #5

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