Posted on 09/08/2010 9:35:24 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
A look inside a teacher's mind could help you understand lesson plans and maybe even guide your child to perform better.
1. If we teach small children, don’t tell us that our jobs are “so cute” and that you wish you could glue and color all day long.
2. I’m not a marriage counselor. At parent-teacher conferences, let’s stick to Dakota’s progress, not how your husband won’t help you around the house.
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I read that earlier today.
Some of it is valid.
Could someone explain to me why ‘Dakota’ is a kids name now?
I swear I’m going to have another kid just so I can name him Wyoming.
I don’t think it’s baloney at all. In fact, it sounds right on to me. Teachers very often are everything to the kids. My best friend teaches in the inner city. I know.
Exactly what part of this is BS?
Some of these hit home just because so many parents depend on the public screwl system to handle everything.
Defund! End public education! Homeschooling or private education are better options and give parents much more say in what their children learn.
Yes, sports stars make a lot more money than teachers. But there are a lot more people who can teach primary school than there are people with exceptional, professional-level athletic ability.
This article makes teachers seem like ungrateful complainers. Teaching is hard, yes, but they also get a three-month vacation.
BAH. END the government monopoly on education NOW!
Public schools should exist to educate the 5% who are the problems, the destitute and the unteachable.
The other 95% should be privately educated or at home.
First, there are a LOT of law-school grads that don't even make that the first few years after passing the bar. Plenty of fresh engineers would LOVE to be making $51K, or working AT ALL.
Second, It's called the free-market, sweetheart. If you were 6'9", with long arms, mad hops and a killer J, there would be somebody willing to pay you that kind of scratch. But alas, you aren't.
Instead, you decided to go into a field that requires one of the least demanding degrees, is LOADED with free-time, to include summer's off, and has virtually ZERO risk for poor performance. It's that simple. Unlike the baller - who theoretically has to perform or get get cut (or benched), you get the same old same old, irrespective of how well you do, or don't do your job. This is probably why you also don't want standardized testing.
I’m not sure what part of this is considered to be BS? Personally, I think they are all valid points.
I just wanted to add—I guess I just found that line about “no more mugs or frames” really irritating. The article is so cynical.
I’ve never had a bad experience like that. In fact, I wrote a letter to the editor about an amazing thing my daughter’s teacher did last year—she made individual photo albums for all the kids in her class, with pictures from the entire year and a page with all her friends’ signatures. She really went above and beyond, and wrote us a nice thank-you for our gift to her, a bubble bath kit.
#9 is the only one I have real problems with. They should neither fulfill these roles nor be expected to do so.
I’m a Cubmaster.
Yesterday, a mom wrote me about a private conversation I had with the divorced dad, and his opinion of the new boyfriend.
The dad actually took one of my comments out of context to mess with her ex-wife’s head. Ex-wife, putting the opinion of the boy’s CUBMASTER in high regard, begged me to dish my opinion of the boyfriend, because she was about to take the next step with him.
I got another call at midnight once from the stoned dad of another kid, who lied about the father of another boy in the Pack, telling me he’s running whores out of his house, and dealing drugs. None of it was true, but why a CUBMASTER?
The integrity of the social fabric of this country is in tatters right now, at least in WA state.
Our state has the lowest church attendance rate in the US. I can tell you that its showing.
What is BS? I was a teacher and would agree with everything said here.
Earlier this year, a teacher told me that the last two months of school are a complete waste. They spend most of March teaching kids how to take the big state tests in April. April is Test Month and Spring Break,and by then, the school year is basically over! She said there’s no point in beginning major study units in May because of all the end-of-the-year activities. Three months all but lost due to the emphasis placed on standardized testing. Now THAT’s BS!
I’m a very big proponent of homeschooling, and I don’t believe the fedgov has any business in “education”, but...
there are kids who have parents who really don’t give a rip about them besides getting a welfare check to support them. All these kids have for a parent is school and their public school teacher.
What do we do with them? I don’t know.
I think the only real issue is #3 - sick of standardized testing.
If the teacher is not a member of the NEA, then its probably a valid point.
But if he/she is a member, then he/she is part of the problems that made standarized testing the first attempt at a solution. Take it up with your union - the one that does everything possible to prevent actual education from happening in the classroom while simultaneously being one of the largest political action groups in the country and then we can talk about standardized testing.
Could someone explain to me why ‘Dakota’ is a kids name now?
If you’re expecting twins, can you call one South Dakota and the other North Dakota?
If schools were still small, neighborhood centers of learning there would be no need for teachers’ unions and all the other distractions that intrude upon this very special relationship: students, teachers & parents.
Are parochial schools still surviving in this chaos?
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