Gwinnett’s (GA) teacher of the year is quitting the school district

Department of education needs to be abolished. It’s been perverted into a political tool.

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When the little things don’t matter, nothing matters,” Allen said. Students “see people being tardy all the time and breaking dress code and cussing out teachers and doing these things and think, ‘So why should I take anything seriously?’”

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There is a complete breakdown of society that’s happening now, and because all people hear is bad news, the feeling of impending doom grows. And when a person has little or no spiritual moorings, that person can become depressed and often turn to drugs and alcohol or simply tune out all together.

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“I don’t feel like a teacher very much anymore,” Allen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m just managing behaviors.”

“When the little things don’t matter, nothing matters,” Allen said. Students “see people being tardy all the time and breaking dress code and cussing out teachers and doing these things and think, ‘So why should I take anything seriously?’”

But administrators came down on some teachers because more students were failing than usual, he said.

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Why do these school shootings keep happening? ^^^^

By special Ed, you mean kids diagnosed with BAD?

We slap disability labels on kids who are just POS.

What is happening in public schools is a total failing disgrace.

My sister and brother in law are both public school teachers in Cobb county. There is an almost wholesale rejection of accountability, respect, discipline, authority.

My brother in law says standards have been dumbed down to the lowest bar possible. And kids are still failing, in many cases just flat out not doing work or tests.

He said they have been told to pass everyone, regardless of how bad they fail.

This is the case in our local school district.

Anyone who is interested needs to look for their district’s Pupil Progression Plan.

This is a document that outlines the district’s official policies for grading, course credit allocation, and promoting students to the next grade level. There are other issues addressed in this document, too.

For example, in our district, students must receive a minimum of 50% credit for all assignments, even assignments that are not attempted.

No one assignment can be given a point value higher than 100. (This one’s not too unreasonable, imo.)

Additionally, if more than 1/2 of a class or class section (class period like 1st hour, 2nd hour, etc) fails a quiz, test, or assignment, that grade cannot be averaged into the grades for that grading period.
The concept must be retaught.

How do you think older students respond to these policies?

You can bet some of them refuse to do long or challenging assignments knowing they’ll get half the points no matter what.

You can bet groups of kids join ranks to tank a test for which they didn’t study or to annoy a disliked teacher.


When you attend high school graduations this season, know that a solid 40% of those diplomas are empty.

School boards run by superficial, lazy thinkers who do exactly what they are ordered to do by the state department of ed can be thanked for this.

THAT’S why parents visiting school board meetings and bringing up these race-to-the-bottom policies are branded domestic terrorists.

This is where it all started: Arne Duncan's "Dear Colleague" letter.

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He said they have been told to pass everyone, regardless of how bad they fail.

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This has certainly carried through the lucrative higher education racket as well. There is no meritocracy in this country anymore, which is why so many people are bad at their jobs.