Posted on 12/22/2012 6:19:52 AM PST by wintertime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSgchJe2Z0
At about 2:20 in the video, Mr. Round begins listing what is occurring in his government school. He states that only 4 or 5 of the children in his class were able to consistently endure this treatment. Please think about this.
Question: What would happen if parents treated children this way in the home?
Question: What would OSHA officials have to say if employers treated their adult employees this way?
Answer: It would be called what it is: Abuse!
Where are all the "good" teachers standing up and protesting this? Where are the mass resignations? Where are these so-called "good" teachers that nearly everyone claims to know?
My conclusion: These children have been abandoned and left to endure abuse. Unlike an adult, children have no means to change their situation.
My conclusion: A" good" government teacher is about as rare as the Hope Diamond. The rest are enablers and some are outright evil.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Erratum:
“nothing more than a mass indoctrination centers” should be, “nothing more than mass indoctrination centers”
(Curse my lack of coffee, this morning!)
:)
Cheers!
This is why kids aren’t learning. Instead of teaching kids to write in a logical, coherent manner, they are having them write on giant thought bubbles about their reading assignments. This is designed for middle school. To me, this is mis-education. I would like some feedback from parents on this reading activity.
From the post:
“Thought Bubbles - Metacognition Manipulative: This would be great to laminate and then kids could write on it before / during / after reading.”
http://www.ateacherstreasure.com/2011/10/treasured-tip-reading-is-thinking.html
His writing is what helped pass on his legacy as a founding father. It’s what made him one of the most persuasive diplomats in US history. And it’s one of the main reasons we remember so much of what he did today.
http://copywritersroundtable.com/2008/10/14/how-ben-franklin-learned-to-write/
1) In my profession the background would never be pink with little stars.
2) The word “cute” would never be found in more than 150 years of journals in my profession.
3) How is it possible to **read** in an undistributed manner in a **groups**? I'd like to see how that is done.
My children went through “Institute for Excellence in Writing” orr EIW. Fabulous program to teach writing skills.
Likewise for us. A couple hours were all that was needed to actually do the academics.
I've had teachers tell me that on a good day, 50% of the classroom time is wasted time, discipline, lining kids up, getting ready for the lesson, sharpening pencils, getting kids focused, etc. On a bad day, 90% is wasted time, only 10% is on actual learning.
So, homeschoolers are likely actually spending the same amount of time in actual instruction, but the kids aren't being forced to endure all the down time the other kids cause.
“A couple hours were all that was needed to actually do the academics.”
This is true for us, too. We supplement with other activities. Every Tuesday my wife and daughters spend a few hours at our local soup kitchen making and serving lunch, for example. The older folks and especially the Veterans love my daughters.
ROFLOL
So the story changes again. This is version what 7-8 now. First you took one child out when he was in high school after he got his butt kicked for making racist remarks. Then you took them out at various ages. Next I think you said that you had them in and out as was convenient for you to do your gallivanting around the world. Please pick one version (preferably the truth) and stick with it.
Very much agree. A mass exodus of students from public schools will cut their per-pupil funding. Public schools will never have an incentive to improve until they have to compete for education dollars against private schools and homeschooling.
Public schooling passed the point of diminishing returns about fifty years ago, wherein every additional dollar of investment causes more harm than good. The only way to improve public education is to cut funding 100% and force them to compete with other educational options (at the parents' discretion).
I politely request that for the remainder of this thread that you do not ping or post private mail to me. You have my permission to comment in any way you wish about my comments and use my name, but please do not ping or send private mail to me.
Very politely and respectfully,
Wintertime
If you would tell the truth it would not be necessary to ping you now would it.
I politely request that for the remainder of this thread that you do not ping or post private mail to me. You have my permission to comment in any way you wish about my comments and use my name, but please do not ping or send private mail to me.
Very politely and respectfully,
Wintertime
Get over wintertime.
Quit stalking her from thread to thread.
There are qualities to government schooling that can not be improved because the are fundamental to the system.
Government schools are a socialist-funded, single payer, godless, price-fixed monopoly cartel! This can not be fixed it must be abolished.
Also....Since all schools, just to maintain order and safety, must strictly control speech, press, assembly, and expression of religion. When government does this the children risk learning to be comfortable with government restricting their First Amendment Rights.
And...NO school can be religiously, politically, or culturally neutral. It is impossible. Therefore, when government owns and runs schools they will promote the politics, cultural, and religion of the most politically powerful ( today that is atheistic cultural Marxism).
The only solution is to begin the process of privatization.
Thank you. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Thank you. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Heart braking. I am coming to hate my nation. I never thought those words could possibly be ripped from my mouth under torture. Now I find myself freely saying it. I hate my nation. This is not the nation of my birth or of my heritage.
I hope those who caused it and continue to destroy my nation, Burn in Hell.
Women became teacher because they were kept out of the corporate boardroom? Let me guess, you think Betty Friedan is anti-feminist?
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