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In Book, Teaching Fellows Dropout Points to Inadequate Preparation

Submitted by Cohort 3, Oct 6, 2007 14:18

The New York City Teaching Fellows obviously wishes to attract those who are capable of addressing the needs of our neediest students. It is not a task for those who lack endurance, or believe that our education system will somehow bend to THEIR needs. All of us know this going into the Fellows program because we are told which placements are available. Mr. Brown strikes me as an opportunist who was going to make a buck out of his experience, one way or another. So, he chose to write a book because he couldn't endure the classroom. The only defenders of his book are others who might also have an ax to grind. As a Fellow since 2000, I am personally grateful to see dropouts, like Brown, leave us to our commitments. Teaching is difficult, but for 42% of us, it isn't a reason to quit.

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Oct 6, 2007 14:18

Brown's criticisms of the NYC teaching fellowship was not a diatribe against teaching in difficult school systems, but to bring... [MORE]

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May 12, 2008 12:05

As a Fellow entering my fifth year, I find it surprising and frustrating that Dan Brown seeks to paint us... [MORE]

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Sep 19, 2007 09:49

I feel that any feedback as - to how to make the system of preparing teachers sustain themselves with success... [MORE]

juan colon

Sep 17, 2007 18:43

The Teaching Fellows Program attracts a population of young people who have been supported and nurtured every day of their... [MORE]

Leslie Harrits

Sep 17, 2007 16:36

Regardless of what economic background the fellow comes from, the problems in the Teaching Fellowship remain. Comments from former fellows,... [MORE]

pessimist

May 12, 2008 12:14

Doomed to Fail Having taught "at risk" high school students for 35 years in New York City public high schools, I... [MORE]

Ed Dunne

Sep 17, 2007 10:40

I have nine years of experiencing in working with children between the infant ages and 10 years old. I have... [MORE]

Femi Abelardo

Nov 14, 2007 21:42

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