tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post542607496485255946..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Puck Arne, Eli, and Billdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-42096704434440650852012-12-31T19:25:30.375-05:002012-12-31T19:25:30.375-05:00I came to the conclusion that I would not make it ...I came to the conclusion that I would not make it through high school now. It disgusts me. I try to encourage students having a go, trying, doing it wrong and then fixing it. I feel sad that most of them want to know how to "pass," and have no interest in learning anything different.<br />I wonder if the OWM in charge have forgotten how it is to be a child/have a child/help a child, or if they never knew.<br />Thanks for keeping us all honest, as best as we can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-69272059161733191902012-12-31T18:48:14.447-05:002012-12-31T18:48:14.447-05:00Dear Kate,
The world, as you know, is a wonderful...Dear Kate,<br /><br />The world, as you know, is a wonderful place. She is young, and that is not her fault. She has been blessed with wonderful parents.<br /><br />She will be fine, in the long run, but you know that already. A shame that her youth is troubled by the desires of a few powerful folks who will never know her, nor care to.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-76371289310845087792012-12-31T15:37:57.862-05:002012-12-31T15:37:57.862-05:00My daughter asked to see her pre-ACT test score. I...My daughter asked to see her pre-ACT test score. I didn't leap up from what I was doing and she has since forgotten that she asked. <br />Those damn tests and those damn numbers that seek to quantify my gifted, artistic, thoughtful, musical, linguist - who reads far too much into multiple choice questions and struggles with quickly recalling math facts - this is what her school is judged on, what she is judged on.<br /><br />I am wrestling today with "grading." I wish that we could just learn.<br /><br />Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-19199797842741866482012-12-31T00:37:11.935-05:002012-12-31T00:37:11.935-05:00Dear Jenny,
It will (ultimately) be up to the par...Dear Jenny,<br /><br />It will (ultimately) be up to the parents and our local BOEs. Still, if teachers refuse to do what they know hurts children, we'd go a long way towards a solution.<br /><br /><br />Dear gfrblxt,<br /><br />Thanks--what else can we do?doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-34518593715162053862012-12-30T23:13:19.203-05:002012-12-30T23:13:19.203-05:00In the heart of a genuine teacher is the willingne...In the heart of a genuine teacher is the willingness to fight for what we know is best for our kids.<br /><br />Keep up the fight. Those strange men (and women) deserve to be exposed for the frauds, fools, and charlatans they truly are.Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222812519913852182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-34701373630384204902012-12-30T20:28:14.211-05:002012-12-30T20:28:14.211-05:00Reading this made me think of a family who let the...Reading this made me think of a family who let the school know that their child would not be doing any homework or taking any standardized tests. We can't control most of what happens at school but it heartens me to think that parents are taking control of what they can.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.com