“Muna maye gurbin malamai kamar daukar kanmu a matsayin ma’aikatan ruwa na tsarin ilimin jama’a. A duk lokacin da aka samu sabani a fagen ilimi na al’ummarmu, sai mu tafi: ’yan kaɗan, jajirtattu, wawaye.”
– Daga Tom Gallagher's SUB
Shekaru 30 da suka gabata, babu wani dan majalisar dokoki mai ci gaba a Massachusetts fiye da Tom Gallagher, wanda ya yi hijira zuwa Beacon Hill bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Boston kuma yana aiki a matsayin malamin makarantar gwamnati na ɗan lokaci.
A cikin 1980, Gallagher ya lashe zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya a sashin Allston-Brighton na Boston a watan Satumba. Godiya ga birnin kasancewar garin jam'iyya ɗaya ne, babu ko da alamar jam'iyyar Republican akan katin zaɓe a watan Nuwamba. Kamar yadda Gallagher ya tuna a cikin sabon tarihinsa, SUB: Shekaruna Karkashin Kasa a Makarantun Amurka (Coast to Coast Publishing, 2014), bayanin martabarsa a lokacin shine:
"A bisa ga al'ada ga malamin da ya maye gurbin - Ni saurayi ne a cikin shekarunsa ashirin yana jiran wani abu ya faru…. Don haka yayin da nake da babban aikin siyasa yana jirana a watan Janairu, na yi rashin ƙarfi kuma ba zan iya duba ba. don sauran 'aiki na gaske' a cikin watannin Oktoba, Nuwamba, da Disamba. Don haka sai na koma yin subbing na wucin gadi.”
An sanya Gallagher zuwa makarantar Boston na ciki da aka sani saboda rashin ɗabi'ar ɗalibi. Amma babban abin da ya dame shi shine "abin da wasu mutane za su iya yi game da sabuwar jihar da ke zawarcinta a kasan tarin ilimi." Tabbas wata mazabar da za ta zo nan ba da dadewa ta hango shi a zauruka ta kuma bayyana kanta ta gamsu cewa ta zabi wanda ya dace. "Ba shakka ta yi tunanin cewa duk wanda ke son ya taka kafarsa a makarantar sakandare ta Jeremiah Burke (aka "Jerry") ba zai iya firgita da duk wani abu da ya ci karo da shi daga baya a majalisar wakilai ta Massachusetts ba."
Rayuwa, a matsayin ɗan baya-bayan nan kaɗai, a cikin majalisar dokokin Massachusetts da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin da sauri ta tsufa, duk da haka. A cikin 1985, mai dadewa mai aiki a cikin 8th Gundumar Majalisa, wani ɗan'uwa mai suna Tip O'Neil, ya yanke shawarar yin ritaya. Babban taron 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat na gida sun yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi da za a tashi da fita - zuwa Capitol Hill a Washington, DC Dan majalisar wakilai Gallagher na cikin su.
Sakamakon da aka yi na kujerar O'Neil ya haifar da filin farko mai ra'ayi iri-iri har ma ya haɗa da mambobi biyu na Democratic Socialists of America! (Gallagher shi ne ainihin DSAer, dayan mutumin kuma na abokin tafiya ne.) tseren-hanyoyi goma kuma sun haɗa da sarautar jam'iyya, suna cin karo da Roosevelt da Kennedy. Babban mai kashe kuɗi a fagen ya faru yana da sunan suna na ƙarshe. Isa ya ce game da wanda ya ci da kuma dalilin da ya sa, a karshe redoubt na Camelot.
Sai dai kash, Gallagher ya bar kujerarsa a majalisar dokokin jihar domin neman babban mukami. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan shan kaye na farko na Majalisa, ya yanke shawara mai canza rayuwa - ƙaura zuwa San Francisco. A can ya zauna a tudun Bernal tsawon shekaru 30 da suka gabata, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin marubuci mai zaman kansa kuma mai sa ido kan zaben kasa da kasa a kasashen da yaki ya daidaita tun daga Gabashin Timor zuwa tsohuwar Yugoslavia.
Komawa Aji
Don biyan kuɗaɗen kuɗaɗen da kiyaye jadawalin sa a sassauƙa, Gallagher ya koma matakin ƙasa na aikin ƙwararru a cikin ilimin jama'a. “Lokacin da aka tambaye ni abin da nake yi don rayuwa, nakan mayar da martani cewa na yi wa yara tsawa da fasaha…. Kwana biyar a mako, ina ganin su a cikin mummunan halinsu. Wannan yana cikin mako mai kyau, ba shakka—lokacin da na sami aikin kwanaki biyar.” sub ya ƙunshi nau'in shigarwar yau da kullun wanda ke rufe ƙimar ƙimar shekaru 17 a cikin manyan makarantun San Francisco da Kudancin San Francisco. A cewar marubucin, an canza sunayensu “domin kare marasa laifi da masu laifi iri-iri”—amma haziƙan ƴan ƙasa da tsofaffin ɗaliban makarantun gwamnati na gida tabbas za su iya fahimtar wanene.
A zamanin da kamfanoni ke goyan bayan "gyaran ilimi," an rubuta da yawa game da lalacewar aikin koyarwa. Dalilan cibiyoyi sun haɗa da ƙara girman aji, daidaitaccen gwaji, buƙatun manhajoji “na gama gari”, da ƙirƙirar tsarin ilimi mai hawa biyu, dangane da ɓarna ɓarna (watau makarantu masu hazaƙa don masu hazaka da ƙwazo). A cikin manyan makarantun jama'a na birni - an tilasta yin maraba da ɗaya da duka (har lokacin da yaƙin farko ya barke) - yanayi yana da wahala ga ma'aikatan yau da kullun. Kamar yadda Gallagher ya bayyana a cikin daki-daki mai ban dariya amma galibi mai raɗaɗi, ƙalubalen aji da ke fuskantar biyan kuɗi ba su da sauƙi a cikin ginshiƙi, dangane da wahalar aiki.
Gallagher's yau da kullum vignettes karanta kamar lissafin rayuwa a fagen fama da kuma a boot sansanin a lokaci guda. Bayan duba akwatin saƙon muryar sa don aika safiya, marubucin ya sami kansa, a lokuta daruruwa, ya tafi gwagwarmaya ta yini ɗaya "don kiyaye mafi ƙarancin tsari," tsakanin marasa aminci, wani lokacin barazanar jiki, ɗalibai da yawa. na makarantu. Tun da wuri, ya yanke shawarar ƙin wasu ayyuka. (“Wani abokina ya yi amfani da shi ya ga abin ban dariya cewa na yarda in je Bosnia amma ba zan maye gurbin koyarwa a Oakland ba. Na bayyana cewa a Bosnia, ina da sojoji 40,000 UNPROFOR don kare ni kuma menene nake da shi a Oakland Duk wani dan kasar Bosnia da zai iya kai min hari ya kasance cikin matsala fiye da yadda wasu yaran makarantar Oakland za su kasance.
Ƙimar Siyasa ɗaya
Bayanan martaba na Gallagher na ɗalibai, iyaye, abokan aiki, da masu gudanar da aikin da ba su da yawa suna ɗaukar cikakken nau'ikan nau'ikan ɗan adam da aka jefa tare a cikin babban tukunyar narkar da ilimin jama'a. A cikin shugabanni, ya fi jin daɗin faɗin gaskiya, kamar gargaɗin da ya ba shi game da aji ɗaya da aka ba shi a makarantar firamare da ke ƙetaren titi “daga aikin gidaje da ke da haɗari har ma kusa da shi domin mutane suna ta harbin harsasai da suka wuce. ”
“Da isa wurin a ranar Litinin, shugaban makarantar ya sanar da ni cewa biyan kuɗi ba ya yawan zama fiye da kwana ɗaya tare da wannan ajin. Da alama malamin na yau da kullun ya bar makarantar a tsakiyar ranar makaranta…Shugabannin makarantar ya bayyana ajin a matsayin 'rauni'… Kuma, ajin, a zahiri, yana daga bango. Ko da wasu manya guda biyu a cikin dakin tare da ni, koyarwa ba zai yiwu ba; Burinmu ya wuce har sai mun ajiye su a kujerunsu."
mafi yawa daga sub ya ƙunshi aikin jarida mai ba da labari na mutum na farko. Ba abin mamaki ba ne, bisa la’akari da rawar da marubucin ya yi akai-akai na ladabtarwa, babban bahasi ɗaya na littafin game da manufofin ilimi ya yi magana game da “mafi wuyar batu” na dakatarwa da rashin daidaiton tasirin launin fata. Kamar yadda Gallagher ya lura, a cikin 2012, makarantun San Francisco sun dakatar da ɗalibai kusan 2,000, waɗanda kashi 10 cikin ɗari baƙar fata ne, daga cikin adadin XNUMX% na Ba-Amurke.
Matsalolin a nan, ba shakka, ita ce, "yaran da ke fama da tartsatsin ajujuwa suna da alaƙa iri ɗaya ga waɗanda ke haifar da rushewa…." A cikin kima mai mahimmanci na Gallagher game da "motsi na dakatarwa," ya yi jayayya cewa "mafi yawan malamai suna sane da rarrabuwar kabilanci kuma yawancin su ma ba su da daɗi kuma ba su ji daɗin lamarin." Abin takaici, "sun rasa albarkatun da za su iya biyan bukatun azuzuwan su gaba daya da kuma bukatun yaran da ke kawo cikas a cikin aji."
Idan ƙungiyoyin malamai na Amurka suna son haɓaka fahimtar jama'a game da abin da membobinsu na matsayi da fayil, masu cikakken aiki da na ɗan lokaci, ke adawa da su a yawancin makarantun birane, za a shawarce su da su bayyana. sub. Ina matukar shakkar za su yi, duk da haka. A matsayinsu na ƴan ƙasa na biyu a cikin ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago na kansu-kuma galibi ba su da wani wakilci kwata-kwata—a koyaushe ana yin watsi da maye gurbin malamai, da kuma cin zarafi, daya da kowa.
A San Francisco kadai, Gallagher ya kiyasta cewa 300 zuwa 350 subs rahoton na aiki kowace rana kuma, a wasu kwanaki, kamar yadda 450. Tare da buga wannan littafi, suna da akalla suna da Boswell na kansu, "sub" tare da kaifin ido don daki-daki, daɗaɗɗen ban dariya, da yawan gwada jin tausayi, da kuma tsananin fushi game da yanayin zamantakewa da tattalin arziƙin da ke haɓaka tare da ci gaba da tabarbarewar makarantun gwamnati.
(Steve Early tsohon mai shirya ƙungiyar ne kuma marubucin, kwanan nan, na Ajiye Ƙungiyoyin Mu: Watsawa daga Ƙungiya a cikin Matsi daga Jarida Review na wata-wata. Ana iya samun sa a [email kariya])
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