Posted on 12/18/2008 2:36:42 PM PST by Cindy
Bttt.
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Thanks.
He and another child did a poem about Christ. I know we can't discuss these type [sic] of things in school
Besides being horribly lacking in US Civics, the teacher also appears to be a dismal Language teacher.
Unlike Delaware, where I came here from, the VEA is not a union in the same way as the DSEA. Delaware teachers are unionized, Virginia teachers are not. It is one of the major reasons we are and not DE or MD (there are other counts against both, but we’re talking schools here.)
What grades are your children in and what type of school do they attend?
As rural and poor and backwards (according to many) that Accomac County is, I will pit any 5th grader I know against 5th graders in even the best of the public schools in Delaware.
The VEA looks out for its members, as any professional association should, but it sure as heck doesn’t have the kind of legislative clout in Richmond that the DSEA has in Dover.
I am also anti-union, but I accept the fact there are exceptions to every rule and even some union members are trying to work from within to make changes. However, I do not agree with impugning all of a group, in this case pubic school teachers, because of a particular subset of them.
I have dealt with good teachers and I have dealt with bad teachers, thankfully since I’ve lived in Virginia I have dealt with very few of the latter.
That is fair enough but I do believe that the goal should be to eliminate unions as a political force and the only way this is going to happen is if we refuse to pretend that some how most union members don’t tow the line. 67% of them did vote Obama. And 76% of them in 2006 voted Democrat in 2006 which was key in swinging the balance of power. If we do not stop them we are going to find ourselves living in a US that resembles more Venezuela than a free nation. I opt out of public schools and home school my kids though I still am forced to support them against my will through taxes.
My niece attended her sons (ages 5 & 6) Christmas party at their elementary school today. In looking through the pics she had posted on her myspace page, I noticed one of a tree in the schools hallway. It was covered in handmade paper angels.
I teasingly told my sister that I needed to alert the ACLU since young minds are being corrupted. How refreshing it is to live in one of the reddest counties of a now blue state (NC).
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: If they make a mistake, I dont want them punished with a baby.
Apprentices who work a full 40 or more hour week, 50 weeks or more a year, and likely no benefits, sick time, personal holidays, or gold plaited pensions and retirement benefits. They also do dangerous, dirty, wet, cold, or hot work, and are likely to damage their bodies do to contorsions required by the work. If they don't do their work correctly ** 100% ** of the time they could careless kill themselves, their co-workers, or their clients.
Besides all of the above, you actually need to be smart to be an electrician and likely these guys can do fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Since were having a contest here, my homeschoolers were in college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. All finished all general college requirements and Calculus III by the age of 15. The two younger had B.S. degrees in mathematics by the age of 18.
So?....Where's the government school that can do that, Gabz?
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This is so terribly wrong. There have been many articles like this over the years, and as it gets closer to Christ-mass, more surface. By removing the very foundation of freedom - worship of God - our country will disintegrate faster than we will believe. For now, IMO, massive homeschooling is one step in the right direction.
>> People who read a story like this and just assume this behavior encompasses all public schools are just plain ignorant.
Ignorant? Don’t be a dope.
The teacher should be fired.
I know; it's awful isn't it? I mean all these poor adults FORCED at gunpoint to take jobs that pay so little. And yes: we, the taxpayers, should be made to feel guilty for it.
Raise my taxes. Please. It's the least that should be done...
One of my second grade son’s classmates said in class, “if Santa doesn’t come, there won’t be Christmas”. The teacher (public school) corrected him, stating “no, Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birth”. Thank God for the Bible Belt!
You get what you pay for, that's the American way. If you want a good doctor, lawyer, "teacher" whatever...its going to cost for a good one. If ya don't, there are droves of inferior ones out there (like the one in this story) who will work cheaper, just don't whine when their work is substandard.
Most of the ps teachers I have met do a good job, the boob mentioned in this article is the exception not the rule.
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