A Former Texas Teacher Tells Why He Left The Classroom…And Explains Why He Will Never Return


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06/18/06
– A Nebraska Minuteman Calls Bush “Elitist And Cowardly”

From: 

Scott Collier
[e-mail
him
]


Re: Saturday`s
Letter:


A Texas Educator Says Foreign Teachers Have No Place In
An American Classroom

This is in response to retired Texas educator Ruth
Sellers` comments on Joe Guzzardi`s column about schools
hiring foreign teachers:

As I Predicted, Lodi Unified School District Takes The
Bait; Hires Filipino Teachers.

In Texas, 45,000 classrooms do not have a certified
teacher.  And, according to the

Texas Classroom Teacher`s Association
, there are
210,000 certified teachers in Texas not working in
education.

Why?  Well, it`s administrators who refuse to enforce
discipline, for one.  It`s the dumbed-down, utterly
boring curriculum, for another. 

But mostly it`s the total lack of respect given to
teachers by students, parents and principals.  No
competent person wants to work under those
circumstances.

Of course, other factors are involved.

I have two bachelor`s degrees and a master`s degree.  I
also have a lifetime teaching certificate and am
certified to teach in 37 states and 14 foreign
countries.  I have 15 years experience in education
(counting student and substitute teaching), with 11
years experience as a full-time teacher (junior high and

high school
) and three years experience as a
part-time professor (teaching assistant, community
college and university). 

I recently left education to help my mother manage the
family business. But if I wanted to return to teaching,
I seriously doubt I could get a job anywhere except in
the

inner city schools
of large cities—because
districts will not hire educated and experienced
teachers

My salary is too high on the pay scale.  This is why the
most districts prefer recent graduates with an emergency
certificate or as is the current trend,

import foreign teachers
at lower salaries. Districts
don`t have to pay

uncertified teachers
at the same rate so their

budgets
are spared.

The U.S. education system is the same as any other
bureaucracy.  It`s top heavy. The only people who earn
good salaries are not in the classroom.

To hell with the children, this is about money.

VDARE.COM note:
Collier`s previous letter to VDARE.COM about the
meddling Mexican Consulate can be read


here.