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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:11 PM Original message |
My 6th grader's Soc. Stud. Teacher: "I think Anne Frank survived." |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. That guy is a teacher? |
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InsultComicDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. This kid is smart |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
86. LOL! Reminds me of the blizzard of '67-- we were sent home from |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. WHAT ?!?! |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for the story. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Fort Bend. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. HeeHee. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
68. aw, don't tease. I live in HISD...? |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Hubby has a consulting/computer-based company .. |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I was teaching German in TX... |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Was that in New Braunfels? |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Close. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. Ouch |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Perhaps he wasn't talking about the Final Solution |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. and the Volkswagon Bug |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Please tell me this a joke. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. He's ex-mil, retired, then got certified. We must be desperate. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Ex-mil and retired presumes he has some years and |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Yeah, he should have known that |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. When I went to college in TX (80-90s) |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Oh it's better than that now (sarcasm) |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. A couple years back, I heard of a Georgia middle-school teacher |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's one of my all time favorite books. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Read it? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. That goes without saying. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Now wait, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. You can't compare knowing about Anne Frank to knowing about |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. well, she doesn't die in the BOOK. (sarc/off) I've had the honor |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The quote at the exit door made me cry. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I started crying when I saw the pencil marks measuring how much |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Yes |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Lucky you. I wish I could. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. I was 14 at the time and it made a very powerful impression on me |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
81. Same here... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Oh dear. I don't think I could make it through that |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. incog, when you see the little postcards of American movie stars ... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
74. But, all editions do have an epilogue telling about her death! |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. This reminds me of my son's first grade teacher, who told |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. that's funny |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. that's worse than the Anne Frank thing. Were you in the class |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Yes, I was in class volunteering that day |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. That's funny |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
78. And it reminds me... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. OMG!!!! I have sympathy with you...It's amazing that kids need to ask this |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe in the animated Disney version? Anyway.. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. And Helen Keller got her sight back! |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Helen Keller was blind? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Yes Blind and pretty damned close to being a COMMUNIST |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. I have a friend whose mom and dad knew Helen Kellor. He has a |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
76. A flaming ultra pinko! |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. I Don't Know What to Think! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. That's a kid and this is an adult |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe you need to send this to him |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. My story |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Imagine the arguement you'd have had if you'd told |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. Anne Sullivan Macy |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not only in Texas. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Sad & true. We have a high school teacher who laments we don't burn books |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Good for Toots!! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. C'mon, people! ONE more rec. needed...Do it for Anne Frank. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. there ya go!. . . n/t |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Dank u |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. K & R |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Saw a copy in my garage yesterday |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. that is a kind and sweet sentiment, bonito |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. And this person is a teacher????? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Teach thinks "Elie" is a supermodel. lol |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. do you wonder why people homeschool? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Yes |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
67. My sister visiting for a month was giving her home schoolers their lessons |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'd say give him a break. It's one of those things that someone |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. Reminds me of dear Miss Sweeney |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. "Only in Texas, people. Only in Texas." -- sadly no |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. No child left behind.... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
61. Any teacher can make a mistake |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. heh. I've been there. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. I guess that's what $34,000 buys these days... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #66 |
85. $34K ? I've heard of high school teachers starting at $24K... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
69. And this 6th grade teacher |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
72. I'm American, and I knew that in the sixth grade |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
75. please |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. If Elvis was still alive... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. My kid's social studies teacher in middle school |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
79. Fifth grade social studies teacher of my daughter |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
82. I seem to remember a recent poll; |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
84. think about what teachers are paid, micro-managing and who do you |
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