Teachers who complain 'These kids have no.... : Quote by Garret Keizer

“ Teachers who complain 'These kids have no work ethic' couldn't be farther off the mark. The problem is not that these kids lack a work ethic; the problem is that some of them see no connection between a work ethic and school. None of them would think, for example, to say to a customer at the MacDonald's drive-up window, 'Do you think I could get you those Chicken McNuggets some time tomorrow?' Yet we give sanction to that sort of request when it comes to school assignments. ”

Garret Keizer
  • From : Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher
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