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Smarmie Doofus

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6. Wow. I came in in the mid 80's and they were DYING for people.

Reply to bbgrunt (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 04:03 PM

Aug 2015

At least in Special Ed. ( Which was my area.)

They gave me a break on the interview portion of the licensing test. ( I SUCKED... BUT passed anyway.)

Sounds like you go back a bit further. Maybe to the Shanker-NYC Wars? We were really just getting started as a collective bargaining unit and as a profession.

In Shanker's day, race was the unspoken... but very real... central bone of contention.

Not much has changed in that regard... other than that the privatizers and entrepreneurs have recognized that split as a sociological breech that can potentially be exploited economically.

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Good News: NY Times Acknowledges a Nat'l Teacher Shortage. Bad News: [View all] Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 OP

Teaching is no longer the respected profession it once was. femmocrat Aug 2015 #1

I'm looking for something to quibble with there. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #2

Well, they could keep increasing class size! ;) femmocrat Aug 2015 #3

You are absolutely correct Daphne08 Aug 2015 #5

It's been more than the last 10 years... bbgrunt Aug 2015 #4

Wow. I came in in the mid 80's and they were DYING for people. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #6

I'm not too sure about the over all job market, but I came home bbgrunt Aug 2015 #7