Shut up and teach

Maybe that motto ought to be placed at the back of every high school classroom.

There is something about teaching high school and junior high that seems to bring out the activist in some teachers. There are few things more unprofessional than a teacher putting down the beliefs of his or her students, but that happens all-too-often.

I'm accustomed to hearing reports from kids who come home to talk about how a certain teacher complained that the jobs is so hard because pay is so bad. Yeah, teacher pay generally stinks . That's not news, and yes, it would be great if that would change. But if you got into the profession in the first place, you hopefully didn't do it for the dough.

In any case, you're paid to teach, not complain. My kid is supposed to come home a little smarter, not holding a piece of a teacher's bitterness.

And the bitterness gets spread around a whole lot more when you have teachers like this one:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/lawsuit-corbett-case-1996170-attorney-judge

James Corbett is going to trial because he has harshly criticized Christian students for holding to their beliefs. He has belittled those students by saying you can't think intelligently or critically when you have on your "Jesus glasses."

James Corbett will have his day in court. A fair trial will determine if he crossed the line. But what of the kids who have been attacked by an authority figure over whom they have little power? Finally, someone stood up to him.

Mr. Corbett, you are innocent until proven guilty. But no matter what, you can't think clearly when you have your "Bully glasses" on. And neither can your students.