Political Animals

I remember my adviser saying in one of our first days in the MAT program that we as "teachers are simply a political extension of the school board."

The article in EW starts off by missing the point of the use of the animal when it comes to politics. This is a simple fix for Mary Ester Van Shura, she simply needs to dust off some of her classics in philosophy and really read this phiolosophical discussion that has been going on for ohhh, only about 2000 years. This little mistake aside, she also errors by saying that education leaders must become adept at political landscapes. The truth is, we all must become good at politics in this career choice we have made(god know I have made some recent bad calls on this one). However, I also think that the reason this article was written is because she sees a clear threat aimed at leaders in education. This country is experiencing a significant decline in economic power(Like I need to tell any of you readers) but, we need not aim our angst that has built up over this current economic climate toward educators. To do so is to take a shot at an already ailing limb of our society. This is a limb we can not afford to injure further as our children's future is at stake in the ever more competitive global market place. We need our students to be well funded and for our education system to be revered as a world class system that produces quality minds. This

is what we should be politicking about.