¶ … Teacher Wars: A History of Americas Most Embattled Profession
In her book "The Teacher Wars," Journalist Dana Goldstein describes the numerous trends that have given shape to the present form of, according to the writer, "the most controversial profession in America." Along with the description of the past and the present education scenario in America, especially in the public schools, Goldstein has shown that all the attempts to try educational reforms in American schools have been tried and have essentially failed to achieve the aims set put for. She also raises some interesting topics which forces us to ask questions to ourselves about the teaching scenario and the teachers and the general atmosphere of education in the society as well as among the polity.
Dana Goldstein writes: "even as we were obsessed with the very worst of teachers, we were worshiping an ideal, superhuman few."
While we as students and even as parents of students, are often obsessively scornful of the teachers who do not do well. The general perception is that the majority of the teachers does not do their duty of teaching well and are not attached to the profession which is often defined as a noble profession. However we must also agree that during our school life we do come across one or two teachers who are exceptional and different from other and who set themselves up as examples for the students they teach as well as for those who he/she doesn't.
This raises several questions the primary among them is that do we really believe that most of the teachers in our public schools are non-performers and probably not qualified to do the job that they are doing? Is there a general lack of commitment and love towards...
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