This was an assignment for my MCA 101 class. I kinda took it on a 'journal, editorial' approach. Let's hope my professor likes it as much as I did! :) Enjoyy!
Shooting a glance at the NY Times, one will be happy to get worldwide news, game scores, and the entire 'deal' we have going on with this political revolution, all in one. When actually utilizing your eyes as a tour guide through this black and white trail, questions will boggle your mind. Let's focus on today's paper; Sept 8th, 2009. Stimulus-Assisted Schools Still Facing Crippling Cuts by Sam Dillon, clearly explicates what's going on within our educational system. Teachers are being fired, rehired, and receiving pay cuts. How bad could it get? Bad. With less teachers, less money to spend on educational issues, students are more likely to perform very poorly on exams. Dillon explains how teachers felt when they lost their job, and when they were called back for rehire…
"I'm just glad to be teaching," Ms. Smallwood said, "After the misery of losing your job, a pay cut is a piece of cake." As Ms. Smallwood stated, "a pay cut is a piece of cake." Notice her "conservative" comment before mentioning the glory of her lucky pay cut; "I'm, just glad to be teaching". How bias could you be? She simply wanted to draw an audience into her own sorrow, and feel a source of empathy. Teachers received a degree to teach, but do they really do it with a passion? Not all teachers are only in it for the money, of course. But, when getting a call about being rehired, does one really think about how much he loves teaching? Or is it simply the paycheck that's keeping the smile on his face? Let's think on a literal sense; money talks!
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Wow. Im feeling your journalistic qualities right here ma, cant even front on that.
ReplyDeleteBut, and theres always a big but, lol..I dont agree w/ the POV becuz teachers get paid small paychecks! so they gotta love what theyre doing to get paid so little to do so much...