Comments on: Are Great Teachers As Rare As Platinum?

By: MaraBG

MaraBG — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:00:15 +0000

Kudos, Miranda for taking on the most rewarding and under appreciated profession in this country. I’m not sure where I read or heard this, most likely the Talmud or my father – both great teachers – but if what we do impacts even one life, we have forever changed the world. That is what you will have the opportunity to do each day when you wake up. How exciting.

By: Miranda M

Miranda M — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:33:40 +0000

I wish they were paid gold in California- it’s more like lead here
As someone currently paying big bucks to get her degree and teaching credential (yes it’s worth it Azusa Pacific I love you!) thank you for pointing out something thats been on my mind a lot lately. It also (in California anyway) takes a lot of work to become a teacher and then you are stuck with loans you can’t pay off and a salary you can’t live on. But I’ll do it ayway because like you Mara I was inspired by some platinum teachers and I hope that I can give to somebody what they gave to me.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:29:14 +0000

Thank you for the mention. Maybe I think and write well because I had some great teachers during my NYC public education days – and that education went straight through college. There were some bad ones as well but we learned from them in spite of their badness because they were over balanced by the good ones. As you so eloquently call them – the platinums – they outshone all others and helped us navigate the lessers.

By: Meryl Steinberg

Meryl Steinberg — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:24:35 +0000

Don’t possess. Don’t complain. Don’t complain. –some instructions from a wise teacher. Great post. Teachers are unsung heros of society. We so need to show them appreciation.