D20 School Board Member Doug Lundberg, Colorado Commissioner of Education Dwight Jones, and Pine Creek Math Teacher Michael Arsenault
I don't want to go on a super rant about how teachers are underpaid and underappreciated, so here's a story about one teacher who is getting the recognition he so deserves.
Yesterday, at a student body assembly, Pine Creek High School math teacher Michael Arsenault was awarded the Milken Family Foundation's 2007 Educator Award. Only 7 people in the building knew who was receiving the award, and Mr. Arsenault was not among them. When the representative from the Milken Family Foundation announced the recipient, Mr. Arsenault was speechless, and the school's principal, Todd Morse, ran to him and hugged him, finally relieved of the burden of knowing the secret but being unable to tell anyone.
I'm not going to say I'm underpaid; I've got a mortgage my family can afford even with two kids and only one real income (I hesitate to use the word legitimate as that would imply that the other incomes are illicit); we always have food on the table and in the pantry and in the fridge; we have two cars that both work and are paid for; we've got really everything we need.
So since teachers are not underpaid (objectively), I will say that yesterday's recognition of an awesome, influential teacher is an example of something that should happen more often, even if there isn't a big check involved. So, track down the email or physical address of a teacher who influenced you, and let them know you appreciate him.
Yesterday, at a student body assembly, Pine Creek High School math teacher Michael Arsenault was awarded the Milken Family Foundation's 2007 Educator Award. Only 7 people in the building knew who was receiving the award, and Mr. Arsenault was not among them. When the representative from the Milken Family Foundation announced the recipient, Mr. Arsenault was speechless, and the school's principal, Todd Morse, ran to him and hugged him, finally relieved of the burden of knowing the secret but being unable to tell anyone.
I'm not going to say I'm underpaid; I've got a mortgage my family can afford even with two kids and only one real income (I hesitate to use the word legitimate as that would imply that the other incomes are illicit); we always have food on the table and in the pantry and in the fridge; we have two cars that both work and are paid for; we've got really everything we need.
So since teachers are not underpaid (objectively), I will say that yesterday's recognition of an awesome, influential teacher is an example of something that should happen more often, even if there isn't a big check involved. So, track down the email or physical address of a teacher who influenced you, and let them know you appreciate him.
1 comment:
Well done! Teachers had a big impact on my life growing up, so it's great to see him getting the recognition he deserves. Regaring the subject of money, it's interesting to me that the US as the most of it yet seems to have the least of the important things.
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