Griping about the workplace is as American as apple pie. It is also a proven means of maintaining one's sanity in Cubicle World, behind the counter at the shop, and especially in the military. One of the best bits in the movie M*A*S*H is the sergeant's consistent response to Hawkeye's and Trapper's hi-jinks - "G-d Army! G-d, G-d Army!" I echoed that for three years.
Apparently, griping is not allowed in the Central Bucks School District. A high school English teacher there described her students as "disengaged, lazy whiners" in a private blog. Alas, nothing is private in the Blogosphere. The School Board got wind of her comments and suspended her. A School Board member commented, "We should pay more attention to the accomplishments of this high-achieving District and less to the immature rants of an inexperienced young woman who has spent less than eight semesters in the classroom."
Parents, send your kids to Central Bucks schools. It must be Pennsylvania's version of "Lake Wobegone where the women are strong, the men are beautiful and all the children are above average". And there are no disengaged, lazy, whiny teenagers! Nothing but high-achievers here, thank you very much.
My guess, though, is that there may be just a few disengaged, lazy, whiny students in that District. If the School Board had a recorder in the Teachers' Lounge, they would have enough evidence to suspend the entire faculty on charges of Felonius Griping.
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