tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post4432787561865013387..comments2023-06-07T12:22:24.806-04:00Comments on Untamed Teacher: HatredMoriah Untamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08256637291823077134noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post-68083242225285902662013-01-26T01:42:23.625-05:002013-01-26T01:42:23.625-05:00The fact is that if the powers that once someone i...The fact is that if the powers that once someone is targeted, *anything* they do can be used against them, even the most innocuous actions.<br /><br />And once someone becomes aware they're a target, they can do nothing *easily* or *innocently* anymore, they are always fearfully self-evaluating -- which makes all their actions more clumsy and easy to attack.<br /><br />It's a vicious circle, but the fact remains:<br /><br />It's the targeting that creates the witch hunt behavior, not the supposed 'witch'.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post-38455440807040602262012-05-20T18:04:46.727-04:002012-05-20T18:04:46.727-04:00Good for you Moriah Untamed. I can relate to what...Good for you Moriah Untamed. I can relate to what you are saying. I did not start out with a dislike for students, administrators or authority. But over time, I became disgusted how each used the other for expediency. Students who did not do their work or misbehaved complained when grades were low or their were consequences for their poor behavior, The complaints were never directly about grades, they were usually about something I had done, perhaps months before. "Blow in the wind" administrators used the complaints to assert my classroom management wasn't up to par. By the time I left it was a feeding frenzy of complaints, where the lowest life students got their parents to complain. The final few paragraphs my district's hr thug wrote stand out in irony. He claimed I did the exact opposite of my intended purpose as an educator after students complained because I filmed them while they were supposed to be finishing final projects. These kids were mostly getting Fs and it was "payback time." <br /><br />What hurts the most is having given the best years of my life to such a corrupt, rotten institution. Even if the crummy kids had behaved as they did, it would not have been so bad if admin had stood with me. Make me think of Ibsen's "Enemy of the People."brookhttp://teacherhunt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post-10353374221110626482012-04-03T09:45:42.837-04:002012-04-03T09:45:42.837-04:00You DO sound exactly like Liar Principal S.T. She...You DO sound exactly like Liar Principal S.T. She DID love to put the do-did-done in front of verbs for emphasis. Perhaps you are Liar S.T. or maybe all you Bloomburgers just talk alike.<br /><br />It is not "probably" a good thing that I am no longer in the classroom--it is an exceedingly good thing. I can no longer respect the system or the people in it after the way they have hurt me. Yes, they were manipulated by Bloomburgers like you. No, perhaps they didn't understand how much harm they were doing to me, but that can't erase my pain. I need to be far away from all of you to heal after what you did to me.<br /><br />However, before Liar Principal S.T. showed me how easily children, parents, teachers, and human beings in general, could be corrupted, I had the highest respect for them. Innocence is Bliss.<br /><br />No one cares what you DO or DO NOT advocate. You are a Bloomburger. You are not a part of the 1%, but a slave to them. You serve their interests, not your own, not the interests of 99% of the world's population.<br /><br />As for teacher salaries and benefits: The economy is in big trouble when people covet a teacher's salary. Teachers are supposed be poor, aren't they? For years I worked long hours for very little money compared to other wage earners. Bloomburgers like you showed contempt for me because I earned so little. I didn't care-- I was doing the work I loved. Now people like you have lost their jobs and they look at teachers, who are supposed to be poor, and see them in a better position, and their contempt has changed to jealousy. Behind your sanctimonious "advocacy" which claims to care about "what's best for the little children" is nothing but a covetous soul. Just another Bloomburger.Moriah Untamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08256637291823077134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post-19418990571427981392012-04-02T16:35:35.674-04:002012-04-02T16:35:35.674-04:00You do seem really angry and it is probably a good...You do seem really angry and it is probably a good thing that you are no longer in the classroom. Your contempt for children and their families would be picked up by them in a heartbeat. I, for one, support any additional taxes, fees, etc for public education. However it is rants like yours that make me want to work hard as an advocate to add the policy caveat that no increase in fees/funds should go to teacher salaries or benefits. Increases in public funds to public schools should go to the families of at risk children and provide them the materials that can help them succed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320064253271992861.post-10191069036614104562012-03-26T20:04:32.482-04:002012-03-26T20:04:32.482-04:00Honest and raw post. Many of us feel the same way...Honest and raw post. Many of us feel the same way. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com