Educating is a social responsibility shared between the teachers, the parents and the students themselves. To accomplish this we build a structure "the school" in the hope to educate and prepare the (all important) student for the world outside.
In doing this there is always a power struggle between the vertices of a triangle the teachers, the parents and the administration (the system). And the area of this triangle being quality and quantity of eduction the students have access to / are constrained to learn within. This triangle lumbers under the weight of the the economic, class and race relationships within and without the system.
In such an environment, it is the role of the teacher to address, empathize with and be a part of all this while maintaining the balance of teaching, providing students the education they come to school for.
In doing this there is always a power struggle between the vertices of a triangle the teachers, the parents and the administration (the system). And the area of this triangle being quality and quantity of eduction the students have access to / are constrained to learn within. This triangle lumbers under the weight of the the economic, class and race relationships within and without the system.
In such an environment, it is the role of the teacher to address, empathize with and be a part of all this while maintaining the balance of teaching, providing students the education they come to school for.
- What defines success or failure as a teacher? Not just from his / her perspective, but from that of the parents, the system (who employ the teachers) and the students.
- When should the teacher feel satisfied? Do they even have the privilege of defining it?
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