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It seems to be time for someone to defend Rappahannock’s teachers against the charge that they are less dedicated than teachers in the past In the two years my daughter has been in school, she has. been taught by two dedicated teachers, one very experienced and the other in her first year of teaching. I am not fool enough to think that she can get through 12 years of public education with only fine teachers, but I feel we in Rappahannock County are truly fortunate in the number of dedicated teachers we do have.
I believe that those who go into teaching do so because they were inspired by great teachers they encountered as students. Teachers don’t want just to collect pay checks. They don’t want just to be good. They want to be truly great teachers. Unfortunately not all are suited for such a calling.
There are great teachers who, by the force of their personality, inspire young people to try to do their v$ry best, and there are others who cause youngsters to try to see how much they can get away with. Unfortunately, this situation is compounded by the fact that parents of today’s children do not teach them to treat teachers with the same sort of respect they were taught to show.
We in Rappahannock County must work to attract and keep our share of the teachers entering the profession each year who have the potential to become truly great teachers.
In the past our best teachers came here mostly as single women who were courted by, and married local farmers. They stayed and gave many years of dedicated service to our children. This is less true today. There are fewer real farmers, and more of our young teachers come here as teaching couples. To keep the best of these we will have to be able to convince them that here they can find a good life,
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