I drove home from a great visit to Perseus in Erie, PA today only to sit down to watch another expose about yet another teacher engaged in appropriate conduct with a student. Purportedly.
How come the teachers I met today in Erie never make the news? The ones who attend conferences on their own dime to learn new ideas to share with their students, write grants, negotiate and cajole for supplies and motivations for kids because they really love them? Love hardly seems newsworthy. I found a lot of love at Perseus today, a school populated by kids who have not found success in school in the past, but who are working toward graduation because there are a few teachers and administrators who have not given up on them.
A car I passed on I90 on the way home had a sign in the back window that said, “I support teachers.” Homemade. I don’t think I’ve seen any of those pre-printed anywhere. I need one of those.
Thanks to Bill and his wife and the administration at Perseus for their kind invitation.
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