| 72. We need a French revolution. |
| -National Teacher of the Year tells what he overheard as a fly on the wall |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 11:44 AM |
#0 |
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That's a bit rich |
WolverineDG |
Jan-24-10 11:53 AM |
#1 |
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Because it doesn't pay diddly-squat, and they prefer money and power. nt |
Hekate |
Jan-24-10 11:58 AM |
#4 |
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I had to hear ignorant supervisors tell me to be "a guide on the side, not a sage on the stage." |
WinkyDink |
Jan-24-10 01:42 PM |
#54 |
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I spent 6 years in the classroom |
WolverineDG |
Jan-24-10 01:49 PM |
#57 |
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Good post. Can't rule without an uninformed dumbed down citizenry |
bjobotts |
Jan-24-10 08:38 PM |
#114 |
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Ex-govs. think u must be trained to be a Dr. but anyone can teach. Idiots to idots |
bjobotts |
Jan-24-10 08:40 PM |
#116 |
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everybody is an expert on education because they were in fifth grade |
roguevalley |
Jan-24-10 10:23 PM |
#137 |
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I would love to ask any of the idjits there about their own education. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Jan-24-10 11:54 AM |
#2 |
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"Traditional education" is the only method that works |
anonymous171 |
Jan-24-10 11:55 AM |
#3 |
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What those kids for whom "traditional education" doesn't work? |
TrogL |
Jan-25-10 12:47 PM |
#196 |
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Such as...? |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 12:53 PM |
#200 |
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I think we're referring to stupid kids. |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 06:34 PM |
#213 |
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As I watch my local district move into 21st century learning |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 11:59 AM |
#5 |
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Oh, yeh, Robb..must be so hard for them poor idjit teachers. |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 12:01 PM |
#7 |
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It *is* complicated. |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:21 PM |
#20 |
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Education is complicated, Robb. It requires depths of ability... |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 12:26 PM |
#24 |
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I addressed funding in my post. |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:28 PM |
#26 |
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Your attitude toward teachers shows in more than words.. |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 12:47 PM |
#33 |
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Well, then I guess I've grossly misrepresented myself to you. |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 01:38 PM |
#48 |
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technology in schools |
abelenkpe |
Jan-24-10 05:22 PM |
#91 |
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You might......... |
rucognizant |
Jan-25-10 07:02 AM |
#155 |
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Agreed. |
abelenkpe |
Jan-25-10 11:01 AM |
#177 |
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You are wrong, Rob. The basics in education are the same now as t hey were when I was in elementary |
1monster |
Jan-24-10 10:06 PM |
#133 |
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I didn't think he was being condescending at all. |
kurtzapril4 |
Jan-24-10 04:39 PM |
#85 |
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"rife with misunderstanding and resentment"....it's called privatizing. |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 12:02 PM |
#10 |
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Read my post again |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:22 PM |
#21 |
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"Many adopt technologies quickly, to the benefit of their students. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 01:29 PM |
#43 |
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Hardly. |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 01:39 PM |
#50 |
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You are assuming "many" teachers do not use technology effectively |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 01:42 PM |
#55 |
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Our district has an incredibly well-funded ed tech program |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 01:55 PM |
#60 |
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Sorry. I am not clear here. Are you a teacher? Work in a district? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 02:32 PM |
#66 |
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How come condescending posts on teachers, welfare etc. come from folks in system who are doing WELL? |
Leopolds Ghost |
Jan-24-10 03:09 PM |
#68 |
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Well, there are a lot of technology grants available |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 03:44 PM |
#76 |
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Sorry, but some teachers are VERY bad at adopting technologies. |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 11:48 AM |
#186 |
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Technologies aren't the be-all end-all of education |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 11:56 AM |
#190 |
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And neither is the opposite side of the coin a panacea. |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 12:45 PM |
#195 |
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What new skills do teachers need to teach students? |
anonymous171 |
Jan-24-10 12:02 PM |
#11 |
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I tend to agree with you. Teaching reading is a true skill.. |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 12:12 PM |
#17 |
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so true |
shellgame26 |
Jan-24-10 10:06 PM |
#132 |
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I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you.... |
sense |
Jan-25-10 11:54 AM |
#189 |
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Sympatico, and well said |
C_Lawyer09 |
Jan-24-10 12:21 PM |
#19 |
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"Most tech is a waste of money in my experience." |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:23 PM |
#22 |
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Tech = Smartboards, laptops, expensive video projectors, etc. |
anonymous171 |
Jan-24-10 12:32 PM |
#27 |
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Were you ever properly trained in *using* any of that tech? |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:36 PM |
#29 |
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I know educated adults who cannot do basic math without a calculator. What's with that? I agree |
bertman |
Jan-24-10 01:04 PM |
#35 |
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Actually having been trained to use that tech |
MadHound |
Jan-24-10 01:04 PM |
#36 |
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I disagree nearly completely with you on this, Friend |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 01:40 PM |
#53 |
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You see no irony |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 01:45 PM |
#56 |
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"what we're teaching students in many cases is not information, but rather how to find information" |
laughingliberal |
Jan-24-10 01:55 PM |
#61 |
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I think that's about right. |
JoeyT |
Jan-24-10 03:20 PM |
#71 |
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Are you trying to say that you CAN'T see Russia from Alaska? nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Jan-24-10 05:17 PM |
#90 |
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You can't see it from Wasilla, anyway |
jmowreader |
Jan-24-10 09:16 PM |
#122 |
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Course not! |
JoeyT |
Jan-25-10 11:21 PM |
#222 |
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Yes, accessing information is one thing but it does not teach discernment or, as you mentioned, |
laughingliberal |
Jan-24-10 08:56 PM |
#120 |
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My local school district spent literally millions of dollars |
tonysam |
Jan-24-10 03:49 PM |
#78 |
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I disagree |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 04:11 PM |
#84 |
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I agree with you. I wonder how many of the posters poo-pooing technologies |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 11:52 AM |
#188 |
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As a parent, which would you rather have-- |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 12:53 PM |
#199 |
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False choice. Even from a strict dollar perspective, those aren't equal. nt |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 01:57 PM |
#201 |
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Why? Because smaller classes with good teachers aren't "cost effective?" |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 02:33 PM |
#206 |
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No, it's that you assume math that is not in existence. |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 03:25 PM |
#209 |
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How much is a good, old-fashioned whiteboard? |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 06:45 PM |
#214 |
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Fine. |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 07:54 PM |
#217 |
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Another black and white set of "options." |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 02:03 PM |
#203 |
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The point is that all the money currently being squandered on gadgetry |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 02:27 PM |
#205 |
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10-15 kids in a class |
abelenkpe |
Jan-25-10 05:14 PM |
#212 |
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I completely agree with you, Madhound |
Democrat_in_Houston |
Jan-24-10 08:19 PM |
#111 |
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A huge difference? Any evidence |
Karmadillo |
Jan-24-10 01:23 PM |
#41 |
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I'm a software developer, and I think most classroom tech is probably wasted |
MH1 |
Jan-24-10 01:52 PM |
#59 |
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Technology is needed in classrooms... |
YvonneCa |
Jan-24-10 10:21 PM |
#136 |
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Since 1989 |
abelenkpe |
Jan-25-10 11:23 AM |
#181 |
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What evidence can you provide |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 07:49 PM |
#216 |
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Here, this should help. |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 07:56 PM |
#218 |
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Aren't you cute. |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 09:14 PM |
#220 |
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And when you went home, what technology was there? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 01:34 PM |
#45 |
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I'm fairly young (23.) I experienced public schools' obsession with technology |
anonymous171 |
Jan-24-10 01:49 PM |
#58 |
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+1, well said. I went to both public and private schools as well. |
Mithreal |
Jan-24-10 02:26 PM |
#64 |
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If you can't teach with just a chalkboard ... you can't teach. |
eppur_se_muova |
Jan-24-10 03:27 PM |
#73 |
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+1 - Solutions in search of a problem. LOL |
Democrat_in_Houston |
Jan-24-10 08:21 PM |
#112 |
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And a competent teacher learns how to use technology and uses it |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 09:17 PM |
#123 |
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*ASSUMING* teaching with the technology is better than without. |
eppur_se_muova |
Jan-25-10 01:14 AM |
#145 |
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Well I am a teacher and I know it's true |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-25-10 06:48 AM |
#154 |
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Bravo! |
nikto |
Jan-24-10 05:15 PM |
#89 |
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ARGH!!! |
chervilant |
Jan-25-10 12:12 AM |
#143 |
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Here's the best part: |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-25-10 11:24 AM |
#182 |
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tech should be the means to an end, not the end itself |
Retrograde |
Jan-24-10 01:39 PM |
#49 |
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I'm a college teacher but |
NJCher |
Jan-24-10 09:58 PM |
#130 |
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It's now known that there are different ways children learn |
WolverineDG |
Jan-24-10 12:11 PM |
#16 |
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Again |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:24 PM |
#23 |
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Again, see #43. You can own this or clean it up..... |
vanlassie |
Jan-24-10 08:05 PM |
#109 |
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Yes, but different learning styles is NOT the whole story. There ARE differences and SIMILARITIES. |
patrice |
Jan-24-10 01:23 PM |
#42 |
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True, but it has been "now known" for decades. |
Mithreal |
Jan-24-10 06:12 PM |
#97 |
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"21st century learning" is not just about technology. |
LWolf |
Jan-24-10 12:17 PM |
#18 |
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I think I mentioned the funding aspect |
Robb |
Jan-24-10 12:26 PM |
#25 |
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I think it's because |
LWolf |
Jan-24-10 02:29 PM |
#65 |
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Nailed it! I feel bad, but that's exactly why I'm out of it now. |
patrice |
Jan-24-10 01:30 PM |
#44 |
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Could you illustrate some of the specific differences in how "they" learn today compared to how they |
patrice |
Jan-24-10 01:07 PM |
#37 |
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Students DO learn the same as they did 20 years ago, or 200, or 2000 |
RaleighNCDUer |
Jan-24-10 05:07 PM |
#87 |
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I think they learn the same way. We are just learning more about the way they learn n/t |
RayOfHope |
Jan-24-10 06:09 PM |
#96 |
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Have any links or actual facts to back up that statement? |
Zoeisright |
Jan-24-10 08:24 PM |
#113 |
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You seem rather cocksure in your response. |
treygoba66 |
Jan-24-10 09:46 PM |
#128 |
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My experience says you are wrong. |
gristy |
Jan-24-10 08:43 PM |
#117 |
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The basics upon which more complex subjects are explored has remained the same since before Plato. |
olegramps |
Jan-25-10 06:14 AM |
#151 |
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This is actually the perfect response |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 07:45 AM |
#160 |
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+1 |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-25-10 08:33 AM |
#164 |
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To tell you the truth I really don't understand your response. |
olegramps |
Jan-25-10 09:15 AM |
#165 |
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"They don't learn the same as they did 20 years ago, period." |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 11:09 AM |
#179 |
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lol |
BolivarianHero |
Jan-25-10 11:09 AM |
#180 |
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I agree. I have two kids in public schools right now (7th & 11th grade) |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 11:39 AM |
#185 |
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If we hired more/better teachers |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 12:50 PM |
#198 |
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Repealing NCLB is good. The rest of your post is BS. |
stopbush |
Jan-25-10 02:08 PM |
#204 |
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I totally have kids in the public schools. |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 02:38 PM |
#207 |
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Damned well said! Thanks for sharing this. |
11 Bravo |
Jan-24-10 12:01 PM |
#6 |
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It's astonishing what passes for "serious consideration" these |
annabanana |
Jan-24-10 12:01 PM |
#8 |
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What is the name... |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-24-10 12:02 PM |
#9 |
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Imagine the superb system we'd have if it were |
LWolf |
Jan-24-10 12:03 PM |
#12 |
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"Teacherless classroom"??? |
donco6 |
Jan-24-10 12:07 PM |
#13 |
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Something that made sense to me |
C_Lawyer09 |
Jan-24-10 12:08 PM |
#14 |
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It may not be completely that way. But - |
donco6 |
Jan-24-10 12:11 PM |
#15 |
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I know you're a principal, but the principals are getting that way. |
tonysam |
Jan-24-10 03:54 PM |
#79 |
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I have taught |
Warpy |
Jan-24-10 12:33 PM |
#28 |
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Right! "...grow up without learning HOW to work on anything..." |
patrice |
Jan-24-10 01:40 PM |
#52 |
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Policy vs. Reality |
FirstLight |
Jan-24-10 12:37 PM |
#30 |
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The People Buying the White Papers |
NashVegas |
Jan-24-10 12:45 PM |
#32 |
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I miss the classroom. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-24-10 12:43 PM |
#31 |
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What the hell does 21st Century teaching mean? |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-24-10 01:35 PM |
#47 |
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All one has to do is pick up a McGuffy Reader from the 19th Century to see that |
Lorien |
Jan-24-10 03:37 PM |
#75 |
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Teachers must be eliminated because they are the ones with first hand knowledge of how much Capital |
patrice |
Jan-24-10 12:54 PM |
#34 |
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I wonder how much has changed in the College classroom |
vssmith |
Jan-24-10 01:08 PM |
#38 |
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I'm a 51 year old college student |
kurtzapril4 |
Jan-24-10 05:39 PM |
#93 |
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Much, much, much |
devinkay |
Jan-24-10 07:17 PM |
#103 |
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I call it the U-scan approach to education, and I find it offensive. |
jotsy |
Jan-24-10 01:10 PM |
#39 |
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After reading the entire story, I ended with a definite WTF! |
Better Today |
Jan-24-10 01:16 PM |
#40 |
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Well, who needs teachers. |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 01:59 PM |
#62 |
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he didn't get a chance to follow up -- because they left the table. which is the point he's making. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-24-10 02:51 PM |
#67 |
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Not Surprised |
Dinger |
Jan-24-10 01:34 PM |
#46 |
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damn straight |
NJCher |
Jan-24-10 10:10 PM |
#134 |
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How is 21st-century math different than 20th-century math |
MH1 |
Jan-24-10 01:39 PM |
#51 |
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Science marches on, and math with it! Just look at the US Economy, we're growing money from nothin! |
Leopolds Ghost |
Jan-24-10 03:13 PM |
#69 |
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Gotta love your gallows humor! |
bobbolink |
Jan-24-10 03:17 PM |
#70 |
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How can they complain about not using 21st century methods? |
LiberalFighter |
Jan-25-10 07:24 AM |
#157 |
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damn |
Mithreal |
Jan-24-10 02:19 PM |
#63 |
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We need a French revolution. |
Joanne98 |
Jan-24-10 03:23 PM |
#72 |
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Mais oui! nt |
puebloknot |
Jan-24-10 04:06 PM |
#83 |
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Just a parents perspective... |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Jan-24-10 06:23 PM |
#98 |
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Encore. nt |
valerief |
Jan-24-10 08:19 PM |
#110 |
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Spending nearly thirty years in the trenches of IT |
WeDidIt |
Jan-24-10 03:33 PM |
#74 |
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K&R nt |
maryf |
Jan-24-10 03:48 PM |
#77 |
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Technology has become the panacea of idiots. |
LostInAnomie |
Jan-24-10 03:55 PM |
#80 |
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Most education ''reform'' is about privatizing and profiting and cutting out the labor part |
yurbud |
Jan-24-10 04:02 PM |
#81 |
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Stream-of-Consciousness response. No time to write an essay today! |
puebloknot |
Jan-24-10 04:05 PM |
#82 |
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Amen, especially to this line: |
Kitty Herder |
Jan-24-10 05:08 PM |
#88 |
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Kitty Herder you are so right |
martigras |
Jan-24-10 07:04 PM |
#101 |
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Agreed. I was fortunate and only attended private or alternative schools that never |
Lorien |
Jan-24-10 07:19 PM |
#105 |
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But sports is the only thing the Pols are interested in when it comes to deciding who gets the money |
LiberalFighter |
Jan-25-10 07:29 AM |
#159 |
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Yeah, I had a teacher who changed my life, alright. |
kurtzapril4 |
Jan-25-10 08:34 PM |
#219 |
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How many of those pols don't have assistants that write up their speeches. |
LiberalFighter |
Jan-25-10 07:27 AM |
#158 |
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Everyone should print out five copies of this article. |
Reader Rabbit |
Jan-24-10 05:04 PM |
#86 |
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These are the people who rise with the right -- "know-nothings" . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-10 05:23 PM |
#92 |
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they know one thing--they want government ed spending to end up in their pockets not teachers |
yurbud |
Jan-24-10 07:03 PM |
#100 |
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You know . . . I've read that there were times when 50% of the Federal Education Budget . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-10 07:58 PM |
#107 |
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yikes! well, they gave blackwater contracts through the dept. of agriculture |
yurbud |
Jan-24-10 09:35 PM |
#125 |
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Didn't know about that one -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Jan-25-10 07:19 PM |
#215 |
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what a bunch of dribble the "friends of educators" spoke. |
twitomy |
Jan-24-10 05:39 PM |
#94 |
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All the crap about "teacherless classroom" and "21st century skills" |
mudplanet |
Jan-24-10 06:03 PM |
#95 |
| -
K&R |
pleah |
Jan-24-10 06:41 PM |
#99 |
| -
.... |
Lorien |
Jan-24-10 07:13 PM |
#102 |
| -
Thank you Lorien! |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-24-10 08:56 PM |
#119 |
| -
That is FANTASTIC!!!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
Jan-24-10 09:36 PM |
#126 |
| -
Thank you. You made me... |
YvonneCa |
Jan-24-10 10:32 PM |
#138 |
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That was great, Lorien! |
Enthusiast |
Jan-25-10 05:16 AM |
#148 |
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Jaycee Dugard seems to have done quite well for her children . . . |
DollyM |
Jan-24-10 07:19 PM |
#104 |
| -
I often suspect this "teacher(s) of the year" stuff amounts to simulating respect for teachers.... |
burning rain |
Jan-24-10 07:39 PM |
#106 |
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21st century math IS different |
thesquanderer |
Jan-24-10 08:02 PM |
#108 |
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"In the 21st century, a majority of 100 is 60" |
madfloridian |
Jan-24-10 08:55 PM |
#118 |
| -
or 41 |
JVS |
Jan-25-10 12:10 AM |
#142 |
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Yep, 41 will do the trick. |
madfloridian |
Jan-25-10 12:38 AM |
#144 |
| -
Dang, haven't y'all ever heard of the new field of Situational Math? |
piedmont |
Jan-25-10 10:11 AM |
#171 |
| -
Famed speaker builder Paul Klipsch |
Turbineguy |
Jan-24-10 08:39 PM |
#115 |
| -
The schools started "failing" down south |
quaker bill |
Jan-24-10 09:15 PM |
#121 |
| -
an uneducated populace would be the repukes' fondest dream... |
BrklynLiberal |
Jan-24-10 09:32 PM |
#124 |
| -
As for parents who complain about the schools their kids go to: |
JDPriestly |
Jan-24-10 09:39 PM |
#127 |
| -
Recommend |
xchrom |
Jan-24-10 09:55 PM |
#129 |
| -
As corporations turn our schools into meat grinders, teachers become the gears, or... |
Danger Mouse |
Jan-24-10 10:03 PM |
#131 |
| -
They must know they are erasing a generation's intellect, and yet can't see how weak minded |
jotsy |
Jan-24-10 11:43 PM |
#141 |
| -
Don't blame the politicians for once again using a tried and true method..... |
winyanstaz |
Jan-24-10 10:18 PM |
#135 |
| -
This is AMAZING! Thank you for posting... |
YvonneCa |
Jan-24-10 10:46 PM |
#139 |
| -
K&R |
Greyhound |
Jan-24-10 11:17 PM |
#140 |
| -
With an approach like this |
Enthusiast |
Jan-25-10 04:36 AM |
#146 |
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"a teacherless classroom..." Let's shoot for "parentless childhoods" as well. |
callous taoboy |
Jan-25-10 05:15 AM |
#147 |
| -
Touché |
Dinger |
Jan-25-10 06:26 AM |
#152 |
| -
We know the longterm goal is privatization. I think that we should beat them at their own game. |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Jan-25-10 05:25 AM |
#149 |
| -
Someone is thinking ahead.... |
midnight |
Jan-25-10 05:50 AM |
#150 |
| -
I'd like to know |
lazarus |
Jan-25-10 06:27 AM |
#153 |
| -
ttt |
Blue_Tires |
Jan-25-10 07:21 AM |
#156 |
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Wheatland HS bans "No Place for Hate" banner and program |
ZoeyQ |
Jan-25-10 08:10 AM |
#161 |
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Wrong url! It's www.WHEATERVILLE.com ! |
ZoeyQ |
Jan-26-10 06:36 PM |
#228 |
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I've been teaching at the college level for sixteen years. |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 08:31 AM |
#162 |
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"...the vast majority of them don't know shit. " |
KansDem |
Jan-25-10 09:33 AM |
#166 |
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Yep. |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 09:43 AM |
#169 |
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I learned a lot from group work in school. |
abelenkpe |
Jan-25-10 10:38 AM |
#175 |
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The person who lets others do the work |
smoogatz |
Jan-25-10 11:00 AM |
#176 |
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Sometimes group work is okay, |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 11:59 AM |
#191 |
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The objective of the OP is to go to the source |
onlyadream |
Jan-25-10 08:32 AM |
#163 |
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Why do teachers NEED an effing website? |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 12:01 PM |
#193 |
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really? |
onlyadream |
Jan-25-10 12:15 PM |
#194 |
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You don't NEED it. No teacher needs to waste his or her time |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 09:52 PM |
#221 |
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I guess we have to agree to disagree |
onlyadream |
Jan-26-10 06:40 AM |
#226 |
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I spent hours talking to parents, hours on the phone.... |
madfloridian |
Jan-26-10 10:07 AM |
#227 |
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And we at DU |
Robb |
Jan-25-10 01:59 PM |
#202 |
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I wonder if that "midwest governer" was Mitch Daniels of Indiana. |
izzybeans |
Jan-25-10 09:34 AM |
#167 |
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My thoughts exactly. |
Jokerman |
Jan-25-10 12:47 PM |
#197 |
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OMG K & R |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-25-10 09:40 AM |
#168 |
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I am amazed that anybody is willing to do the paperwork necessary to teach |
pundaint |
Jan-25-10 10:04 AM |
#170 |
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Private schools, charter schools with only non-union teachers, |
kestrel91316 |
Jan-25-10 10:27 AM |
#172 |
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I don't see how it can be stopped, frankly |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 10:31 AM |
#173 |
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Wow all I could think of is the back scratching of the Congress - It is all about them & money! |
1776Forever |
Jan-25-10 10:32 AM |
#174 |
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I am hoping at least one of the many NYC teacher bloggers |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 11:05 AM |
#178 |
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so, it seems that children can stay home, learn on the computer |
newspeak |
Jan-25-10 11:26 AM |
#183 |
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Privatization is an effort to Cut Pensions |
abelenkpe |
Jan-25-10 11:38 AM |
#184 |
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Is that why countries who have it kick our ass? |
akforme |
Jan-25-10 04:15 PM |
#210 |
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This talk deeply concerns me |
newspeak |
Jan-25-10 11:51 AM |
#187 |
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I went to high school in the 70's |
erinlough |
Jan-25-10 04:46 PM |
#211 |
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Hmmm. My husband is a co-owner of one of these teaching software companies. |
krabigirl |
Jan-25-10 12:00 PM |
#192 |
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a lot of head nodding in that room. Interesting. Thanks for posting |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jan-25-10 02:48 PM |
#208 |
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WCBS-TV tonight had a report on NYC's rubber rooms |
tonysam |
Jan-25-10 11:24 PM |
#223 |
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Wow! |
onpatrol98 |
Jan-25-10 11:58 PM |
#224 |
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It's not known to many people outside of NYC teachers |
tonysam |
Jan-26-10 12:03 AM |
#225 |
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