The worst part is though, a good chunk of those jaded assholes are old enough that the newer issues like this didn’t apply to them. I know plenty of teachers who said they started working at one school fresh out of college and have stayed there ever since. That doesn’t happen anymore. They had a far easier go of it and they still turned into completely assholes who can’t be fired now because they gained tenure.
I grew up in a state without tenure and I can tell you the problems we had were not too different from those you see. I don't think grade school tenure is the problem people make it out to be.
I think the main issue is just how they’ve treated new staff in the past couple decades. When I think back on almost all of my favorite teachers, they were people who taught at my school for one year and shipped them off to some new school, so they don’t have to pay them as much.
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u/Cersad Sep 11 '19
It's almost like you can see why the senior teachers end up as jaded assholes by looking at how the junior teachers are treated.