Dr. Evan J. Gowan@adamsteer @michcampbell @koen_hufkens I set boundaries early on, which my PHD supervisor respected and encouraged, but someone else on my committee did not. They ended up writing a comment on one of my papers! It is not necessary to be on all the time.
MsDsays@DrEvanGowan @adamsteer @michcampbell @koen_hufkens So much of this resonates with what I have experienced as an urban public high school teacher in the last 30 years. We are absolutely encouraged to erase all boundaries and find our only motivation in “doing it for the children” and “taking care of our babies”. Don’t you want kids to have opportunities? Spend your weekends coaching debate for $1.30 an hour! Your students are hungry when they come to class, can’t you go to Target and buy breakfast snacks to have on hand? Don’t all 400 students you will teach next year deserve personalized learning plans? Spend your summer designing curriculum for free, because what are you, greedy? If you really cared about equity, then you’d pay $1500 to attend this conference! And on and on and on - preying on the refrain “If you were a good person, you’d do this without question!” The only force pushing back has been the Teachers Union.
Koen Hufkens, PhD@MsDK12 @DrEvanGowan @adamsteer @michcampbell Whenever I see appeals to "passion" you should consider this a huge red flag for exactly this reason. You should get paid first and foremost because you are qualified and good at your job. Most people who bring those qualities will most likely also have some passion for it. If not, all the same.
Dr Micha Campbell@MsDK12 @DrEvanGowan @adamsteer @koen_hufkens hoping for a renewal of the union movement! Sorry for your experience, teachers have it so hard.