tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post9222920075788218577..comments2024-03-23T02:14:07.785-04:00Comments on The Dream Teacher: Teacher Bashing and An Overheard GoatCindi Rigsbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421258393568987852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-677589327467813242010-01-14T07:22:11.755-05:002010-01-14T07:22:11.755-05:00Cool blog you got here. I'd like to read somet...Cool blog you got here. I'd like to read something more concerning this matter. Thnx for giving that data.<br />Joan Stepsen<br /><a href="http://hds-technology.com/" rel="nofollow">Technology gadgets</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-71007552719580169062009-10-27T14:39:11.618-04:002009-10-27T14:39:11.618-04:00I'm amazed at all the vitriol that people have...I'm amazed at all the vitriol that people have for teachers. Is it becoming a national sport? Maybe it's because so many people have had a teacher who was "bad", or at least hassled them over homework. And it's more fun to bash teachers than to remember the good ones.ShellyLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-57510316759516900992009-10-20T19:26:59.113-04:002009-10-20T19:26:59.113-04:00Did he mention anything about how public schools a...Did he mention anything about how public schools are liberal brainwashing factories and how all of the kids will graduate with socialist ideals, copies of Mao's Little Red Book, and ACLU cards? That's my favorite one :).<br /><br />Seriously ... I love when people just spout off against teachers without knowing how complicated the situation in schools is, as well as how involved our jobs actually are. <br /><br />Maybe if I slam my head against a wall hard enough for long enough, I can become one of these people, an ignorant Chatty Cathy Hates Teachers doll: "My taxes pay your salary ... teachers are bad ... it's indoctrination ... it's the teachers fault ..."<br /><br />*rolls eyes*Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379096331960338241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-54137276830969945482009-10-06T23:33:19.267-04:002009-10-06T23:33:19.267-04:00Isn't it amazing that when someone wants to cr...Isn't it amazing that when someone wants to criticize teachers, they are very loud and public about it? Yet, compliments are whispered and dripping with pity. Could it be that I do look pitiful as I drag myself and my dinner through the grocery checkout line after a twelve hour day at school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-79321149886175117582009-10-06T22:27:14.720-04:002009-10-06T22:27:14.720-04:00First of all, Cindi, I think you *are* dramaticall...First of all, Cindi, I think you *are* dramatically different, with or without moisturizer. But your Airport Moron is, alas, an increasing phenomenon, I think. <br /><br />There was an article in the Wall Street journal in the past week by Richard Whitmire and Andy Rotherham, proudly noting that most journalists now accept the fact that teachers and their unions oppose reform, and journalists are now willing to call the school community on those benighted beliefs. In other words, things that teachers wonder about--charter schools, vouchers, pay for performance, excessive testing, evaluating teachers by their students' test scores-- are now accepted by the mainstream press as genuine reform. <br /><br />So your guy may just be repeating what he's seen on TV or read in the Wall Street Journal. Public schools? Bad. We all know that. Saying that there are some good teachers is the way you add a touch of balance to your unexamined belief system.<br /><br />Here's where I find hope: for the 20th year running, parents (who know more about public schools than anyone) give the schools their children attend As and Bs, while giving public schools in general barely passing grades. So when that campaign to reinvigorate the image of public schools, we begin with parents.Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.com