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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:04 PM Original message |
Teach Your Teachers Well |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. In our Capitalist religion, teachers don't make money for companies... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1 |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. This article ASSUMES that teachers are the problem... |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. NCLB put in force a system of accountability and insisted that only "High Quality Teachers" be used. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. So you are working on your teaching... |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm in Californiq working on my credential to teach a single subject (English) to high school. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It takes a lot of dedication to pursue teaching... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Beat me to it |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. My goodness. More ca-ca from the opinion spinners at the NYT. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The author has educated HERSELF. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I guess we disagree. I AM here. Firsthand knowledge. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Whats the problem, and whats its source? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The problem is undervaluing our teachers, heaping far too much on them, and blaming teachers. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for posting this. |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Having a high GPA doesn't necessarily translate into being a |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Right. Teaching requires particular skills, many of which can't be tested for. |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I taught for awhile. My gpa would not have made this cut! n.t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. My daughter is a natural-born teacher, |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you want the best and brightest in education, you need |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. *Snap* |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. This article is a bunch of crap. |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. The problem isn't educating those who would be teachers |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. And a lot of that 50 percent who are "leaving" the profession before their fifth year |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. AND the repercussions of that in a classroom. When the disrespect... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. +1 |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. Not that Arnie would know how to teach a teacher. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The trend, however, is going in the opposite direction |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I am sorry, tonysam. Please remember... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The problem is I can't get past it |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm 59. I decided not to pursue the legal route... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If I don't at least try to pursue the legal route, then I believe I have failed |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think each of us has to do this in our own... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'll bet my previous principal before the last one |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've been told much the same... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I suspect at my district |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Retirement benefits... |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. The author was on WPR this morning |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. My Student Teaching advisor sent me that same email. Here was my response: |
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