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He is absolutely right
these students are p o ed because 200 years ago, some black people (but maybe not their relatives) were slaves
so they feel justified in rebelling against any and everything and being completely destructive little assh8les
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The BSun will cue the accusations of racism in 3...2...1...
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The teachers can blame the parents all they want, but those “bad students” were raised by the product of public schools. Those “excellent teachers” are those using methods in which he believes, methods that are certain to fail, as designed. I would bet the farm that he would turn in any parent with the guts to commit “attempted discipline.” I have no sympathy for him.
Saying we need “better schools” is just one more typical liberal lie.
The truth is public schools are for the most part a waste of taxpayer money. There several good public schools but for the most part they are run by incompetent liberals who waste the money given to them.
If we got rid of the public school system America would be a better place.
In order to get better students we’ll need to find better parents. I feel sorry for the students who actually want to learn.
You better believe the real goal is the elimination of parents and the end of the family.
Yes, but how do you change the evil culture of entitlement?
How do you change the evil gansta culture?
Because of political forces, no one will stand up and speak the truth.
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”
They may not be able to fire him but they can sure as hell make his life miserable by various and sundry means. I bet this guy has an exit plan as we speak.
Badly behaved students are without doubt part of the problem. But then so are weak teachers and school administrators, weak or non-existent parents and a general culture of instant gratification and license. So what is the solution? Any parent who has had to put limits on a child’s behavior or correct bad behavior knows that a real price has to be paid by the parent and the child. Who is willing to extract and pay the price.
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While I do not believe for a second that schools are solely responsible for the mess public education serves up 10 months out of every year, I believe they have done themselves no favors by participating in the grand hoax—that being that students are receiving anything approaching a quality education. By tolerating/socially promoting the destructive, the non-productive, the uncooperative, public education says with each diploma they hand out, each “promoted” student who did not master anything that, “Yeah, we don’t care about your education much, either.”
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve expressed to my students in the classroom that they’ve been lied to, that those involved in their education have hated, HATED them or been utterly indifferent to them by allowing them to get to high school reading at a 3rd, 4th, 5th grade level. How can those teachers, those administrators, and, yes, those parents have had any other attitude toward them but hate or neglect when they have passed them along to the next class incapable of doing the work, when they’ve not been interested in the least to see if they are keeping up with their studies/demanded to see a report card/disciplined them for failing to excel in school? After I let that sink in to marinade their little skulls full of mush, I say, “If no one else cares, you had better. I assume that, given you have not dropped out, something inside is telling you that this ‘education thing’ matters. And, not to worry. I, too, care. I love you and I assure you that what we will be doing this semester matters to me a great deal.” Most of my students are willing to give it a shot after that.
Miceli didn’t bring up the issue of race in his letter, but you can bet that, somewhere in Baltimore, someone or a bunch of someones are chomping at the bit to call him a racist for his observations.
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Liberals are quick to brand others with derogatory names so as to avoid focus on accountability for their own failures. Accusing well meaning people of being racists is one of their favorite ploys.
A liberal’s first instinct is name calling and blaming. You see this in Obama everyday.
When I say involved and not saying does the homework for the student I am saying make sure the child is awake, fed, and ready to learn.
This occurs most frequently in the suburban and rural districts.
The other issue is racism. On several occasions I was asked why their child had to get stuck with the "white Machine shop teacher." I had to explain that Mr. Rand taught the introductory class and i taught the advanced class and you can't take the intro class twice.
Mrs. Bears is a public school teacher (and a darn good one, I might add) here in Northeast Florida.
She works hard, and doesn’t object too much to the effort she has to put forth; but she is very tired of all of the variables for student success being on her side of the equation.
Stephen Covey had it right. It’s easy to have a perfect society. You just fill it with perfect people. Now, making perfect people? That’s the hard part.
Hopefully, we’re coming to the point where we are forced to say the things that must not be said about the cultures that must not be be criticized. And I am specifically thinking about two disparate cultures, each competing to be the one with the least chance of achieving success.
The sooner this is done, the better chance for resolution.
The later this is don, the better chance for revolution.
We will only go so far with our tolerance.
These schools have to start expelling the criminal children attending. They are dangerous and it isn’t fair to the achieving children. Figure out some alternative for these loser kids.
If you have enforced standards of performance and behavior in any school, it becomes a valued prideful resource for these communities.