Via coturnix, the tremendously depressing resignation letter of a public school teacher in North Carolina. It's a rotten note on which to discover what looks like a pretty good blog.
The racist comments and inappropriate sexual remarks desribed in the letter are really pretty disturbing. I wish I could say it was surprising, but sadly, it's not.
Anyway, if you want to know some of the reasons why they have a hard time getting good people to go into teaching, take a look. No school pays well enough to put up with that sort of crap.
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