{"id":571686,"date":"2023-04-25T00:08:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-says-teaching-should-not-be-life-threatening-job\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T00:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:08:53","slug":"biden-says-teaching-should-not-be-life-threatening-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-says-teaching-should-not-be-life-threatening-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden says teaching should not be ‘life-threatening’ job"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden honored the nation’s best teachers Monday, saying they go above and beyond by providing food and supplies out of their own pockets and often find themselves \u201cexplaining the unexplainable, from banned books to duck-and-cover drills.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTeaching should not be a life-threatening profession,\u201d Biden said, referencing deadly school shootings that plague<\/a> the United States. “And educators should not need to be armed to feel safe in the classroom.”<\/p>\n

He spoke at a Rose Garden event that honored the Council of Chief State School Officers’ 2023 teachers of the year from each state. Tulsa, Oklahoma, math teacher Rebecka Peterson was named overall teacher of the year.<\/p>\n

Biden spoke of the challenges of the modern-day teacher, including gun violence and a growing movement from the right to ban books in classrooms, particularly those that reference gender and sexual identity. <\/a> Attempted book bans hit an all-time high in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought, as a student of history, I\u2019d be a president that\u2019s fighting against elected officials banning books,\u201d he said. \u201cEmpty shelves don\u2019t help kids learn very much.” He said parents and teachers should stand up against \u201dpoliticians who try to score political points by banning books.”<\/p>\n

Bills facilitating the restriction of books have been proposed or passed in Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, among other states. In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis has app<\/a>roved laws to review reading materials and limit classroom discussion of gender identity and race, books pulled indefinitely or temporarily include John Green\u2019s \u201cLooking for Alaska,\u201d Colleen Hoover\u2019s \u201cHopeless,\u201d Margaret Atwood\u2019s dystopian novel \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d and Grace Lin\u2019s picture story \u201cDim Sum for Everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n

Peterson, the teacher of the year, spoke of how she works to lift up her students and how she hopes the profession can bring people together. At Tulsa’s Union High School, she runs the blog \u201cOne Good Thing,\u201d where she posts something good from her classroom every day, hoping to inspire her students to reflect on joy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, maybe we\u2019re all \u2014 all of us \u2014 just walking each other home,\u201d she said in a speech that referenced her Swedish and Iranian heritage. She became a U.S. citizen when she was 20 and said her immigrant view helps her see the beauty in the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI teach because it gives me life to offer the American Dream to the next generation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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