Renee- simple! It wouldn't get done! Now I do work extra because I want
to teach well, but if EVERY teacher committed to doing this (not
working extra) to make a point I would participate. I think it would
send a strong message. I know if I did this this weekend I wouldn't
have any lesson plans for next week!

And a side note about Whole Language- no, Renee didn't post this, but I
saw it on another comment. Whole Language is good. Many people have no
clue what real Whole Language practice is. Actually, most do not.
Principals, districts, etc. took it and created their own version- as
what almost always happens. Readers and Writers Workshop is alive and
well in many classrooms, and children are thriving on it.

On 10/17/09, Renee G wrote:
> On 10/16/09, yep wrote:
>> Boy did you hit the nail on the head. Of course, the state is
>> going to say that "funding on a shoestring" is working-only
>> because TEACHERS ALWAYS make things work. We're working our
>> behinds off-but no one sees or admits that. Conditions are
>> abysmal, class sizes are too big, and we don't have enough or any
>> prep time-yet we make it work. It's imperative that this time we
>> don't make it work, that we "complain" loudly and clearly, and
>> make sure parents and students feel the difference.
>> Otherwise, we're stuck-even when money comes back to California
>
> What would happen if......
>
> .... teachers worked ONLY their assigned hours (and not at home)
>
> and
>
> ..... teachers did not spend their own money... not a dime.... on
> their classrooms?
>

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