States do poorly at keeping good teachers or removing bad ones .
States do poorly at keeping good teachers or removing bad ones from the classroom
Ya think?!?!?!?!?
I could have told you thins without a teaching degree.
Teachers seem to suck these days. What we have here is a very a complex yet vital issue.
I blame parents mostly for #1 expecting schools to babysit your kids (that is while the internet, TV, and their gameboys/DSs aren't) while simultaneously, #2 not truly giving them the authority or ability to do so.
Let's get honest here, shall we?
I don't know how you were raised but back in my school days you didn't talk back to a teacher. You didn't refuse to do your school work, you didn't stare off into space and act like a zombie and if you did, the school dealt with you, right then, right there, serious insubordination was answered with a paddling. Furthermore, if you got in trouble for it at school, God fucking help you once you got home. Mr. and Mrs. 'Whitebread America' didn't sue the fucking school and didn't ask for the teachers head on a platter because it 'couldn't possibly be their little Suzie or Johnnie' or 'garsh we can't hurt their little senses of self now can we'? WTF? Right cause when you go to work little Johnnie and Suzy your boss is really going to give a flying fuck about your poor bruised little ego when you don't land that big account, right?????
Now - we pass every kid no matter what. Teachers have no control over their own classrooms. Kids are lazy fucks whose parents are doing everything for them short of wiping their asses and noses and hell I think some parents are doing that.
It is time to stop all of this. We need to not just demand that the teachers step up to the plate and teach, AND give proven results, we need to ALLOW them to do so - otherwise keep your snot-faced, snotty-attitudinal brats at home and teach them your-fucking-selves.
(There I didn't leave anything to your imagination did I? Good.)
Ya think?!?!?!?!?
I could have told you thins without a teaching degree.
Teachers seem to suck these days. What we have here is a very a complex yet vital issue.
I blame parents mostly for #1 expecting schools to babysit your kids (that is while the internet, TV, and their gameboys/DSs aren't) while simultaneously, #2 not truly giving them the authority or ability to do so.
Let's get honest here, shall we?
I don't know how you were raised but back in my school days you didn't talk back to a teacher. You didn't refuse to do your school work, you didn't stare off into space and act like a zombie and if you did, the school dealt with you, right then, right there, serious insubordination was answered with a paddling. Furthermore, if you got in trouble for it at school, God fucking help you once you got home. Mr. and Mrs. 'Whitebread America' didn't sue the fucking school and didn't ask for the teachers head on a platter because it 'couldn't possibly be their little Suzie or Johnnie' or 'garsh we can't hurt their little senses of self now can we'? WTF? Right cause when you go to work little Johnnie and Suzy your boss is really going to give a flying fuck about your poor bruised little ego when you don't land that big account, right?????
Now - we pass every kid no matter what. Teachers have no control over their own classrooms. Kids are lazy fucks whose parents are doing everything for them short of wiping their asses and noses and hell I think some parents are doing that.
It is time to stop all of this. We need to not just demand that the teachers step up to the plate and teach, AND give proven results, we need to ALLOW them to do so - otherwise keep your snot-faced, snotty-attitudinal brats at home and teach them your-fucking-selves.
(There I didn't leave anything to your imagination did I? Good.)
posted by Colette at 8:56 PM
4 Comments:
Here, Here I agree with that so very much and yes back in school that is what it was like. Liam nad I had to follow the rules and I know if there was any trouble in school, I got worse at home! So good going and love that you spoke your mind! Huggs to you and hope to see you soon!
While I agree with your premise, your last 2 paragraphs are conflicting.
Kids are really not "lazy fucks"; those that appear to be so are simply manifesting their nature, which is immaturity. They can be immature (and they have a right to be so, up to a certain age) and NOT also be lazy, IF THE PARENTS ARE DOING THEIR JOBS. The problem is not that parents are doing everything for their kids, it's that the parents are not doing enough. They abdicate the responsibility of raising their kids to the video game, the cell phone, and the television. And they get what they deserve. The child, however, does not; the child gets screwed by this parental inattention.
I have found, through long experience, that every single teacher will step up to the plate with genuine concern and effort if the parent is taking an active role in the child's education. When was the last time most parents requested a teacher conference?
It has never been easier to stay current with a child's performance in school, with the online K12 capability, but I bet few parents have any idea how their kids are doing until the report card comes.
So parents, get off your asses and set the example. It is the only form of leadership.
layinablog...
it IS conflicted because I feel conflicted.
FYI in my particular situation the Parent ARE doing all that they can and the schools are failing at keeping up with their end of the bargain AND for your info the kid we deal with IS lazy....
That is not to say ALL kids are lazy but you can not go off saying 'well only if parent did their jobs...blah blah blah.'
Parents are often at the mercy of the laziness of the teachers and the unwillingness of the administration at the schools to make hard decisions, couple that with the FACT that teachers (and schools) have lost the ability to truly use discipline because of our 'I'll sue your asses cause it can't be MY kid' mentality and you have a recipe for a fucked up system - and we can all agree I am certain that school systems in this country suck - unless of course you are rich enough to afford better....
Oh and to comment on your 'the teachers will step up to the plate...' um no they won't we have that going on now - they basically are not living up to their end up the bargain and are abdicating their own responsibility. I mean I am not teaching the class THEY are - and THEY are NOT doing what they agreed to do to help this kid.
As far as your comment on 'it's easier than ever to check on kids' bullshit - it's only as good as the people who are willing to update their websites and trust me when I tell you they are lazy about that as well. Teachers either don't have the time or don't take the time or quite frankly are computer illiterate...and lazy as well - hey, maybe it's an epidemic and all humans have simply over developed their 'lazy' gene.
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