Thursday, April 25, 2013

The West Wing

Recently I was re-watching a favorite show of mine and heard this line, about which I had forgotten. It is perfect, and sums up exactly how I feel about teaching. Well, more education in general:

"Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes, we need gigantic, monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defense. That's my position, I just haven't figured out how to do it yet."

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