Public Edumacation

[DainBramaged]

[Catshrink]

1. Blame the teacher.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Having had both public and private education...

...all I can say is that you can't blame this on public education. That public education is inferior to private education is a myth. Here in my area, forced integration caused a proliferation of private schools. No requirements that their teachers have any sort of credentials to teach. Odds are, that woman went to one of those schools.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. "I before E ... except after T."

Scary thing is... no one around her appears to notice it either; or haven't had the guts to point it out to her. Maybe she's the school board prez.

My guess is teachers don't get paid much in this state. Just a hunch. I'll go out on a limb: there's no (real) teachers' union there.

Where are they, BTW? Ok... prove me wrong.

[DainBramaged]

7. And that's the point, it has nothing really to do with teaching

it has EVERYTHING to do with teh stoopid surrounding her.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Yet the sign refers to public education AND her spelling teacher

But no, it has nothing to do with teaching. :crazy:

[DainBramaged]

11. DU is fast losing it's sense of humor..........

I give up............

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Teachers are under attack here - more and more all the time

Sorry we just don't find this funny.

[DainBramaged]

15. If you think this is an outright attack on teachers

I think you need to talk to someone about the real attacks on teachers and their profession, and not on DU........


Have a nice day. I'm done here. Thanks for hijacking the thread with paranoia.

[Catshrink]

16. Hey, you started and perpetuated the bashing

with the post blaming teachers. Now you want to run away in a huff?

BTW, it isn't paranoia, it's exasperation with the mindset that it's okay to teacher-bash. You just don't get that those of us in the trenches of education are facing deep cuts in our classroom budgets. We have no "soft capital" used to buy desks, chairs, and supplies. I have no extra chairs -- so when one breaks, where do I put that student? Who buys the rules, pens, pencils, etc. that kids lose? Yeah, they don't cost much but guess what? 10% salary cuts don't leave much extra money to buy this stuff out of our pockets.

In addition to the financial worries, we have demands placed on us about things outside our control: parents who won't supervise homework, get their kids to bed at night, feed them a breakfast not laden with sugar, and demonstrate respect for education.

We've raised our voices but Arne, who has never spent a day as a classroom teacher, isn't interested in what classroom teachers have to say, only in satisfying the corporatocracy who wants to privatize education.

I hope you get that we teachers aren't in the mood for making us the scapegoat for failures in education any more than a doctor isn't like to be blamed for the death of a grossly obese smoker.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. How do we know she wasn't home schooled?

Actually my first guess was she didn't bother to study her spelling words in elementary school. Even the best teacher can't make a child WANT to learn and come to class prepared.

But hey, I guess it's easier to just bash public schools and teachers. :eyes:

[hayu_lol]

6. Sort of chuckle at this sort of thread...

after reading many of the threads on DU and other sites.

About that pesky 'i before e' rule...there are so many exceptions to that rule that it is not a valid rule.

EIther is such an exception.

[janx]

14. No, actually it's part of the rule.

I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A, as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH. ;-)

[DainBramaged]

8. You are way over-analyzing this.......

[arcadian]

9. What are you talking about?

It says "Public Education" right there. Why are you bashing programs that have a long history of being concerns for the Democratic Party?

[POAS]

5. Speling be overweighted!

[Uben]

13. Edumacation is mispelled....duh

everywon nose its spelt "e-d-u-m-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-"

What kind of dum bass spelz it like that? Try uzin spelchek!

[Dinger]

17. Attacking Public Education, Nice

Wow, are public school teachers welcome here at DU or not? Tell us no and get it over with. Then again, this post isn't exactly vague as to that sentiment.

[Dinger]

18. Unrec # 1,000,000 (nt)