Big Blitz Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 What happened 3 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 At 30 seconds - she asks teachers to rat out other teachers that aren’t displaying a pride flag or BLM poster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Big Blitz said: What happened 3 years ago? This sounds impossible, not one I three years? I have taken kids from literally no correct answers on the test to a passing score within two school years. There is no way that education is at the top of their priorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Big Blitz said: What happened 3 years ago? That's really sad. And there's no excuse of "they're not being given the resources they need." Edited July 29, 2023 by Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, Doc said: That's really sad. And there's no excuse of "they're not being given the resources they need." But LeBron gets a lot of praise for putting his name and funds behind it. He owes each of the families a sincere apology for having failed them, and he either needs to get more personally involved or take his name off the front door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Orlando Tim Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Today was the first day back for teachers here and we were going through some new policies including the fact that admin must back teachers about referrals for kids on their phones. About 10% of teachers actually argued that kids need phones for stress relief and such things, it was absurd and makes me realize why some people hold teachers in low esteem. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/28/2023 at 8:26 PM, Big Blitz said: At 30 seconds - she asks teachers to rat out other teachers that aren’t displaying a pride flag or BLM poster There are literally states that are forcing the 10 Commandments into the classroom 19 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said: Today was the first day back for teachers here and we were going through some new policies including the fact that admin must back teachers about referrals for kids on their phones. About 10% of teachers actually argued that kids need phones for stress relief and such things, it was absurd and makes me realize why some people hold teachers in low esteem. Yeah, I don’t agree with that. They don’t need their phones in the classroom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHillFan Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: There are literally states that are forcing the 10 Commandments into the classroom Texas tried and failed. Which of the other 49 states are forcing the 10 Commandments into the classroom? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: Texas tried and failed. Which of the other 49 states are forcing the 10 Commandments into the classroom? The thing in Texas is ongoing. That is the state that I’m referring to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHillFan Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: The thing in Texas is ongoing. That is the state that I’m referring to. I guess it sounds more ominous to say “there are literally states” as opposed to just saying Texas. The Texas bill is dead. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 Anyone know any chief executives in the U.S. that are winning this battle? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Just finished my first few days of school after a week of pre planning and have a few comments: 1) every school should make having a phone out a suspend level offense. The simple threat of it has caused the cell phone problem to end. 2) the majority(90%) of teachers are excellent at my school but the low levels ones are all liberals. Several of them openly state they will not listen to the new laws and actually expect our principal to back them up. I have known him for about 20 years and has openly stated he will not back them but they keep acting as if they are above the law. 3) the divide between the haves and have nots is growing at a crazy level. My school had a median score that would have been top 10% of the 3 low level schools in Orange County, and my school is majority non white. In the English scores the average score of the bottom 3 would have been bottom 10 of mine and several others. Basically being top 5% in some schools would be simply average at others, which is not healthy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Cowards ! They can pick on a kid but they don't want to face the parents 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 What happens when Christian, Jewish and Muslim parents unite? School Boards shake in their boots https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2023/08/30/parent-coalition-montgomery-county-maryland-strange-bedfellows-n2386710 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/teachers-digging-even-deeper-afford-120746546.html Articles like this annoy me because they are equating spending money on essentials such as pencils and paper along with a teacher buying her class each a copy of the Great Gatsby. These are not similar and true essentials are not expensive, I got 500 pencils for $12 and like 5000 sheets of paper for $20. Good teachers should be paid more but articles like this make the seem much worse than it is, balloons and tshirts are not essentials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/teachers-digging-even-deeper-afford-120746546.html Articles like this annoy me because they are equating spending money on essentials such as pencils and paper along with a teacher buying her class each a copy of the Great Gatsby. These are not similar and true essentials are not expensive, I got 500 pencils for $12 and like 5000 sheets of paper for $20. Good teachers should be paid more but articles like this make the seem much worse than it is, balloons and tshirts are not essentials. I’ve never understood these articles and arguments. Anyone who’s ever run a professional service company (which education is) knows that pencils and paper are one of the smallest line items in the budget. The big money is spent on people and benefits. And in the case of public schools you can add the cost of funding lifetime pensions to the list of benefits. Choices are obviously being made LONG BEFORE anyone ever buys a pencil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 The school boards are mostly teachers the union promotes. Then the board promotes what the union and teachers want. Parents really don't get much of a say unless you really push at the board level. Or work to get a diverse board. Without that it's just an echo chamber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 On 8/11/2023 at 6:27 PM, Orlando Tim said: Just finished my first few days of school after a week of pre planning and have a few comments: 1) every school should make having a phone out a suspend level offense. The simple threat of it has caused the cell phone problem to end. 2) the majority(90%) of teachers are excellent at my school but the low levels ones are all liberals. Several of them openly state they will not listen to the new laws and actually expect our principal to back them up. I have known him for about 20 years and has openly stated he will not back them but they keep acting as if they are above the law. 3) the divide between the haves and have nots is growing at a crazy level. My school had a median score that would have been top 10% of the 3 low level schools in Orange County, and my school is majority non white. In the English scores the average score of the bottom 3 would have been bottom 10 of mine and several others. Basically being top 5% in some schools would be simply average at others, which is not healthy. I also agree that student should not have their phone out in class would totally support that rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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