tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post4411527257431482622..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Top 10 Rants of 2010doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-30990987712966544092010-12-18T21:28:21.801-05:002010-12-18T21:28:21.801-05:00Hi Michael--another runner up: "early detect...Hi Michael--another runner up: "early detection is NOT the best prevention." I know you've written about that many times, but tonight on a writing blog I was dismayed to read an imploring comment, in an article on Elizabeth Edwards' book, directed at women to get their mammograms, because "With the amazing advances in imaging and treatment, breast cancer detected at its earliest stage is 95% curable."<br /><br />Banging my head on my desk at the "amazing" ignorance of that.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789466193565758716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-81229981414076076042010-12-18T20:16:29.266-05:002010-12-18T20:16:29.266-05:00Yeah it's true. I'm glad to be able to mak...Yeah it's true. I'm glad to be able to make everyone else feel better about their schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-45684321587363232112010-12-18T12:05:04.487-05:002010-12-18T12:05:04.487-05:00Dear Jenny,
Agreed. I need to add the Jenny corol...Dear Jenny,<br /><br />Agreed. I need to add the Jenny corollary.<br /><br /><br />Dear John,<br /><br />Oh, I've no doubt there's no suitable substitute. There's no suitable substitute for a lot of things that we like but shouldn't be doing. Else why would we do them? =)<br /><br />#10 signaled the end of western civilization as we know it....<br /><br /><br />Dear Underground,<br /><br />I hope school is a big topic at dinner. It should be. Nationally, few kids (~20%) eat dinner regularly (>5 days/week)with their family. Sad.<br /><br /><br />Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />If true, you got bigger problems than can be fixed by a vaccine. I'm all for vaccines, and I'm all for mandatory vaccines for dangerous diseases that can be transmitted in a functioning classroom.<br /><br />I'm strongly opposed to mandatory vaccines for students for diseases not spread inside functioning schools. I do not oppose the vaccines <i>per se</i>.<br /><br /><br />Dear David,<br /><br />It would be funnier if the SMART Boards didn't cost so much....doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-33232336600309798402010-12-18T11:01:31.792-05:002010-12-18T11:01:31.792-05:00I laughed out loud at your comment about the Smart...I laughed out loud at your comment about the Smart board. Boy do I agree.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098221991466148258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-84550927992307916212010-12-18T10:32:39.879-05:002010-12-18T10:32:39.879-05:00Okay so in my school they are "involuntarily ...Okay so in my school they are "involuntarily boffing" in the hallway (2 rape convictions in 2 years) - one of them a school employee and son of a board member. the other a 19 year old in a "credit recovery" class with a 15 year old in Saturday school. Should the school district be providing the vaccines free and mandating their use? Would this excuse their negligence, like the health warning on cigarette packages?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-4497872962212998252010-12-18T08:51:59.419-05:002010-12-18T08:51:59.419-05:00Nice list! Coming from the queen of lists! It star...Nice list! Coming from the queen of lists! It starts off with a thought, and then ends up becoming a list. <br /><br />I don't have kids, but we talk about something we learned everyday that they are going to share at the dinner table. More of them eat at the dinner table than we realize. Of course, one thing on one of my lists is When parents ask you what you learned in school today--think of something and share it--they just want to have a conversation. They control the money, humor them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700465188548037232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-63909842963514758842010-12-18T01:13:25.177-05:002010-12-18T01:13:25.177-05:00I can't say I agree with every one of these or...I can't say I agree with every one of these or even that I want to debate the parts that I disagree with. (I have yet to find a suitable substitute for milk in coffee)<br /><br />However, an absolute Amen to #9 and #10.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-48536920925562427792010-12-17T21:20:54.168-05:002010-12-17T21:20:54.168-05:00Addendum to #9: If you spend more time at monitors...Addendum to #9: If you spend more time at monitors than you do at the dinner table (at least while your children are awake)...Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.com