These days, it seems like the only qualification someone needs to opine on what’s best for our nation’s schools is their own dimly remembered time as a student. Combine that with volatile, emotionally charged topics like politics and religion, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert and no one will listen to anyone else.
Well, listen up, smartasses: I’m a teacher. I’m in front of kids every single day. And if I can’t hang the Ten Commandments in my classroom, then how the hell am I supposed to get my students to stop coveting their neighbor’s wife?
