I am going to write about No Wife a bit today because my anger has reached a point that I may have a stroke if I don't get this out into the world.
My wife is a social studies teacher. She is a summa cum laude graduate of one of the finest universities for educators in the northeast. She has won very presitigious teaching awards from the State of New Jersey as well as been nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award sponsored by a very prominent corporation. Her lessons are engaging and collaborative. She has significant experience at top rated schools in a state that consistently ranks among the highest in public education. Yet here in Cobb County, Georgia, in two school years of looking she has been unable to secure employment. This is ludicrous.
In a state like Georgia which is supposedly dying for teachers. she is consistently passed over, not only for jobs, but also for interviews. In a state like Georgia, which has an appallingly ranked educational system, how can any principal justify passing her incredibly impressive resume by? In a state like Georgia which is populated by military families and numerous bases, how is it that a veteran of the United States Army with impeccable credentials and an amazing ability to reach even the toughest students doesn't get asked to serve her community?
Our phone should be ringing off the hook. She should not be sitting at a computer shaking her head as one perfect position after another comes and goes with nary a phone call. The middle and high schools in Cobb County Georgia are robbing their students of opportunity on a daily basis because of what appears to be an "old boy" hiring policy. (I have no evidence of this, but nothing else makes sense when you measure No Wife's credentials against the positions available.)
No Wife is a rock star at the front of a classroom. Who is going to step up and give their students a real chance to not only learn something, but love the process of learning it?
No 1 of Consequence
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I hate to say this but your wife is being turned down because she is intelligent. The State doesn't want educators that may 'rock the boat' and possibly make children think for a change. The teachers in this State are only there to make sure the children pass the national tests. I have watched four of my children go through the process of learning nothing benefical only to have to take up the slack and teach them myself. I am so sorry to hear that your wife is unable to secure a job. I would love to have an educator with her ability teaching my children.
Good Luck to you and yours,
Yayah
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