Teachers

Over the years, in particularly since the Great Society, teachers have been asked to take on additional responsibilities which have little to do with academics. It started slow and teachers did their best to respond but in time it just got to be too much to handle. The emphasis on the three R's was replaced with dealing with social and cultural problems. As most teachers grew weary of these new responsibilities some responded with new enthusiasm. Some teachers, especially those in social studies, have become reformers desiring to make amends for past offenses committed by the government. They uses such historical events as slavery and mistreatment of Native Americans as rallying points to promote that America is a country of systemic racism. While these events are historically true and need to be studied they must be reviewed and then followed up with the progress that has been made over the years. It does not make sense to blame people living today for events that happened long before they were born.