{"product_id":"2940045312271","title":"Making Education Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a teacher?\u003cbr\u003eA teacher plays a key role in molding today’s children into tomorrow’s citizens and leaders.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher finds ways to inspire different people who have different abilities, different needs, different life experiences; all without having the ability to choose which students to teach, or even how many.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher is motivated to make a positive difference while knowing that most of the important differences won’t be noticeable for many years; knows that many people will never recognize these contributions.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher accepts society’s problems in the form of raw materials to work with, and then receives blame for these problems. Despite this, and often because of this, a teacher is one of the first to be hit when budgets are cut.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher is someone who is a scapegoat for society's problems.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher is somebody who is underpaid.\u003cbr\u003eA teacher is someone who is underappreciated.\u003cbr\u003eDespite all of this, teachers teach because they care. Teachers teach because they can make a difference. Teachers teach because they know that our children and our future are at stake. Because of this, teachers are willing to settle for less than they could get in other professions: less in terms of compensation; less in terms of respect.\u003cbr\u003eTeachers are also human beings. They can only put up with so much before they consider a different profession, no matter how much they care.\u003cbr\u003eDid you ever have a teacher who inspired you to be more than you thought you could be?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did that teacher do to inspire?\u003cbr\u003eWas it something that a standardized test could expose?\u003cbr\u003eTeachers play a vital role in all of society. They deserve our appreciation; they do not deserve to be treated as scapegoats for all of society’s problems.\u003cbr\u003eTesting is important, but tests alone do not measure the value of a teacher.\u003cbr\u003eThe value that an education system adds to society cannot be measured by corporate profits. The goals of corporations are not compatible with the goals of the education system.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jerry Wyant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077994332400,"sku":"2940045312271","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045312271_p0.jpg?v=1763685003","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045312271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}