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re: The biggest problem in schools that no one is talking about
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:20 pm to rbWarEagle
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:20 pm to rbWarEagle
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Cursive is dead.
Good. Let's make more Jeantels.
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Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:21 pm to Bluefin
God.
i miss that trial
that was some of my favorite times on the OT
ETA: SIR!
i miss that trial
that was some of my favorite times on the OT
ETA: SIR!
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:22 pm to Bluefin
Let's recent back to the 18th century when people gave a shite about how letters looked. Calligraphy is fine and all, but give me a fricking printed note please.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:23 pm to Bluefin
Problem is that even if you CAN read cursive, people just scribble and expect you to know what it says. Like I said, I can read proper cursive.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:26 pm to Bluefin
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Bluefin
What is the purpose of learning cursive?
Really, give me one good reason to learn it, and I'll agree with you.
Outside of signing my name, I've only used cursive once since elementary school. That was to write this paragraph before I could take the GRE.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:28 pm to anc
I grade students to the expected level of the class they are taking.
I offer no extra credit. I take no points off for attendance. If you're in college, it's your choice to show up or not.
The emails I get from parents about their "snowflake" needing extra credit are hilarious....the lies the kids make up are even funnier.
You earn an F, you get one. You earn an A, you get one. If some moron in the class is dumb enough to ask for a curve, I give them a bell curve!
I offer no extra credit. I take no points off for attendance. If you're in college, it's your choice to show up or not.
The emails I get from parents about their "snowflake" needing extra credit are hilarious....the lies the kids make up are even funnier.
You earn an F, you get one. You earn an A, you get one. If some moron in the class is dumb enough to ask for a curve, I give them a bell curve!
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:28 pm to LouisianaLady
So I realize I'm late to the party, but a quick story from my SO yesterday (she's in TFA) that I couldn't believe:
Kid in her class has already failed the grade once and is repeating it. He never shows up, doesn't take tests or complete assignments, etc. All around worthless kid. My SO and another teacher both failed him, obviously, and the mom called and bitched at the principal.
The principal told both of them they had to pass him, which they both refused to do. So the principal manually went into the grade book and gave the kid a D so he would pass.
And we wonder why kids are lazy and stupid (over-exaggeration, not all kids are those things, but you get my point).
Kid in her class has already failed the grade once and is repeating it. He never shows up, doesn't take tests or complete assignments, etc. All around worthless kid. My SO and another teacher both failed him, obviously, and the mom called and bitched at the principal.
The principal told both of them they had to pass him, which they both refused to do. So the principal manually went into the grade book and gave the kid a D so he would pass.
And we wonder why kids are lazy and stupid (over-exaggeration, not all kids are those things, but you get my point).
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:31 pm to Ash Williams
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ETA: SIR!
One of my favorite threads ever.]
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:34 pm to Epic Cajun
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What is the purpose of learning cursive?
You answered your own question with this:
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I've only used cursive once since elementary school. That was to write this paragraph before I could take the GRE.
Would you have liked to forfeit the GRE, simply because you couldn't write in cursive?
You don't have to employ a skill all the time in order for it to be valuable. I hope I never come into a situation where I have to actually use the Pythagorean Theorem, but that doesn't mean I don't see the value in learning it.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:37 pm to CptBengal
damnit
i just started laughing aloud
i think that week or two was the only time i was ever in the top 10 for most posts on the OT
i just started laughing aloud
i think that week or two was the only time i was ever in the top 10 for most posts on the OT
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:37 pm to Bluefin
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I hope I never come into a situation where I have to actually use the Pythagorean Theorem, but that doesn't mean I don't see the value in learning it.
to compare a method of transcription that was utilized for speed and aesthetic "beauty" to a fundamental mathematical theorem is fricking absurd.
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Would you have liked to forfeit the GRE, simply because you couldn't write in cursive?
I dont remember writing the GRE in cursive. I tend to use a print/cursive hybrid.
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:39 pm to CptBengal
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I offer no extra credit. I take no points off for attendance. If you're in college, it's your choice to show up or not.
Beyond a class that requires participation/discussion like Critical Theory or something, I don't understand strict attendance rules. If I know I need to come to class to learn (like in a foreign language), I'll come. If I can make an A without coming, why do I deserve a B because you decide you want me in class that I don't need to attend and punish me for it?
It was fine my first couple years of college, but they really got weird as time moved on.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:39 pm to Bluefin
There are millions of people who don't take the GRE (the GMAT doesn't require this step, I took both). I don't think they really even checked to ensure that I wrote it correctly or anything. Basically I could have faked writing in cursive if I needed to 
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:40 pm to AbitaFan08
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He never shows up, doesn't take tests or complete assignments, etc
I don't know what TFA is. Is this a kid that drives? I ask because doesn't attendance fall on parents?
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:41 pm to LouisianaLady
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. If I can make an A without coming, why do I deserve a B because you decide you want me in class that I don't need to attend and punish me for it?
Well, my tests are based on book and lecture. And no, i dont give copies of my lectures out like fricking study guides for children.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:43 pm to CptBengal
There will always be ways to cheat. And the students will find them quickly. Might as well focus on actually teaching instead of how to prevent people from cheating.
If you're a good teacher, students will want to learn.
If you're a good teacher, students will want to learn.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:44 pm to CptBengal
That's just it. If I need to come to class to learn, I will come to class.
I am the type who won't need to study as hard if I attend classes where the teacher actually teaches.
Unfortunately a lot of the gen-ed courses in college were wastes of time in the actual classroom. There were quite a few I just stopped showing up to after week 1 and still made an A. There were also a lot that I couldn't miss even one class without being lost -- regardless of the teacher's attendance rules.
I am the type who won't need to study as hard if I attend classes where the teacher actually teaches.
Unfortunately a lot of the gen-ed courses in college were wastes of time in the actual classroom. There were quite a few I just stopped showing up to after week 1 and still made an A.
There were also a lot that I couldn't miss even one class without being lost -- regardless of the teacher's attendance rules.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:45 pm to bayoubengals88
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Talked to a professor at LSU about it and he said the average student coming in today has no idea how to write at the level of a high school freshman.
I'm calling bullshite on this one.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:46 pm to CaptainPanic
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There will always be ways to cheat. And the students will find them quickly. Might as well focus on actually teaching instead of how to prevent people from cheating.
I dont worry about cheaters. I catch at least a few students every semester under the rules of plagiarism. these kids are actually too dumb to cheat effectively.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:46 pm to LouisianaLady
No my SO, the teacher, is in TFA (Teach for America)
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