1 From: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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2 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
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3 Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:09:55 +0100
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4 Message-ID: <20140308130955.itXQVM@busy.local>
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5 Reply-To: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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6 Subject: [.plan] Zitat des Tages
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9 > In my eyes, teachers did everything, but society begged to differ
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10 > [...]. teaching is an underrated profession. Teachers get scape-
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11 > goated and blamed first if a given child isn't performing well.
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12 > My parents kept telling me anyone could be a teacher. I repeatedly
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13 > heard the phrases, "You are worth so much more than that," and "You
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14 > are too smart for that type of job." Many regarded teachers like
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15 > lepers and I, at an early age, was expected to secure a more suitable
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18 > Since then, I realized that society has a bad case of tunnel vision.
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19 > We need teachers to support, groom and educate kids, but we refuse
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20 > to acknowledge them as leaders. For too many future teachers, it's
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21 > nothing more than a backup aspiration. [..] To many, teaching is "meh"
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24 > But, society needs teachers. It's important that the best and the
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25 > brightest people actively pursue teaching and regard it as a sustainable
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26 > and viable career -- [...] We need to start seeing teachers as leaders.
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27 > A passionate teacher can effectively manage a classroom, organize items
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28 > and inspire kids to move up in life.
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30 > If we regarded them as leaders, more people would likely consider the
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31 > job rather than just accepting it as a backup plan. Truly, teachers
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32 > constitute the backbone of our society and its future.
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34 > If we didn't have teachers, what would become of the future generations
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35 > and for that matter, the future of the world?
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38 [0] http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/why-we-need-to-start-valuing-teachers-as-leaders/
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