Michael Zwaagstra: One Bad Decision Can Ruin a Teacher’s Career

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Teachers make hundreds of decisions every single day. Most are minor, such as deciding how many math problems to assign at the end of a lesson. But others carry much more significance. Some could even be career-ending.
Yes, you read that correctly. One wrong decision and a teacher’s professional career might come to a screeching halt.
Consider one decision that teachers make on a regular basis: what videos to show to their students. Some teachers have made really bad choices.
For example, a Toronto teacher recently showed a video of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk being assassinated to a class of Grade 5 and 6 students. The Toronto District School Board quickly removed the teacher from the school and began a full investigation….