ANOTHER TEACHER RANT: An intstructor's tirade

   Dear God,

   Why must I teach students who aren't interested in learning - just achieving their
   selfish little aims? Why aren't teachers allowed to use good old-fashioned discipline
   and put the fear of God into their shameless brains? 90% of my students are heading
   not only towards damnation, but their SAT scores are appallingly low! I exhort them
   to study, but they just laugh and say, "Ol' Hoppenthal - whadda whimp!" For thirty
   years I've done my best to brown-nose school officials and be a decent teacher as well.
   Yet in the final call, what does it matter? At the end of the day, don't all concerns
   about educational quality amount to mere window dressing? And when the Day of Judgment
   comes and all of us take our Final Exams, how many will enter Thy Gates?

   You know the truth of human hearts and how what's euphemistically called "education" is
   often a charade. Therefore, dear Lord, I beseech Thee to put some fear into the hearts
   of my students. And, if possible, give young Kathy Chokowitz a taste of what awaits
   all sinners who don't heed Thy Name.

   Your humble servant,

   Klaus Hoppenthal
   Age 71


Satoru: Ah, what a cranky ol' fart!

Liao:   Yeah, a lot of teachers are like that. Sometimes you can't avoid them.


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A semi-comical tirade against pleasure-seeking students by an exasperated, cranky teacher.
KEYWORDS: teacher-student communication gaps, malcontent teachers, teaching principles,
fear-driven pedagogy

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2007 in Tokyo, Japan  / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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