Lyn Storey Research Paper

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I couldn 't imagine being a teacher. What teacher 's do is so incredible that I couldn 't even comprehend what it 's like to get up and teach in front of a class for an hour and a half. It sounds so strenous to me, yet teachers do it! Teachers change people for the better, and for that we all should be genuinely grateful. My favorite teacher of all time was forced into retirement a couple years ago, Lyn Storey at Sandia High School. Many students complained about Storey because of her tough and somewhat unorthodox ways of teaching. I was lucky enough to learn two years of English, as well as literary and life skills from her. When I first had Storey my sophomore year of high school I hated her. I was even one of those kids who got a red …show more content…
This is demonizing towards faculty and stuff of the education system and will inevitably "force into retirement" many great teachers. The inacuracy of the evaluations itself will affect the outcome of the teacher 's lesson. If I were a teacher, I would be terrified of losing my job with this new evalutaion system and because of that my performance would suffer. I would probably worry about my job so much that I would just want my students to pass so I would still have job security. This thought process is so unfair because teachers mold students so they become great people. Teachers change lives. PED, APS, citizens, students and every human being should be grateful for those teachers out there who love their careers and love changing the lives of their students. This evaluation is harmful to the emotional well-being of teachers and therefore harmful to the student 's education. On behalf of 20-year-old students everywhere, I 'm thankful for everything my teacher 's have done for me and everything they taught me, and I hope they can continue to teach in a professional, stress-free environment that they ALL

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