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Smarmie Doofus

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2. Which brings up the question of whether this is really necessary at all:
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:08 AM
May 2014

>>>>If the administration can't see a teacher teach and understand that they are teaching, they shouldn't be administrating! >>>>

"Administration", that is. Or... "administration" as distinct from "teacher".

In my utopia, the "administrator" would be a part-time teacher. Modern administrative tasks are largely artificially generated by politicians and lawyers.

The fundamental and elemental relationship should be between teacher and *student*. Or between teacher and student and student's family. In other words, between provider and consumer.


Not between teacher and lawyer. Or teacher and politician.

The idea of a principal ( the term derives from "principal teacher&quot as distinct from classroom teacher is a recent and profoundly undesirable historical development.

The rest of the bureaucratic swamp begins right at that point.

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