Chip Putnam

Diary of a Fed Up Teacher Chip Putnam

The parents say, "My child is perfect, so it must be the teachers' fault that he's failing!"



The administrators say, "These tests are perfect, so it must be the teachers' fault if the students are not performing well."



The elected officials say, "The state is in a dire financial crisis...it must be the greedy teachers' fault...they're bleeding us dry!"

I say, "ENOUGH ALREADY!"



Finally, a teacher speaks out about the state of public education and the truth of the modern classroom in this fictionalized autobiography of a year in the life of a high school teacher.