When teaching is just a job

From when I was a young child, high school was often described as a strict place. Every teacher I had in middle school told me “my behavior” of turning in work late, slacking off, cutting class, etc., wouldn't stand in high school.

I quickly found out as I entered high school that I could get away with literally anything, and that it was almost encouraged at times, too.

The main reason I believe this happened was because the teachers in high school are not being paid enough. That's probably the simplest explanation.

Of course, there are hundreds of exceptions. Every once in a while you'll get a teacher who is really devoted, and it will show in how they teach.

However, most of the teachers you will fi nd are about as enthusiastic about going to school as you are. I've had an English teacher who wasn't shy about how much she hated high school students.

This leads me to talk about high school English classes, and how, despite being the language we speak, it is probably our weakest subject. I don't think I read a single book for English class in high school, not because I didn't do it, but because it wasn't assigned.

In every English class I had in high school, all we did was watch movies “related to the subject matter.” What a joke. I really don't see the similarities in Finding Nemo and Shakespeare.