Posted on 10/10/2020 6:24:43 PM PDT by bitt
Our public schools are run, for the most part, by liberal administrators, and teachers are drawn, usually, from the lowest quadrant of academic ability among college graduates. There are exceptions, of course, but the overall level of instruction in the public schools is abysmal. And that isn’t the worst of it: teachers who are marginally able, at best, to teach the subjects for which they are nominally responsible often devote themselves to political indoctrination instead.
Most such forays into left-wing mythology go unreported, but occasionally an enterprising kid turns on his phone and records a teacher’s rant. That happened a few weeks ago in a 9th grade Geography class in a suburban Twin Cities high school:
listen:
The teacher’s ignorance is cosmic: 1) There is no “Speaker of the Senate.” 2) McConnell didn’t say there wasn’t enough time to confirm Merrick Garland. 3) The idea that “life in America is gonna change radically” if there is a conservative majority on the Supreme Court is a fantasy. 4) “This is an opinion of the court”? Sheer incoherence. 5) “Conservatives believe that corporations should be considered humans and should have rights.” Stupid beyond belief. No one has ever said that a corporation is a human, nor has anyone ever denied that corporations have rights. This is why, for example, President Trump can’t shut down CNN and the New York Times. Tempting though it may be.
In this particular case, the kid’s parents are fighting back and taking the teacher’s incompetent and inappropriate conduct to the local school board. But this kind of thing goes on every day, in thousands of classrooms across the country. Almost never are there consequences.
A colleague of mine had an idea that I think has merit. She thinks that if parents knew this kind of political indoctrination is going on, teachers would stop, or at least scale back. Thus, every classroom should be streamed online, and parents of kids in every class should be given access to the stream. At any moment, a parent could check in and see exactly what is going on in his son’s or daughter’s classroom. This is much like the manner in which parents use cameras in their homes to keep tabs on what babysitters are up to. Given the quality of instruction in our public schools, the analogy is almost perfect.
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And, after all else that was wrong, this happened in a “geography” class...
The police are public servants, likewise the teachers are teaching in public schools(most are). Children are much more vulnerable than the general public. There should be enough correlation to raise a fuss and raise school boards interests in protecting the education of the communities youth.
Another side benefit would be having a record of classroom behaviors. One couldn't directly video the students but that doesn't mean videos of the teacher wouldn't be helpful to keeping classroom order.
Just doing some quick thinking on the idea.
bttt
Not if we don’t send them.
We are still free not to send them.
Later.
Perhaps this is a good idea.... I welcome it in my classroom. However, I think parents would be shocked to see how their kids behave in school.
Our school put cameras on buses a few years ago, and then people learned just how horrible children can behave. Be careful what you wish for. Certainly you will catch some jerk teachers and they would deserve the trouble from it. But you’d also catch the jerk kids too and angry parents will have to eat crow.
A large helping of crow is just what is appropriate for the parents who don’t discipline their children.
To hate America. Learn to be ashamed of being White. Learn that Socialism is heaven on Earth.
MEGGA home school ping.
Those that can. Do
Those that can’t. Teach !
Schools are turning out more socialists than mathematicians. Why car is from Japan, my Doctor is from India
Live stream every classroom...now, THERE is a grand idea.
Show the good along with the bad...the horrible behavior of some students...the lousy results that result from that.
Teacher performance would be just one item of concern on display.
Might bear some consideration.
The toilet needs to be flushed
You Tube/FB quickly took down the video of a big BULLY ABOUT 150 LBS, beating on my Grand Nephew who might weigh 80 lbs, he has Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy, worse of the 7 forms. Bus driver did nothing, Principal—Liberal 3 days in school suspension. Mother is slowly Dying, had just fallen the day before Bad concussion, her worthless hopefully soon to be EX wouldn’t STAND UP FOR the son he BEATS/BULLIES. EX-CON, DOPE/DRUNK.
There are many teachers on FR.
Not really, some states will come down hard on you, forcing you to give up your rights and conform to the school curriculum and give them the right to enter your home to ensure you are conforming. States vary immensely on requirements.
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