|由妮可阿尔布雷赫特|
一辆吱吱作响的午餐室推动了走廊。它充满了糖果小吃和卡片，以及大碗巧克力覆盖的草莓。委托人的秘书正在教学时间，在教学时间推动教室，在教学时，在庆祝国家教师升值周的庆祝活动中。我盯着走廊看着我的路，感谢我在规划期间，虽然我感谢甜蜜的善待，但我更加解脱，这不是我的定期课程。快速谢谢秘书和我手中的巧克力覆盖的草莓，我闭上了课堂门和傻笑的思维，“如果校长实际上已经过了”然后我想到了我实际上要想要的东西就会更好从我的政府在这个“升值周”中。巧克力草莓和糖果不是答案。
During the early month of May, National Teacher Appreciation is the star holiday in front of Memorial Day. For some teachers, it is a week of free lunches, early releases, assemblies, announcements, and student hand-made thank you cards. There are also some teachers who do not have the luxury of such appreciative gifts from their students and administrators—receiving nothing at all. As a former teacher, I have experienced both forms of appreciation from administration and have felt the same about it all: for me, Teacher Appreciation Week was something that should be happening all year, not in the form of chocolate covered strawberries and thank you cards.
那么老师真的需要他们的政府来感到欣赏的是什么？回顾过去八年的教学职业生涯，考虑到我自己的需求和我与同事的讨论，我概述了一些可能有助于管理员向他们的教师展示他们的教师，他们全年向他们提供赞赏：