Confessions of a Bad Teacher Quotes

“the assistant principal told me how he “loved to read a great novel and discuss the meaning of life.” He smiled, sighed wistfully, and then turned suddenly serious. “But we can’t do that at our school. We have to focus on basic skills and classroom management.”
― John Owens, Confessions of a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education

“cops aren’t blamed for our country’s crime problems, firefighters for our safety problems, nurses for our health problems, or trash collectors for our environmental problems. So why are teachers being blamed for our education problems?”
― John Owens, Confessions of a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education