Sunday, November 10, 2013

In Memorium: Mr. Teachbad (2009-2013)

Friends, teachers, citizens. 
I come not to bury Teachbad (he's not dead yet), but to praise him.
The evil that men do lives forever on the Internet
The good is oft done only in real life, and is quickly forgotten.
Let it not be so with Teachbad.
The earnest educators hath told you Teachbad was cruel,
If it were so, those teachers of knowledge would hardly flock to his blog
And despotic administrators would never have run him out teaching
Here, without leave of anyone in particular,
For I care not what earnest educators
And despotic administrators think, should they think at all.
Come I to speak in defense of Teachbad.
He was a comrade in arms, a defender of rational thought
But earnest educators say he was cruel;
And earnest educators are always right.
He saw the world as it really is, cutting through the layers of bullshit jargon
He called those who refused to work lazy.
Is this the mark of a cruel man?
When his students showed up, Teachbad gave them meaningful lessons
Hateful teachers do no such thing:
Yet despotic administrators say he was hateful;
And despotic administrators are always right.
You all did see Teachbad do the unbelievable;
He named the names of those who made the moronic education decisions.
Yet earnest educators say he was spiteful;
And earnest educators are always right.
I cannot make a mockery of every earnest educator and every despotic administrator,
I can only speak what I know.
Teachbad dared to speak truth to power, regardless of the cost.
And we love him for it!
Many fear the wrath of those fools who rule our working hours,
Doing jobs in quiet despair, silent regret
Never to rise up and bear witness to the lunacy.
Who among us has the courage to do as Teachbad has done?
To keep the fire to their feet?
Shining the sunlight of truth in the roach infested corners of education.
Only then might things change for the better!





2 comments:

  1. Yes. And, Yes! You do TB proud, Ms. Friday.
    Holy crap I just spent possibly the worst day of my professional career in a CCCcSSSS inservice today and if I hadn’t had a complete melt down of uncontrollable laughter I wouldn’t have made it through.
    Your words described what surrounded me :
    Many fear the wrath of those fools who rule our working hours,
    Doing jobs in quiet despair, silent regret
    Never to rise up and bear witness to the lunacy

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    1. wonderul.. Thank you for this.

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