My First Ever Algebra Class

I was always good at math. In third grade, this meant finishing classwork faster than my peers and getting all the answers right. I only had one real competitor in math-- another student. That is, until I was promoted to the enriched math class, where everyone was around my level. For the remainder of elementary school, I participated in all the math competitions offered at my school. My definition of being ‘best’ then was doing well on math competitions, as I usually did. I still have my purple honorary mention ribbons and my prized blue first place ribbon hanging on my bedroom wall. It may seem that those ribbons from so many years ago are unimportant now, and in fact, I doubt anyone else kept their ribbons for so long. But they were-- and still are--worth much more to me than pieces of cloth. They hold my memories of the class in which I made two of my closest childhood friends, learned how almost any real life situation could be applicable to math, and the class that I looked forward to every day.

The public schools in America have a highly controversial topic, and it is should the tenure system in public schools be eliminated. First, what is tenure? Tenure is the period of how long an employee has worked for a company, school, and just for any type of job. The longer the employee has been working for an employer in the same job, the higher the tenure that person will have. By having higher tenure that person will receive more benefits. Such as, having job stability, higher pay, more recognition, and just have many more benefits compared to someone who has no tenure or less tenure. That seems like a good system on paper, but in reality, it’s a highly controversial system.

Test scores in the United States have flat lined; while funding for schools has increased. Some students and parents have experienced teachers that have abused the power of tenure to keep their job while not teaching the students.

Hi Ms. Kaur. I have Mrs. Weinstock as an Algebra Two Trig teacher this year. Her teaching methods have hindered my academic performance profoundly. I understand almost nothing in class and know this shouldn't be the case. I had Mr. Lübbe last year and I thrived in his class. I was wondering if there was any room in Mr. Lübbe's period 5 math class? I would be so grateful if you were able to transfer me to his class. If this involves changing some of my classes I would be ok with that depending on what class. Some of my classes are only offered one period so I cannot change them. Is it possible for me to see what classes would be changed so I can make sure I wouldn't loose any valuable classes? I know you are very busy so I thank you so much

While the teachers and students are certainly impacted by teacher tenure, they are not the only ones affected by this issue. Staff members of many schools have been forced to continue working with teachers who are rude, lazy or simply not well suited for the job. In other careers an employee might be fired for these infractions but sometimes schools are unable to fire these teachers due to teacher tenure laws. This is not only detrimental to the education of the students of such a teacher, it may mean that other teachers must work harder to fulfill the needs of those teachers and must work with a very difficult person on a daily basis. In addition, teacher tenure can harm schools financially as schools are forced to pay high salaries to teachers who do not even deserve the job. This also impacts new teachers who may have difficulty finding a job due to older teachers who may not be as skilled at their jobs being protected by teacher tenure. Teacher tenure can impact the entire community when parents become frustrated that their child must endure a bad teacher and schools are

One of the hard pressing reasons for supporting Tenure is that it keeps them safe from false allegations that could be brought on unfairly. I was warned in high school that if I sought to be an educator, if I wasn’t liked by all the teachers personally or if I upset a tenured instructor I could be fired on a whim. The prospect that a disagreement could get me fired steered me away from the career at first. Before tenure was implemented, teachers could be let go for personal reasons that had nothing to do with their aptitude for teaching. Examples range from political standings, personal

According to data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2015, there are about 50.1 million public school students and 3.1 million teachers in the United States. When the number of teacher is not enough for teaching requirement. We have to improve our teachers’ quality as well as academic freedom. Before tenure, teachers could be fired by personal, religious, race, political reasons, or the teachers’ public speak-outs. In the early 19th century, the National Education Association introduced tenure. Tenure is just a contractual right to protect teachers from unfair expulsion for arbitrary or wrongful reasons (Robertson, 465). Furthermore, tenure is granted to the excellent teachers after a reasonable working period. By the way, we shouldn’t eliminate tenure system because it protects teachers from unfair dismissal, helps school administrators’ works more effectively, and attracts people to the teaching profession.

If teachers are worried about poor observations from their principal while trying new lessons, the classroom will become boring as children learn the same lessons year after year. With tenure, teachers can make learning fun while trying out new curriculums to engage today’s youths.

New York resident Angeles Barragan said that her daughter “fell behind due to an incompetent teacher who didn’t assign homework and didn’t help her child learn to read.” (3) Now, Barragan’s daughter is repeating second grade due mostly to the ineffectiveness of her child’s teacher. In the recent court case, Vergara v. California, a California judge ruled that “the state’s laws governing teacher tenure [are] unconstitutional, saying they interfere with the state’s obligation to provide every child with access to a good education.” (4). The court case brought forth compelling evidence as to why the tenure system needs to be either eliminated completely, or radically changed. The evidence showed that the failure of schools to weed out underperforming teachers led to the pairing of the “grossly ineffective teachers” with the poor and minority students, who were already underperforming. (3) This has been deemed unconstitutional because it violates students’ rights to the equality of education. Students in poor areas are forced with some ineffective teachers who cannot be fired because of their tenure, leading to lower test scores and, on average, lower graduation rates. In another example, parents in New York are eagerly trying to send their students to Charter Schools, in an effort to avoid “bad” teachers that ultimately lead to their students performing significantly lower than they should be. (The

According to data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2015, there are about 50.1 million public school students and 3.1 million teachers in the United States. When the number of teachers is not enough for teaching requirement. We have to improve our teachers’ quality as well as academic freedom. Before tenure, teachers could be fired by personal, religious, race, political reasons, or the teachers’ public speak-outs. In the early 19th century, the National Education Association introduced tenure. Tenure is simply a contractual right to protect teachers from unfair expulsion for arbitrary or wrongful reasons (Robertson, 465). Furthermore, tenure is granted to the excellent teachers after a reasonable working period. By the way, we shouldn’t eliminate tenure system because it protects teachers from unfair dismissal, helps school administrators’ works more effectively, and attracts people to the teaching profession.

According to data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2015, there are about 50.1 million public school students and 3.1 million teachers in the United States. When the number of teachers is not enough to meet the demand for teaching, the student/teacher ratio will rise. In order to recruit teachers more effectively, we need to improve the training programs and the teachers ' rights. In the early 19th century, the National Education Association introduced tenure. Before tenure, teachers could be fired for religion, race, political standing, personal reasons, and for voicing their opinions. Tenure is simply a contractual right to protect teachers from unfair expulsion for arbitrary or unjustified reasons (Robertson 465). Furthermore, tenure is only granted to teachers after a reasonable working period. We shouldn’t eliminate the tenure system because it protects teachers from unfair dismissal, helps school administrators work more effectively, and attracts people to the teaching profession.

The concept of tenure has always been a foreign notion to me. I believe this is mostly due to the fact that I do not work in the field of education. I work in the field of community mental health, where the concept of, “a job for life” is a ridiculous one. I completely understand that most of those who work in education would consider my previous statement a form of blasphemy, however I still attempt to take up and support my position.

It was my second week of my first college class. Not that I was out of high school yet, but being a junior, I was close. As I walked down the sidewalk to my class, I followed the strange shape of an imperfect circle, looking at the multiple paths I could choose to go down. I singled out the shortest of the twisting paths that directed me to the lowest entrance of the math department's building, while watching others come and go. I thought about what each person on the paths were coming from or going to. I went through the tall, glass doors on either side of the T shaped hall and I was standing right in front of the elevator. Then, as I felt the familiar regret of taking such an early class three times a week, I waited patiently for the elevator to reach me.

The education system today is going down the drain. One specific factor that contributes to the education system’s downfall is tenure for teachers. A tenure gives teachers a permanent contract that guarantees their employment and protects them from being fired. Teachers should not get tenure. Tenures make it difficult for schools to get rid of teachers who have attained tenure status throughout the country. They also make it harder for students to learn effectively in the classroom of a poorly performing teacher. Our education system deserves teachers that understand how to teach efficiently and are there for the students.

Tenure system picked up in the mid-20th century as a method for shielding teachers from being terminated for the wrong reasons. In those days, political gathering in office or a racial or individual inclination could get consummately great instructors sacked; tenure was made to guarantee that educators didn't experience the ill effects of the whimsical activities of administrators.