Critical Mass

You might expect that high school English teachers would actually know how to speak English. But many English teachers in my high school seemed to have only a causal acquaintance with the English language, and I expect that the situation is similar all over America. My English teachers often had inadequate vocabulary and command of the language. Beyond this they would commonly (with gross unprofessionalism) inject their own politics into assignments and class conversations. Friends tell me that this problem is not unique to my school. It’s an epidemic: the teacher who can’t teach – less obvious than the bus driver who can’t drive.

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