Flutterby™! : Thankless teaching

Since a couple of child-related things have caught my eye this morning: From Arts & Letters Daily, How I Joined Teach for America — and Got Sued for $20 Million. Obviously anecdotal, and with an ax to grind, but it echoes a lot of what I've heard elsewhere, and is well written.

While we're rambling on about "the good old days", on our recent trip to New York my grandfather remarked that over the past few decades, while the number of people in his town have remained constant, ambulance calls have increased by over ten times. He believes it's because parents no longer do basic first aid.

I'm not sure what plattitudes I could add about changing culture and parenting here that wouldn't be trite, so I won't. Ad I'm further sure that none of Flutterby's readers are the folks I would rant about.