Think about it. Would you work as hard if you knew that getting fired was very difficult for your boss to do because it cost a lot of money and involved him or her filling out a lot of paperwork? I know my wife would still work hard because she is that kind of person, but I also know that there are plenty of people who would take advantage of those circumstances.
Tenure in K-12 public education offers that kind of working environment.
The difficult thing about tenure is that it creates a situation where some people don't but forth their very best effort and it also makes it difficult to get rid of those very same people. A teacher who is not giving 110 percent of what they have to give to their students is doing their students and their community a disservice. Tenure allows some people to not be as motivated and thus not help students succeed as much as they could be.
I am glad that I work in a school division where I don't see a lot of this lack of motivation. I do see some of it though and it breaks my heart.
What do you think? Does this argument make sense? Have you experienced a teacher who was going through the motions?
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