Sorry to hear that. I think the consensus is that the problem with public education lies with the government\union setting the agenda, mismanaged funds, and hands off parents. Not a lack talent or care on the teachers part.
On 8/24/10, bull city <[email protected]> wrote: > Im a teacher- I'll be signing off from this list-serve. > > On Aug 21, 8:56 pm, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: >> Parents refusing to be involved in their kids education after school is >> another big one. "Do your homework or I'll beat your butt" isn't good >> enough >> involvement. Blaming everything on the teacher is another disturbingly >> common trend, and incentives based on test scores alone is another big >> detriment to the system as a whole. >> >> Sorry about getting touchy about it, but it has become a sensitive subject >> for me over the years, and now we have a candidate for Governor this fall >> who is so anti Public Education that I fear what will happen if she is >> elected. >> >> As for the mandatory thing... my take on it, as a childless man who never >> plans on having kids, is that the money I pay into public education is a >> community investment, helping to improve tomorrows engineers, doctors, >> researchers and programmers who will be tasked with improving and fixing >> the >> world after us. The better I can equip them, the better the world will be. >> >> Sorry for the thread hijacking, Kim, and best of luck to you on the coming >> year! >> -Kurt >> >> On Aug 21, 2010 8:32 PM, "Kyle Munz" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As a frequent Paddlee I would like to second that. >> >> -Kyle >> >> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 7:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > The biggest problem with the s... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
