On the front page today there was an article about the Bloomberg administration's effort to get rid of the teachers who have proven themselves to be incompetent.
This article caught my eye because I've never heard of such a thing. Growing up and still now as I am in my final years of college, the teachers and professors have always seemed highly protected and it would take nothing short of an army to get them fired.
Last semester I had a horrible professor, he had no intention of teaching his subject, but rather teaching his way and if you did things differently or looked at something differently he decided to fail you.
I would say there are many teachers out there that shouldn't be, that have lost sight of what education should truly be about-sharing information and enlightening students, enabling them to go out into the world educated in many areas. They are more concerned with their tenure then the minds they are shaping.
So I support this move in NY and I think others should take notice. After all any type of change in this world has to start with education and if we have incompetent people at the core of our schools then we will go nowhere.
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