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In reply to the discussion: Sandpaper Spelling Assignment At Florida Middle School Leaves Kids Bleeding, Parents Outraged [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)146. backing the truck up a bit?
I used to chime in on DU2 when there was a certain poster who continually mislead by her headlines and interpretations of stories and would never admit or apologize when proven beyond a doubt she was wrong.
anyway, that was a long time ago and I really don't dislike teachers as a whole (although I probably complained about my useless stupid assed ones) and recognize that it is a very difficult job under crazy difficult circumstances.
Here on DU3 I doubt if I commented on a 'teacher bashing' post more than a hand full, if that.
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Sandpaper Spelling Assignment At Florida Middle School Leaves Kids Bleeding, Parents Outraged [View all]
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
OP
Personally, I wonder if there wasn't somekind of Christian fad to "save America" by teaching in
patrice
Feb 2013
#55
Anecdotal evidence is only anecdotal evidence. Here's some anecdotal evidence of my own:
patrice
Feb 2013
#71
I might also mention that you obviously don't know how theories are validated, or not, by means
patrice
Feb 2013
#76
However, to show you how open minded I am. I accept your criticism & propose a change in my
patrice
Feb 2013
#78
You're always as nasty to me as you can be. Care to state your problem with me out in the open? nt
patrice
Feb 2013
#79
Speaking of "villainizing", wouldn't it have been better to ASK me my attitude toward Christianity?
patrice
Feb 2013
#90
or maybe she got it from the US government's Head Start website. Or any one of a million other
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#155
The video shows the card with directions. FIVE TIMES for each word they missed on a spelling
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#176
You didn't see the part where the kids were told to do five sessions of tracing each word 5 times a
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2013
#201
no, i just saw it misreported as such in the media. the video shows the actual directions given
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#203
Kindergarten and preschool teachers teach letter recognition with sandpaper
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#6
Well call me strange but I'd rather have more information before calling the teacher a moron
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#28
Depends on how it is used. If you throw it at someone it could cause harm
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#154
If a kid is bleeding, you have to report it or you're in deep shit. according to the kid, she told
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#148
Every. Single. Day. ~ I am told "my teacher wouldn't let me go to the bathroom"
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#157
Not just 1 parent/student, and it was not letters but regular sandpaper
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#75
I teach younger students. I wouldn't make them do 125 words ever, even on regular paper.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#87
the assignment was to trace each missed word FIVE TIMES. NOT 125. The teacher didn't
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#187
I am wondering what grit was used. Maybe this teacher used 40 grit where she should have used 400.
Erose999
Feb 2013
#52
Well, you would hope that by 6th grade, a kid would be intelligent enough
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#107
anyone who's been in K-12 education or early childhood ed knows what montessori is. forgive
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#115
That's interesting, since they're specifically mentioned on the government's Head Start webpage.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#137
of course they don't, but its inclusion suggests it's government & Head-Start-approved pedagogy.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#192
I was not saying that it wasn`t just mentioned that I had never heard of it before. nt
Sadiedog
Feb 2013
#198
Well, it is important to check what is in the product that you use. I`ve never had a kid eat it but
Sadiedog
Feb 2013
#202
If she was a parent and did that to her kids, she would have been arrested on the spot.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#9
Actually my kids are smart enough to know not to press hard enough to make their finger bleed.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#145
i see knee-jerk attack on a teacher who used a well-accepted technique in reading education.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#49
any parent complaint will prompt an 'investigation.' anti-teacher, anti-public school mentality.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#56
I never said they weren't. So are newspaper reporters, editors and publishers. So are 11-year-old
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#95
They investigate every complaint, regardless of the apparent evidence.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#68
Kinesthetic learning is a valid educational tool. For some kids, it's the best way ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#12
One poster above was only concerned whether the teacher was a christian
Puzzledtraveller
Feb 2013
#42
"kids today"? maria montessori was born in 1870. children learn through all their senses. that
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#50
It is quite common, used often for those with learning problems, and with primary grades.
madfloridian
Feb 2013
#77
it's not a harsh method *at all*. you just run your finger lightly along the sandpaper as you
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#99
it actually doesn't matter what grit it is. none will abrade the skin if you just brush your finger
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#156
montessori: born in 1870. "learned those skills better than students today" = you don't know
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#33
it's 'evidant,' is it? actually, research says otherwise. despite what you read in the popular
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#39
yes, phoney media-generated 'research' can say stupid things like the 60's was the high-water
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#47
gosh, a couple of posts earlier you'd never heard of it, but now you know it's bullshit.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#118
She also didn't press down on their fingers as they traced the letters on the sandpaper.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#65
You just read the top post didn't you? You didn't read anything else in the thread.
GoneOffShore
Feb 2013
#181
we know *he says* that other students complained. and we know from the teacher's assignment
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#130
More her (including that the teacher had previously thrown a shoe at a student)
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#140
no. go to the video, which shows the little card with directions the teacher passed out with
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#167
he's a literary abuser!!!! or maybe he's just carrying water for the education deform crowd.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#116
How many of these school teacher horror stories turn out to be overblown or misreported?
Bucky
Feb 2013
#60
i said nothing about the kid, just about the stupid post you wrote. and now you wrote two stupid
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#117
i'm not, but i hope you aren't. you're sure johnny-on-the-spot on every teacher-bashing thread,
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#128
there are a lot of teacher-bashing threads at DU, so maybe not *every* one. but often enough that
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#132
probably some kind of broadie-bushie administrator, judging from his ignorance about his own field.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#111
I head she made them carve the alphabet into each other's stomachs. And then eat the cutouts.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#126
yes, a couple of posters compared this teacher to Delores Umbridge in all seriousness.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#178
thank you. and if they *were* rubbing it with too much pressure, it seems the pain would make
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#133
Feel the same way when someone says something about catholic priests/cops/guns/etc
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#152
Who is doing that? We are presenting the teachers' side....that it is an accepted technique.
madfloridian
Feb 2013
#168
there are plenty of problems in education. i doubt very seriously that this teacher is one of them.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#171
Here, educate yourself. This is what they were doing. Three-year-olds do it without injury.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#175
As a guitar player I'll tell you emphatically that repeatedly rubbing un-calloused fingertips across
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#180
it's used for older kids for the same reasons as younger ones. sensory-tactile learning.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#184