Comments on: I Wish I Knew How To Quit You http://www.edwize.org/i-wish-i-knew-how-to-quit-you Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Maid of Orleans http://www.edwize.org/i-wish-i-knew-how-to-quit-you/comment-page-1#comment-63800 Maid of Orleans Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:47:57 +0000 http://edwize.org/i-wish-i-knew-how-to-quit-you#comment-63800 Sad, isn't it, that teaching in New York City schools makes one feel the way that the author does? Yet, in the five years that I've managed to endure with the DOE, I STILL feel that way- each and every day, I wonder why I stay. Over my five years, I've yet to meet ANYONE that works for the DOE that is TRULY happy. What I DO hear, though is that prior to the BloomKlein regime, the DOE was an entirely different type of organization. Veteran teachers (some now getting "U" ratings for the first time in their entire careers and actually being encouraged to "retire" early) actually say that they YEARN for the "old" BOE, as inefficient as that organization was. there seems to be no joy in being a teacher with the NYC/DOE for anyone. So, what's happened? I, too, started out being idealistic when I first started working as a teacher. Truly, I WISH I could retire at 55 myself, but coming in as a second career person precludes that ( don't have the time in). What's the answer here? Sad, isn’t it, that teaching in New York City schools makes one feel the way that the author does?
Yet, in the five years that I’ve managed to endure with the DOE, I STILL feel that way- each and every day, I wonder why I stay. Over my five years, I’ve yet to meet ANYONE that works for the DOE that is TRULY happy. What I DO hear, though is that prior to the BloomKlein regime, the DOE was an entirely different type of organization. Veteran teachers (some now getting “U” ratings for the first time in their entire careers and actually being encouraged to “retire” early) actually say that they YEARN for the “old” BOE, as inefficient as that organization was. there seems to be no joy in being a teacher with the NYC/DOE for anyone.
So, what’s happened? I, too, started out being idealistic when I first started working as a teacher. Truly, I WISH I could retire at 55 myself, but coming in as a second career person precludes that ( don’t have the time in). What’s the answer here?

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