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In reply to the discussion: Sandpaper Spelling Assignment At Florida Middle School Leaves Kids Bleeding, Parents Outraged [View all]proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)72. I'm leaning that way myself.
But I'm waiting to see what the investigation uncovers.
Of course we'll probably never find out. These 'my teacher abused me!' stories always die out after a day or so and we never do find out if the kids' allegations lead to proof of actual abuse.
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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