In
describing events from the past semester to a friend who has been in education
far long than I, he immediately nailed down exactly what has happened at my
school. The culture has shifted. The policies of primary, secondary, and even
higher education have created a new kind of culture, one that rebels against
any kind of challenge, and places the teacher on the lowest rung.
He’s right.
He’s experiencing it at his school in a different way, but this is absolutely
what is happening at every level of education.
I can’t
help but think of the zombie apocalypse movies. This time, however, students,
politicians, administrators, and even parents are becoming zombies, and they’re
all out to get the teachers. And this isn’t the fun kind of zombie movie where
a cure can be found or the plucky resistance can win out.