Luciano S. Martinez: There’s an old saying which goes, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” This is what I recommend to Utah’s educators.
Gov. Spencer Cox poses for a photo with teachers, after delivering a speech about a salary hike for teachers, at Centennial Jr High School in Kaysville, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.There’s an old saying which goes, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” This is what I recommend to Utah’s educators.
Whenever someone comes up with the idea of educators taking on the added mantle of legislator, they are often dissuaded by someone saying, “Politics is such a dirty business, why would an educator want to engage in it?” This type of reasoning doesn’t work very well for our education system. People say, “Yes, teachers don’t get paid much, but they get three months off in the summer.” What is not well known by most people is that teachers often have to work other jobs in the summer. Many also go to school, and have to pay for this education themselves. For a teacher, learning never ends.
How can it be done? Well, first of all we have to work with what we’ve got. So, as they say, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” We can encourage educators, current or retired, to learn all they can about what it takes to become a legislator in whatever party interests them.
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