[ SECRET POST #1967 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1967 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry you have had a bad experience. I completely agree with you that some teachers are bad teachers; usually those teachers don't become bad teachers because they've gotten tenure, though. They were bad teachers all along.

Tenure is important for college teachers like me because until you have it, you can be fired for your lifestyle or your religious beliefs or whatever it is that makes you different from the community your college is in. And they don't have to even tell you why you're being fired, just not sign your contract. It's really scary, especially since a lot of the teachers who get denied tenure are the ones who speak out against the kinds of things you're talking about in your comment, the ones who rock the boat against complacency, and the ones who are often the best teachers.

[(Anonymous)]

True for high school teachers (like me), too. I don't have tenure in the (crazy stupid conservative) state I teach in, so I'm afraid to answer when a student asks me for an opinion. I hate lying to my students, but what else can I do? I already have enough going against me for being Jewish.

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AYRT

I can't even imagine how much worse it must be for high school teachers.

At least I have the comfort of knowing that the students I teach are legally considered adults and, therefore, I have a bit of leeway in my interaction with them.

I lie or don't say too. I don't lie about the important stuff. I don't allow racism or sexism or homophobia or religious persecution to take place in my class (and I'm sure you don't either). But I don't talk about my *own* religious beliefs or sexuality or politics or anything. It feels just too dangerous.

K-12 teachers can't get tenure in any of the southern states I've lived in either. I didn't even know you *could* get tenure at that level in other parts of the country until I went off to college.