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Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:09 pm to yellowfin
Teachers work, at most, 8 months out of the year.
There's no doubt many choose the profession for the extended breaks and vacations.
NB4butIgradepapers!
There's no doubt many choose the profession for the extended breaks and vacations.
NB4butIgradepapers!
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:10 pm to N2cars
quote:
VetteGuy
Prediction: within 10 years the shortage of teachers will be a crisis
Teachers work, at most, 8 months out of the year.
There's no doubt many choose the profession for the extended breaks and vacations.
NB4butIgradepapers!
you are stupid ...
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:11 pm to lsu480
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If you live in a nice area your kids will get a good education, if you don't you are a huge loser!
Public schools are for poor people
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:13 pm to tiderider
Well, you sure told me! 
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:15 pm to bencoleman
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I think the only way to eventually fix the system is a mass exodus of teachers from the public school system. Then and only then can the system be overhauled and some common sense be applied.
It'll take more than that because in those persistently low performing schools is some of the same families who are just using them as babysitters until they're at an age to drop out.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:19 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Sure, but this is the Internet and I'm not running for political office so that's my opinion. There simply needs to be more male role models in these kids lives. They're not getting it at home. I'd pay a male teacher with zero formal education training more than I would pay a female with a master's degree in education.
IMO it's less about the gender and more about someone who isn't going to put up with their shite. Some of the best teachers in the school I currently work in are females. Not because they're female, but because they set a standard from day one that they're not going to put up with being walked all over.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:20 pm to yellowfin
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Public schools are for poor people
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:24 pm to couv1217
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Agree 100%. Who cares if we track them into vocational and trade schools? Not every child will be the american dream of a doctor, lawyer, or plant operator. We will need people to work on cars, do plumbing, lay concrete, etc.
The american dream (to me anyways) is having the opportunity to succeed in whatever occupation you enjoy doing. Being a doctor or going to college and getting a degree for the line of work you're in doesn't make you successful. I've seen too many people end up being teachers because that's the only job they could get with their degree. You should be a teacher because you want to be a teacher. And just like most occupations, good one should be able to advance to positions where they can make improvements and have a bigger impact on the system. Uninvolved parents are something a good teacher can overcome.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:27 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:Don't kid yourself sweetheart. It's about gender.
IMO it's less about the gender and more about someone who isn't going to put up with their shi
quote:Well, probably about 90% of the teachers at your school are female so it stands to reason that at least some of them would be in the upper tier.
Some of the best teachers in the school I currently work in are females. Not because they're female, but because they set a standard from day one that they're not going to put up with being walked all over.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:37 pm to High C
Not sure on the situation in Louisiana, but in FL I would definitely say politics is killing education imo.
In the process of getting my elementary ed degree(internship in the fall). Everything is being taught to standardizes testing which is mainly reading/math besides a few years. For instance in 5th grade here they test for science, well my mentor teacher and I had to not only teach them 5th grade science but 3rd and 4th as well since those teachers never did it to make time for reading.
Kids are lucky if they even get any social studies here before they reach middle school. Physical education is being reduced year by year despite the fatness of america.
In the process of getting my elementary ed degree(internship in the fall). Everything is being taught to standardizes testing which is mainly reading/math besides a few years. For instance in 5th grade here they test for science, well my mentor teacher and I had to not only teach them 5th grade science but 3rd and 4th as well since those teachers never did it to make time for reading.
Kids are lucky if they even get any social studies here before they reach middle school. Physical education is being reduced year by year despite the fatness of america.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:37 pm to High C
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Quality of parenting is a bigger crisis.
This x100.
It's not that teachers can't teach. They can't discipline kids anymore and that job is now left solely to the parents, and in low-performing schools, it's usually bad parenting that leads to lower scores.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:44 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Don't kid yourself sweetheart. It's about gender.
I'm not kidding myself, sweetheart. Just telling you like it is in the PLA school I've worked in for about 8 years.
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Well, probably about 90% of the teachers at your school are female so it stands to reason that at least some of them would be in the upper tier.
Also not so much. It's probably closer to 60/40 these days in favor of females.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
On average, which gender commands more respect in the classroom? Don't include outliers
Posted on 5/11/14 at 5:57 pm to Stringer Bell
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Results say otherwise.
Link me up, big guy. Before Omar gets there yo.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 7:05 pm to High C
I might get blasted for this, but I don't care. I'm 63 and I feel that the decline in public education started when the schools were integrated. The only thing that integration achieved was bringing down one race to the level of the other race that integration was supposed to uplift. You have teachers in public schools teaching English when they can't even speak correct English. I taught at a majority black school for a couple of years before I realized that I was getting nowhere in the profession. I never had discipline problems and got along great with the kids, but seeing teachers not doing their jobs really pissed me off. We had one teacher who let the kids in her class dance all of the time. We had another one who was a drunk and on records day he was passed out at the back of the school. I could really go on about the crap that I saw, but I think that ya'll know what I'm talking about. The incompetent teachers were never fired or disciplined in any way. I feel sorry for the teachers in public schools today. You're not allowed to fail the kids because the parish doesn't want any of their schools look bad. Public education is nothing but a horse and pony show. How many of you would like being called a MF to your face and there's not a damn thing that you can do about it?
Posted on 5/11/14 at 7:06 pm to avondale88
Posted on 5/11/14 at 7:15 pm to lsu480
I teach at a great school. I'll stay there as long as I can, and it would take stupid crazy money to get me to go deal with pieces of shite every day......actually I wouldn't do that.
As I typed it I realized that teaching shitty kids would get me out of the profession all together. One good years salary isn't like amount I'd get in 20 more years.
As I typed it I realized that teaching shitty kids would get me out of the profession all together. One good years salary isn't like amount I'd get in 20 more years.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 7:18 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I am yelled at or cursed at by students on fairly regular basis. This is happening more and more frequently because of Taylor's policies. Quite simply, schools are "juking the stats" by not punishing students. Due to the lack of repercussions the students are becoming more unruly. Though I disagree with much of Avalon's post, despite the holidays and summer breaks, it is very difficult to be loudly cursed and unable to do much about it. This year was by far the toughest, but I find bright spots and do enjoy teaching. There are a few students each year I know that I've impacted in a positive life-changing way. Even if it is only a handful, I take joy that I have students who contact me years later to seek my advice or to thank me.
This post was edited on 5/11/14 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 5/11/14 at 7:20 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
A family member of mine received her parish's teacher of the year award last year. She quit four days ago, and I don't blame her. Says she's going to look into daycare work. Wife left that same parish two years ago.
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