I'm so tired of these stories of one savior teacher or administrator that turns around a school when no one else could! Especially when Hollywood perpetuates it. They always serve, whether overtly or not, to blame the rest of the teachers rather than addressing a failed system. People look at these stories (or watch the movies) and think, "gee if only more people like that were around our education problems would be solved!" instead of addressing the real issues at hand, such as horrendous lack of funding and forcing teachers to teach to toward a standardized test rather than actually educating children.
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