This is in response to Dinora’s “Teen Mothers Need Help Blog.” The bill that is being considered 592 will provide contraceptives to teenage mothers in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I totally agree with this measure. I know that ideally we would want our teenagers to practice abstinence but this is not how it usually occurs so why not make contraceptives available? Especially if you already have children. I agree with Dinora that there are still many teens who not ask a parent for contraceptives. If a teenager has to tell their parents that they need contraceptives most of them will not, if we make it easier for them to obtain contraceptives, we will at least have less unwanted pregnancies and therefore less abortions. We all know that teen pregnancies and abortions hurt the economy, and contraceptives do not necessarily encourage a teen to have sex because they will anyway, it only helps do it responsibly.
Along with contraceptives I agree with the fact of giving our teenagers the education and information they need in order for them to make a smarter decision when having sex. This only covers unwanted pregnancies but not sexually transmitted diseases, but it’s a start. I don’t understand why parents of teen mothers would need to be notified of this change.
Parents always think that their teenager would tell them everything, but the truth is that’s what you may think, but they do NOT tell you EVERYTHING. So, parents, please help your teen help herself, by supporting this bill.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Teachers need an urgent salary raise
Teachers are professionals who need to be paid for all they do each day for our children.Teachers, especially elementary school teachers do much more than teach how to solve a math problem or how to read. They take care for the emotional, physical and intellectual development an dwell being of each child in their class. They console, nurture and are expected to lead by example. They are very important role models for children and sometimes spend more time with them then the parents.
Many times teachers have to spend time preparing and organizing materials needed for lessons and do not get compensated for this extra time. The state should value a teacher’s profession much more because first of all, they earn it, and secondly this will motivate a teacher to do even more for their students and the schools would not be short staffed as they are today.
The salary for teachers today is seriously ridiculous. Teachers have to have a BA degree plus all required training and certifications to be qualified. In addition teachers attend workshops periodically to keep up with changes to the education system. It’s no wonder that there aren’t enough teachers and the student teacher ratio is incredible with one teacher having to teach 18 kindergartners.
Teachers are professionals not babysitters, they don’t need to be getting paid less than chefs. The starting pay for new teachers in Texas is about 38,000 a year.
According to the Texas education system the average teacher salary in Texas is about $45,000 a year. This needs to change if we want teachers to enjoy coming to work every day to care and teach our children. Teacher salary in California is about $65,000 which should be our goal.
Legislature in Texas and school districts need to pass a bill urgently or face a even greater teacher shortage in the near future.
Many times teachers have to spend time preparing and organizing materials needed for lessons and do not get compensated for this extra time. The state should value a teacher’s profession much more because first of all, they earn it, and secondly this will motivate a teacher to do even more for their students and the schools would not be short staffed as they are today.
The salary for teachers today is seriously ridiculous. Teachers have to have a BA degree plus all required training and certifications to be qualified. In addition teachers attend workshops periodically to keep up with changes to the education system. It’s no wonder that there aren’t enough teachers and the student teacher ratio is incredible with one teacher having to teach 18 kindergartners.
Teachers are professionals not babysitters, they don’t need to be getting paid less than chefs. The starting pay for new teachers in Texas is about 38,000 a year.
According to the Texas education system the average teacher salary in Texas is about $45,000 a year. This needs to change if we want teachers to enjoy coming to work every day to care and teach our children. Teacher salary in California is about $65,000 which should be our goal.
Legislature in Texas and school districts need to pass a bill urgently or face a even greater teacher shortage in the near future.
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