Florida education

Okay, you asked for it, Solo, but I'm starting my own blog entry so as not to feel guilty for standing on the soap box in yours. You posed the question about schools, and I’m going to try to reply as calmly as possible without whining or curling into a fetal position.

My background: I have taught 6th graders through adults, ESOL to gifted,  in both Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale) and North Florida. I took a pay cut and left the public high school system a few years back. This was strictly a quality of life decision. I like teaching and interacting with my students constructively, and I hate mountains of paperwork and rigidly timed schedules.