Teacher Man

   A New Year's resolution of mine is to read more books this year. I've always loved to read, and especially books (fiction, non-fiction, biography, you name it). But this past year has seen me drowning in periodicals and reading tons of blogs and online articles as well.

   So I started off the year by reading Frank McCourt's book about his thirty years in the New York school system.

   I have to admit I laughed out loud several times. His honesty and self-depracation throughout really made me like his character..him.

   I've often said that being a teacher is the most important job one can have and I stand by my criticism of the low rung on the pay scale that our society has placed the profession. If the Obama administration can do something about accelerating the work people like Michelle Rhee (in Washington, D.C.) are doing to bust the teachers unions in public schools, perhaps this will change. We'll see.