Excerpt of interview with former KIPP teacher:
INT: Let me ask you
this question: if I were a friend of
yours interested in teaching at a KIPP school and I asked you what was it like
there, what would you tell me?
R: I would say honestly,
I’ve had that question before. I would
never ever – I told them I wouldn’t wish that experience on my worst
enemy. That’s exactly what I say every
time--I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
And I have no enemies but I wouldn’t wish it if I had an enemy. I wouldn’t put anyone through that. Anyone.
It was probably – you give up your life and not only do you give up your
life you’re giving it up for nothing. It’s not like you’re seeing results. It’s not like you’re being rewarded
appropriately. I mean there’s no reward
for that type of work. It’s just like
you’re being used up and thrown out.
It’s like they’re going to use you up as much as you can take until you
realize okay, I’m being used, and then you get out. My friends quit asking now in [city name deleted], everybody knows what KIPP is like now so I don’t get that question much
anymore. I have a lot of people who
would say they would never go to KIPP, never.
I have a lot of friends that went to KIPP and left.
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