And while a classroom conversation about emotionally fraught subjects would seem not only advisable but also just part of any decent teaching method, slapping a trigger warning on classic works of literature seems a short step away from book banning, a kind of censorship based on offenses to individual feelings.
He had no idea how he would pay for the rest of her schooling, but even a few months' decent teaching, he thought, would give her a chance to improve her life.
Many even lack basic elements needed to do a decent job teaching, such as "administrative staff support, copies of required textbooks, access to students' email addresses for communicating with their classes, access to professional development courses provided to other faculty, or opportunities to participate in departmental meetings with their colleagues".
It was where the values and principles needed to lead a decent life were taught, and the lessons were imparted with as much gravity as reading, writing, carrying the neighbor's groceries and tipping your cap to women.
The analysis has the following subtext: fatness is a problem overwhelmingly found among poor children, and that's because they're ignorant, and we had better give these kids a decent meal at school and teach them to identify a kumquat, because god knows in the evenings their bovine parents are just going to keep loading them up with crisps.
Tan taught at Morningside Elementary, a decent if unremarkable school with an intake of mainly poor students, many of whom struggled with English.
We have to make teaching the way to a decent middle-class life.
"There is just one man I taught that could tie a decent fly," she said.
Canada, 58, believes that just providing a decent classroom experience isn't enough to teach disadvantaged kids.
J. Duffy, the president of United Teachers Los Angeles, counters, "Our view of a decent contract is it will provide longevity of teaching staff".
