There are some great teacher/activists such as Katie Osgood in Chicago and Bob Sikes in Flordia who do a great job of both maintining their careers in the classroom while researching, blogging, posting, and updating what's going on in this horrible wave of "Education Deform." They are way out of my league, and when I try to emulate them (in comic strip fashion no less) all I do is look idiotic.
So, I'm going back to my sphere...education as I live it, see it, and know it. This idea comes from my girlfriend, Wendi Evans (a fourth grade special ed teacher who deals with stressors I couldn't begin to imagine as a high school teacher). This is the how the reform movement looks from my window, and that's about all to which I can claim any expertise. I thought for this first one, I'd go back to the kids and how they are so easily influenced by those very people (media moguls and Corporate Americans) who would blame us for the state of the modern adolescent mind.
No doubt, when I post this, someone will argue that I'm slamming/mocking/ridiculing kids...
Whatever...
Best,
Wheels-
