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Silly Teacher, don't you know the Homeland knows how to train our little soldiers best?

"We cut down my percentage...[it's] liable to interfere with my aim." -blondie

I really feel for her and other teachers like her. I can't even imagine how crushing it would be to be willing and desiring of devoting your life to enact positive change in the world, only to be crushed by the pencil pushers, the naysayers, the rigid lines. This is why America fails at education.

All it takes is one teacher to change your life. Like the one that knocked up my cousin...

"No child left behind." I see no mention of teachers.

There should be more freedom for what and how things should be taught in schools, so different content, teachers, and teaching methods can be constantly tested. That's how an educational system should evolve, in the live and dynamic environment of consumer selection, not by top-down planning from self-serving politicians and bureaucrats.

Why doesn't your teacher union stand up for the teachers? Our neo-liberal government in New Zealand are trying to implement similar policies but our union is strong and they are speaking up for the teachers and the students.

Teacher to teacher, my heart hurts for you. Ignore the ignorance posted here as those who cannot possibly understand. I understand. Other teachers understand. I am so sorry you have been pushed to this point. I applaud everything you said and your bravery in posting this video. I pray God has big blessings in store for you. Thank you for being a teacher and thank you for standing up.

some teachers suck remember they are people, too... crazy old women and men