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This sort of thing does more to divide the balance of staff in indivdual schools. It is hard to imagine that there could be a actual way for some administrator to decide who is doing well as a teacher or not. As a teacher for 21 years I see more downside for this issue. It would cause more poeple to leave the teaching profession, which to me is a calling and not just a job. Most teachers stay in teaching because they love the job. They feel like it is a way to give back to the community. All the things that teachers are asked to do now makes the job almost impossible and yet all the ones I have known stay because they love the students and feel as if they are making a difference. Bill Sizemore has always tried to undermine teachers any way he can and I feel that people should do things like go to the schools and see for themselves how the teachers are making do with less money and doing more and more for their students.

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