Tenure Teachers
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
United States
November 3, 2008 6:55pm CST
I cannot stand tenure teachers. Why? Because most of them lose their passion for teaching after such a long period of time. I think that in order to be a teacher, and keep your profession as a teacher, you have to earn it. I have had two of these teachers in my life, and they by no means deserved it. One of them was so mean, and brutal, that she should have been fired before I ever became a student of hers.
Now, she is still teaching at the middle school that I attended and I heard that she is still and mean as she used to be, and that the students in her class are learning nothing from her. I remember all of the horrible things she said to me and all of the horrible names she called me in class. I should have gotten her fired. I regret it not having done it. This teacher made my life, and the lives of others students a living Hell. She is retiring next year, and she does not deserve that.
Has anyone here ever had a tenure teacher, who did not deserve to be one?
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
4 Nov 08
Well i have been in a similar situation in university. Where i had the good and bad side of the tenure teacher coin. The bad side..
He was a total pain in the you know what. His teaching method was if you have a differing opinion you get a bad grade and this was a lit class. What i hated most was that you cant do much when it is a tenure teacher/professor that you have an issue with because they basically are exempt from getting fired!
Totally rots... i think that should be changed so that if a certain teacher gets repeated complaints or what not about them that the administration will actually look into it and try to figure out why this teacher is the way they are.
Verbally abusive teachers are the worse kind since they tear down your self esteem... as you said.. she doesn't deserve retirement after having imposed such a negative image of teachers on students minds.
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
5 Nov 08
Yes, when some of the children in my neighborhood were selling things for their middle school, the middle school I attended ten years ago, I asked them about her and they said that she was still around, she was still being a witch with a "B" and she was going to retire. I felt bad for any and all of the people who ever had that woman for a teacher.
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
5 Nov 08
i understand what you meant when you said that she doesn't deserve retirement. A person that goes into retirement gets a portion of their pay and is recognized as having done good work.
However, as another mylotter pointed out don't dwell on her or what she did.
I had a teacher in high school that was just cruel... first day of senior high she said:
"I have no problem in failing each and every one of you, and those of you that do pass im sure 54% of you wont get into college"
Talk about encouragement eh? When i graduated with my B.A the first thing i did after securing an amazing job i went straight to that high school to stick it to her... that i succeeded... and in the field she said i was no good at (English and Communications)... she was no longer a teacher.. i was happy because she wont be having that negative affect on students sad because i really wanted to stick it to her.. one of the top 12 of my university... just move on and know that you accomplished something with your life despite her cruelty.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
4 Nov 08
I had a teacher in HS who was a glorified assignment giver. His wife was the cheerleader coach and basically he chatted with the cheerleaders during class while we did the assignments he handed out. He barely explained any concepts (we were an honors class and he said that we "knew how to read") and we were allowed to correct our own work! I don't remember much of anything that I was supposed to have learned in that class.
And now, looking back, it's pretty creepy that a man would spend his days chatting and teasing 15 year old cheerleaders! yeeeeessshhhhh!
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@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
5 Nov 08
It amazes me when people like that are hired to be teaches.
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
9 Nov 08
It sounds to me like your friends and you should complain! Make a formal complaint to the school board.
Get a petition signed by as many students and their parents as you can.
I see what you mean, many teachers will stay until they can retire.
But anger should not be in the classroom! 
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@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
10 Nov 08
See people have tried that in the past, and because she does have tenure, there is nothing that can be done about it. Tenure protects teachers from getting fired. Many other people and myself can complain all we want, but when a person has tenure, they are protected.
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