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Sun Oct-17-10 12:58 PM
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| 15. Every teacher I know who has seen it disagrees with that statement |
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I'll see it tonite. I'll let you know if I agree.
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| -"Look, at your school, it's a Teacher...it's a Counselor...it's Superman"... |
YvonneCa |
Oct-15-10 11:29 PM |
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+1000 |
Angry Dragon |
Oct-15-10 11:33 PM |
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Any system that requires its workers to all be "supermen" is a system |
Nay |
Oct-16-10 11:32 AM |
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Well put. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-17-10 11:55 AM |
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k&r |
LWolf |
Oct-16-10 01:14 PM |
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Thanks. n/t |
YvonneCa |
Oct-16-10 02:28 PM |
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Steven Krashen respects, uses, and participates in educational research |
checks-n-balances |
Oct-17-10 11:52 AM |
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Just to clarify, S. Krashen DID NOT write... |
YvonneCa |
Oct-17-10 02:01 PM |
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I'm going to see it tonite |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 12:03 PM |
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As a middle school teacher, I used to get visits from some of my former prize pupils. |
immoderate |
Oct-17-10 12:33 PM |
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Those boarding prep schools are disgusting |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 12:44 PM |
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Agreed. And my more general question is... |
immoderate |
Oct-17-10 12:52 PM |
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I want to know why it's a competition all of a sudden |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 12:54 PM |
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And again. It wasn't important when we were winning. |
immoderate |
Oct-17-10 04:14 PM |
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What if the kid WANTS to go away to boarding school? Perhaps they need the |
CTyankee |
Oct-18-10 04:31 PM |
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Let him go. These schools are part of a bait and switch scam. |
immoderate |
Oct-18-10 05:23 PM |
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The schools she is cosidering are very old schools, not charter schools. |
CTyankee |
Oct-19-10 07:44 AM |
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I'm talking about the way the schools are used in the movie. |
immoderate |
Oct-20-10 09:56 AM |
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If you can find the right school, I recommend it. I'll PM you with our experiences ... |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 06:19 PM |
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Thanks. Please do...there are couple of schools under consideration... |
CTyankee |
Oct-19-10 07:47 AM |
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"by her own admission she was a failure as a first year teacher" - maybe we need to be |
uncommon |
Oct-17-10 12:54 PM |
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That says more about Michelle Rhee and TFA |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 12:56 PM |
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The point of the movie was to praise teachers |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 12:54 PM |
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Every teacher I know who has seen it disagrees with that statement |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 12:58 PM |
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Group disagreement by teachers does not mean the arguments are not objectively correct |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 01:09 PM |
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I would posit that most teachers would agree you don't have the slightest idea |
Gabi Hayes |
Oct-17-10 02:14 PM |
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Ah, attacks on the person instead of the actual arguments |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 02:17 PM |
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From the teacher bashers, yes it is a common theme |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 02:23 PM |
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Someone has bashed a teacher? |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 02:43 PM |
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Yes it is. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 02:56 PM |
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Well, what are the steps to get rid of a teacher? |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 04:18 PM |
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Competent administrators have no problem firing teachers |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 04:21 PM |
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you so betray your complete lack of understand for the basic motivation of people people who enter |
Gabi Hayes |
Oct-18-10 06:33 PM |
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The comparison with doctors is unfair |
Nevernose |
Oct-19-10 07:00 AM |
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No, that is not true. It's a pro-charter movie featuring charter heads |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 02:48 PM |
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What is the process to do that? |
BrentWil |
Oct-17-10 02:54 PM |
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You look up all the percentages and get back to me. |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 04:17 PM |
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That's half true |
Recursion |
Oct-17-10 03:14 PM |
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You've bought into the fairy tale |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 03:23 PM |
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Right, my experience attending, working in, and volunteering in public schools is a "fairy tale" |
Recursion |
Oct-17-10 03:28 PM |
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Attending means little |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 03:31 PM |
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Exactly |
Recursion |
Oct-17-10 03:34 PM |
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Oct-17-10 03:39 PM |
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I'm not the one suggesting it |
Recursion |
Oct-17-10 03:42 PM |
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Did I say that student performance can't be used to measure teachers? |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 03:46 PM |
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your posts are a maze of hidden assumptions & false claims. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-17-10 04:11 PM |
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Madfloridian, you are incorrect. |
laurel46 |
Oct-17-10 03:42 PM |
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I really hope, being a newbie here, that you have read... |
YvonneCa |
Oct-17-10 04:07 PM |
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I would venture to guess that reading said journal is what prompted the remarks. n/t |
msanthrope |
Oct-20-10 10:40 AM |
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lol eeeek |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 04:15 PM |
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Oct-17-10 04:22 PM |
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A Ph.D in math and an MS in research design |
laurel46 |
Oct-17-10 07:13 PM |
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But your experience as a classroom teacher? |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 07:15 PM |
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I have over 40 years of teaching at a major university. |
laurel46 |
Oct-17-10 10:04 PM |
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University experience does NOT equal a public school classroom. |
Dappleganger |
Oct-17-10 10:10 PM |
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Did I question your compassion? |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 10:18 PM |
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I am the one who questioned her compassion when she threw the word "statistics" at me. |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 10:24 PM |
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She wants you to know how smart she is. |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 10:30 PM |
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"She wants you to know how smart she is." I thought it was Repubs that were anti-intellectual... |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 04:13 AM |
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Just a minute there. I have "higher education". |
madfloridian |
Oct-18-10 11:14 AM |
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So do most of us, period. But most of us don't use schoolyard taunts like that |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 02:59 PM |
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Whoa, there. What happened here was not JUST a difference |
madfloridian |
Oct-18-10 04:28 PM |
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I am very sorry that you experience life that way. The stress must be terrible. |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 04:36 PM |
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... |
madfloridian |
Oct-18-10 04:44 PM |
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you and your group sound like the children you are supposed to have taught/ |
Whisp |
Oct-19-10 01:55 AM |
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Of course not all agree with me. Obama doesn't, Arne doesn't... |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 10:19 PM |
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The arrogance is astounding. |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 10:24 PM |
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I've noted a few spelling errors too. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-17-10 10:26 PM |
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Since you claim to be a stickler for hard data.. |
JackDragna |
Oct-20-10 10:31 AM |
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Well good for your degrees. They forgot to teach compassion |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 07:16 PM |
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I have a friend who won a Grammy |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 08:47 PM |
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I have a friend who's a pathologist... |
Dappleganger |
Oct-17-10 10:12 PM |
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My high school boyfriend is a farmer |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 10:16 PM |
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My best friend is gay. |
donco6 |
Oct-18-10 08:08 AM |
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hey, stay classy. |
Whisp |
Oct-19-10 01:59 AM |
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I have a friend who is a Republican |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-17-10 10:25 PM |
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There are other reasons you're an asshole |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 11:48 PM |
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Welcome Laurel. Many of us are concerned about the misinformation in these theads. |
Diane R |
Oct-18-10 02:25 AM |
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Welcome to DU, where some threads are to be avoided unless you agree with the OP already |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 04:08 AM |
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Yeah! Go Git 'er! |
donco6 |
Oct-18-10 08:27 AM |
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Yup... there is one acceptable opinion on this issue or |
CBR |
Oct-18-10 11:28 AM |
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Personal attack |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 04:22 PM |
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Yeah, |
Catshrink |
Oct-17-10 04:23 PM |
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It will do no good at all. |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 06:46 PM |
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Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch, that's a disagreement, not a personal attack. |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 03:57 AM |
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You know what pisses me off so much about your rudeness? |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 05:50 PM |
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Take some time |
Dappleganger |
Oct-17-10 10:08 PM |
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And I bet she has bad hair, too. |
donco6 |
Oct-17-10 10:26 PM |
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I am being attacked by a professor who thinks I can't criticize Arne. |
madfloridian |
Oct-17-10 10:28 PM |
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No pinches here - just encouragement. |
donco6 |
Oct-17-10 10:36 PM |
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You have not been attacked and professors are not your enemy |
Hekate |
Oct-18-10 04:24 AM |
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I live among professors. They are my friends, we share mutual respect |
madfloridian |
Oct-18-10 11:12 AM |
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That is not true, please. Why do you even bother posting |
Whisp |
Oct-19-10 02:05 AM |
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Now that I have seen the movie, I can disagree with you. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-17-10 10:20 PM |
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so important is not good enough. you want praise? |
Whisp |
Oct-19-10 02:08 AM |
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A great teacher..even just ONE teacher in a child's life can change them forever |
SoCalDem |
Oct-17-10 06:09 PM |
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The greatest predicator of success is parent involvement |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-18-10 05:37 AM |
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Well said. |
Catshrink |
Oct-18-10 09:07 AM |
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Absolutely |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-18-10 11:25 AM |
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Wow. Is this the thread that prompted that OP about bullying on DU?? |
Number23 |
Oct-18-10 04:10 PM |
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Oct-18-10 04:48 PM |
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I agree with this concern. I think the constant anti-Obama posts don't belong on the DU front page. |
Diane R |
Oct-18-10 05:00 PM |
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It's unfortunate that on a forum as wide-ranging as DU, the only discussion permitted |
suzie |
Oct-18-10 07:44 PM |
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I agree, suzie. And it is VERY telling. |
Number23 |
Oct-18-10 09:45 PM |
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Oct-18-10 10:14 PM |
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It is now. n/t |
donco6 |
Oct-18-10 07:28 PM |
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Typical education thread. The swarm comes quick. nt |
CBR |
Oct-19-10 06:54 AM |
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I would replace "student teaching" with mandatory 3 years of substitute teaching. |
DailyGrind51 |
Oct-19-10 06:07 AM |
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