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In reply to the discussion: 4th graders who flunk reading have faces marked [View all]ohheckyeah
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But to a child--missing recess is very concrete and almost measurable to them...
CoffeeCat
Nov 2012
#14
I was a nerd too. Played in the chess club. Winners and losers. Classrooms are not sports arenas (nt
The Straight Story
Nov 2012
#25
So you were successful in getting rid of your self-esteem sometime during high school?
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2012
#43
If you fire her, you need to fire every teacher using peer approaches in the classroom because
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#94
Actually, this teacher's blog has some student reading videos that are anything but shaming
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#48
Did you read the blog? She's not a horrible person, and the peer approach requires follow through
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#58
The "punishment" was apparently the idea of the students themselves (a stupid one admittedly)
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#35
My children went to a student-centered alternative school, and nothing like this was done.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#83
Teacher needs to write the meaning of STIGMA on her blackboard 1000 times
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#54
The kids themselves chose the punishment, and some student-centered approaches
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#73
Thanks for a civilized response. A wrongheaded philosophy, supported by research and
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#91
I am a HUGE advocate of home schooling, especially considering current education "theory" at
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#71
The teacher is NOT a horrible person or even an abusive one. It's a peer teaching methodology that
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#70
The teacher is an adult. She has an obligation to keep kids safe. She failed.
proud2BlibKansan
Nov 2012
#74
Safe, yes. But this has EVERYTHING to do with teaching philosophy coming out of universities
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#78
Teaches other kids that violating someone else's physical boundaries is acceptable
Hekate
Nov 2012
#79
My first grade teacher used to pin failed tests to our shirts & force us to keep them there all day
Bad_Ronald
Nov 2012
#84
Fire her. None of that sit in a room for a year and get paid bullshit. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#95