tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post4220055630730497407..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Business Take OverPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-61265017955616799422010-04-04T00:22:21.846-04:002010-04-04T00:22:21.846-04:00The teachers should have to interview candidates f...The teachers should have to interview candidates for principal and vote. If more than one candidate they would have to state their case with a dog and pony show.mathman42noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-72641355328414865912010-04-02T21:18:39.775-04:002010-04-02T21:18:39.775-04:00We have a unique situation at our school: The prin...We have a unique situation at our school: The principal jumped ship a couple of weeks ago. One of the eighth-grade teachers was immediately appointed acting principal--and he's gotten more done in two weeks than the "real" principal accomplished from August to March! (Example: Last week two new computer labs were established in the school.) I wish the governing board would forget about hiring another principal and just let us teachers run the school. I think we could do a great job!Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-25322770643519290182010-04-02T00:51:24.820-04:002010-04-02T00:51:24.820-04:00What is most upsetting is the depth of mean-spirit...What is most upsetting is the depth of mean-spiritedness that is pervading society, and much of it is directed at us as educators, and not such youthful ones at that. I keep hearing the refrain "You have the summers off" from millionaire lawyers. Wow, so now I earn a little more than $100,000!! That's after an entire career and a lot of required education to get to top salary. Our teaching successes and experiences mean nothing to the new "leadership". It actually scares me to see how the government is dictating what education is and isn't. I hope this house of cards comes down soon, but we already see the effects of ridiculous reading and writing programs that don't teach the kids much and the kids "learn" from one another. So much is laughable, but this is a social experiment that is dumbing people down at a very young age and robbing them of the dimensions of thought and creativity that used to be part of the curriculum before education was boiled down to numbers and "grades". Then of course there are the hyped up "programs" that don't work in the end but are shoved down teachers' throats, and are detrimental to efficient learning of basics that have to be learned before anything else. This educational system ignores the stages of child development; that's how stupid the "leaders" are. You can't ignore the fact that more abstract thought begins to evolve at a certain age. So much is educationally unsound, including the number of hours kids have to sit and be bored to death with an opportunity to have a gym period only once or twice a week. Educators and kids end up getting the short and accountable end of the stick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-75440231859592615062010-04-01T20:46:58.705-04:002010-04-01T20:46:58.705-04:00I don't agree everyone realizes education has ...I don't agree everyone realizes education has no easy fix--I'd argue that those who wish to treat it as a business are, in fact, proposing an easy fix. I agree, of course, that it won't be successful.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com