off topic post

I just saw the documentary Sicko by Michael Moore. Its about how the US has no free health care. Anyway at one part he talks about how if everyone just stood together and said that they wanted free health care, the government wouldn't be able to ignore us. This got me thinking about teaching. Routman talks about the teacher as a political activist because education is political. So far every teacher I have spoken with has major issues/problems with NCLB. If everyone just got together and voiced their concerns maybe something could be done? I know that this is much easier said than done, the article "silencing teachers" proves this. Jaeger voiced her concerns and was sent to another school. But what if every teacher stood up with her? Every teacher could not have been sent away. It just got me thinking. I am glad that Routman brought up the fact that education is a political issue and that teachers have to get involved to inform and communicate the facts about what is going on.