Hi. My name is...David
I'm very happy to have landed in the Gulch... I've been asking who John Galt is for some time now.
I am a teacher, and while I have been fortunate to have worked in relatively "red" areas, I think we have a duty to the younger generation to nullify the lies they're being told by some of my less than honorable colleagues, The James Taggarts and Wesley Mooches in the business. They are a tiny, but vocal minority. But my "pet cause" is school choice and educational reform. I'm glad to be here, but like Dagny Taggart, I believe the "outside world" can still be saved.
I am a teacher, and while I have been fortunate to have worked in relatively "red" areas, I think we have a duty to the younger generation to nullify the lies they're being told by some of my less than honorable colleagues, The James Taggarts and Wesley Mooches in the business. They are a tiny, but vocal minority. But my "pet cause" is school choice and educational reform. I'm glad to be here, but like Dagny Taggart, I believe the "outside world" can still be saved.
Once at a faculty meeting we were discussing something involving curriculum, and I went on a mini-rant about why are we teaching half of these topics, that students will never use and will forget one hour after the final? It was taken very well by a few but looked down upon by most.
The problem is that among faculty positions, there is very little turnover because of tenure, so fresh ideas are rarely brought in. When they do get new blood, those new faculty members are beholden to the more experienced ones for their tenure, so they tend to clam up as well. I loved my job but grew weary of the profession itself.
Maybe Galt will hire me as a teaching assistant, or better yet, maybe I can get a loan from Midas to start an academy in the Gulch, where we can do education the way we feel is right, rather than what some accreditation board dictates.