Fellow's Recruiters Aren't Infallible-They Accepted Brown
Reader comment on: In Book, Teaching Fellows Dropout Points to Inadequate Preparation

Submitted by Cohort 3, Oct 6, 2007 14:18

The New York City Teaching Fellows obviously wishes to attract those who are capable of addressing the needs of our neediest students. It is not a task for those who lack endurance, or believe that our education system will somehow bend to THEIR needs. All of us know this going into the Fellows program because we are told which placements are available. Mr. Brown strikes me as an opportunist who was going to make a buck out of his experience, one way or another. So, he chose to write a book because he couldn't endure the classroom. The only defenders of his book are others who might also have an ax to grind. As a Fellow since 2000, I am personally grateful to see dropouts, like Brown, leave us to our commitments. Teaching is difficult, but for 42% of us, it isn't a reason to quit.

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