[goodwithagun]

I teach in an inner city school but I grew up in a middle class, suburban, white town. It was definitely a culture shock, and still sometimes is. What I have come to understand is that “diversity” means the thug culture. It means gangs, drugs, and a lot of teenage pregnancy. “Diversity” means trying to fake a learning disability to get a “crazy check” from the government. This will be my third year teaching and I can believe the turnover rate. We have teachers retiring early because they can take no more “diversity.” Ironically, those baby-boomers are the ones that helped bring us most of the “diversity.”

[Clara Lou]

I teach at a middle school that qualifies as one of those economically disadvantaged places I mentioned. I’ve been there 12 years. Fortunately, I teach Spanish-I to students who are higher achievers. I don’t get the “thugs” in my classroom because it’s an elective that requires some work on the part of the student. That’s how I’m going to make it to retirement age.