Scary Teacher Postings

Illinois Loop ^

[The Doctor]

The education schools are a big part of the problem. First, the standards for admission and graduation are far too low. Second, they teach very little that relates to accountability, measurement, or cognitive development. We're just supposed to "trust" them and their pitiful credentials.

[The Doctor]

What is the web site for this stuff? When I need a good cry, I'll look it up!

[TotusTuus]

Where I grew up "crescent" meant "monkey" wrench...

[Always Right]

Lol. That is almost as funny as the question.

Good, I was hoping there would be at least one engineer out there.

[Lassiter]

Where I grew up "crescent" meant "monkey" wrench...

The monkeys got offended so they had to change the name.

Did they have metric monkey wrenches in those days?

[Sungirl]

I teach grade 11 and 12 level algebra and trig to adults at a small college. ... I started putting rules and formulas to song. For example on the first day or so of class I usually serenade those who tell me that they are afraid of math with a rendition of: Hey You don't be afraid / Math can't hurt you / It's really not that bad. / The minute you let it into your heart / Then you can start to learn it better / Learning Math can be fun / Math is fun, hey you.... (to the tune of Hey Jude, in case you didn't guess)
... Do wah ditty, ditty's dumb, doo-wah do.

If my teacher did this....I'd withdraw from the class THAT day.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Or a japanese socket set!

[shezza]

We're in BIG freaking trouble...

That's an understatement, to be sure.
Reading-Writing-and-Arithmetic Homeschool bump!

[PatrickHenry]

Edukators...phooey!

Actually, today's teachers are very good at teaching the three "S"s. Socialism, Sodomy, and Self-esteem. The three "R"s are now Recycling, Redistribution, and Rap.

[driftless]

I remember an incident in a college class I took ten years ago. The professor was constantly being disrupted by two students who spent much of their time yakking during his lectures. This went on the whole semester. Finally near the end of the term, the prof interrupted one of his talks as the two magpies were going at it and politely asked the students to stop jabbering while he was giving his lectures. You guessed it: both of the extra-noisy students were education majors.

[TxBec]

Already bookmarked. I'll look at it everytime I start to feel discouraged (yes, it happens VERY often) and it'll remind me how much better off my kids are. :)

[TotusTuus]

I'm working on my final portfolio for graduation. When I get burned out on the writing piece, I've been doing the divider pages for different sections. One of the things I've been working on when the writing gets to be overwhelming. [sic] So far, the Understanding Children page is decorated with pictures of Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) making all sorts of faces; the Arts and Humanities page has Calvin and Hobbes dancing on one side to a record player and Calvin coloring in another corner; I have several cartoons for the Math section, but I have to decide which one(s) to use. ... Here's the request. Does anyone have pictures or cartoons that you might send to me? ...

Here's one of Charlie Brown saying, "Sigh"

Better yet, give her what she asks for...

[Pablo64]

Every once in a while, I think about what it would be like if I were to go back to college and finish the education portion of my degree and get my teaching certificate. Thanks for posting this as a reminder to me that I would never survive taking the requisite classes. I would turn into a screaming lunatic the first time some snot-nosed grad student posing as an instructor tried to shovel out a load of the psycho-babel they try to pass off as education.

Not to mention the fact that I am probably not qualified to teach since I can actually spell, and I can usually compose a coherent sentence (usually, I said!).

[Dog Gone]

Who is to blam when students don't do homeworks? who is to blam when pareants don't care to come to the teacher pareant conference?

Looks like you got some 'splainin' to do.

[RadioAstronomer]

Actually, today's teachers are very good at teaching the three "S"s. Socialism, Sodomy, and Self-esteem. The three "R"s are now Recycling, Redistribution, and Rap.

What is so sad is that this is true in many cases.

[twyn1]

We homeschool our 2 youngest -- I was a little "concerned" about continuing to teach through the high school years (mostly because I am not a "professional" teacher and do not hold a college degree)

However, after seeing the e-mail and on-line posts from their public-schooled peers it seems we are way ahead of the game -- the grammar, spelling and content is horrid -- not to mention the ummmm...moral shallowness (i.e. -- OMG !! he iz such a q-t and HOT he'd be soooo much fun to hang out wif and freak )

Yes -- I know that kids have an e-mail/post "slang" -- but honestly, some of the stuff is unreadable

[HIDEK6]

Actually, I've learned a lot of science from science fiction. It's not exactly an efficient way to learn a broad topic, though.

Au contraire! It was my exhaustive study of science fiction that convinced me that no toolbox was complete without 6kg of upsadiasium.

[HIDEK6]

Oops! upsadiasium should be upsadaisium.

[Scully]

"...a bright girl can study to be an astronomer..."

ROFL! When I first read this I thought you had written, "a bright girl can study an astronomer".

How am I doin', Doc??? ;-)

[Scully]

My sister, who used to be a teacher, blames this on the women's liberation movement.

My knee-jerk response to this was one of indignation (old habits die hard), but upon reflection, I think this statement is spot-on. Women's Lib has opened doors to many who really shouldn't be more than manicurists, hairdressers, or baby sitters (I can feel the flames now). Unfortunately, those of us who have the talents and intellect to be much more would probably not have had the opportunities otherwise. Kind of a damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don't situation...wouldn't you agree?

My mother must be rolling in her grave. She was a Gloria Steinem feminist. Sorry, Ma!