Teacher Suspended For Calling Kids 'Lazy Whiners'

[DubCoffman62]

As far as I'm concerned they should make her school administrator. We need more tough love and less ass kissing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_hi_te/us_teacher_suspended_blog

 

[FrancisSoyer]

I'd rather take a bullet in the face than be a teacher these days. With my temperament I would be in jail within the first week on the job. I'm not going to blame the kids entirely though - I know some teachers who think they're still in college and go to work too hung over to do anything more than hand out papers. The education system needs a reboot and quick.

 

[Mike80]

kids are lazy whiners by and large and our educational system is a complete disaster.

Add to that the parents are whiny douchenozzles and there you go.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

It's no wonder that colleges have pretty much stopped looking at gpa in admissions--it's all largely test scores, class rank and AP classes these days.

Between the empowerment "everybody gets a fucking trophy" crowd and the self-indulgent suburban parents who show up to teacher conferences with lawyers, the system is a joke.

There should be a national mandate to go back to grading on a curve.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

"Whatever influenced her to say what she did is evidence as to why she simply should not teach," Shoolbraid wrote in an e-mail to the AP. "I just thought it was completely inappropriate."

Hey, you sawed-off little fuck, what qualifies you detemine whether she's fit to teach or not? Because she told the hard-to-swallow truth about your classmates?

He continued: "As far as motivated high school students, she's completely correct. High school kids don't want to do anything. ... It's a teacher's job, however, to give students the motivation to learn."

Thanks for proving her point, by attempting to project the fault of motivation onto her instead of onto the students, where it truly belongs, you zit-pickin' little pansy.

 

[scooter1369]

As long as she was just "suspeneded" and not suspended.

 

[Deety]

Ned is Everywhere. Fear the Ned.

 

[Jagdaddy]

I'm unimpressed all the way around. On the one hand, she's likely right. On the other hand, she didn't tell the kids to their faces: She went out and blogged about it. Also, when the blog suggests that she calls in sick because she's just burned out on the kids, I suspect that she should probably do something else.

 

[buckiprof]

It's no wonder that colleges have pretty much stopped looking at gpa in admissions--it's all largely test scores, class rank and AP classes these days.

AP classes are, IMO, a joke.

In Ohio, a high school junior or senior is better off taking advantage of the PSEO option and taking classes at a local college or university (which can be taken for free and count towards high school as well as obviously college graduation credits) rather than the AP equivalent at his/her high school. Put another way, a high school senior is better off taking Calculus I and Calculus II at a college/university (for free!) rather than the AP equivalent in high school. He/she will have taken a year of calculus (for free) that is already college credit.

That looks better to admissions than AP classes too. Having taken college coursework while in high school, rather than the AP coursework, seems to be showing something that universities would like to have as an undergraduate.

Class rank is as bad to look at as GPA since many classes are weighted. So while the GPA scale goes to a 4.0, with weighted classes one can have a GPA over a 4.0. Individually, a university can recalibrate a GPA that is over a 4.0, but to get a fair class rank the GPA of every student in the graduating class would have to be recalculated. Unless rank is used more generally as "top 10% or top 25%", it is almost as useless as GPA. (Now give me ACT scores, GPA, and class rank and those 3 together may give a clearer picture).

In any event, I blame soccer for all of this. Soccer moms have led to the pussification of the country with the "every game ends in a tie", "everyone gets a trophy", "everyone gets a snack after the game", mentality. Fucking soccer.

 

[Deety]

AP classes are, IMO, a joke.

In Ohio, a high school junior or senior is better off taking advantage of the PSEO option and taking classes at a local college or university (which can be taken for free and count towards high school as well as obviously college graduation credits) rather than the AP equivalent at his/her high school. Put another way, a high school senior is better off taking Calculus I and Calculus II at a college/university (for free!) rather than the AP equivalent in high school. He/she will have taken a year of calculus (for free) that is already college credit.

That looks better to admissions than AP classes too. Having taken college coursework while in high school, rather than the AP coursework, seems to be showing something that universities would like to have as an undergraduate.

The best program I've seen was in a very poor, environmentally devastated mining town in the middle of nowhere in Utah, where there were very few opportunities within a reasonable driving distance. The school paired with a local college and bused many of their high school kids there on a daily basis, probably through summers as well as the regular school year. Most students graduated 12th grade with both a HS and AA degree. I doubt anyone in that town had much in terms of college savings, or they would surely live somewhere that wasn't literally toxic. Whether students continued on for a 4-year degree with fewer semesters to finance or entered the work force right away, they had a better chance of getting ahead. Very smart.

 

[Mike80]

AP classes are, IMO, a joke.

In Ohio, a high school junior or senior is better off taking advantage of the PSEO option and taking classes at a local college or university (which can be taken for free and count towards high school as well as obviously college graduation credits) rather than the AP equivalent at his/her high school. Put another way, a high school senior is better off taking Calculus I and Calculus II at a college/university (for free!) rather than the AP equivalent in high school. He/she will have taken a year of calculus (for free) that is already college credit.

That looks better to admissions than AP classes too. Having taken college coursework while in high school, rather than the AP coursework, seems to be showing something that universities would like to have as an undergraduate.

As someone who took 3 AP classes (In two different States no less), I absolutely agree. And in no way was I ready to take my first AP class (European History) as a Sophomore, but I was my senior year (when I also took AP Calc). Going to a community college would have been far better.

In any event, I blame soccer for all of this. Soccer moms have led to the pussification of the country with the "every game ends in a tie", "everyone gets a trophy", "everyone gets a snack after the game", mentality. Fucking soccer.

GPA

 

[sandgk]

Apparently she called the kids rat-like.

The Pennsylvania English teacher that took to her [FONT=inherit ! important][FONT=inherit ! important]blog[/FONT][/FONT] to complain about her ?disengaged, lazy,? ?rat-like? students, makes no apologies for her demeaning, profanity-laced online rants, reports ABC News.

Our local newshead said "I think that's a step too far."

Frankly, I think that is irrelevant - that is unless she was teaching biology.

If she were a biology teacher this becomes highly relevant. Who knows, she may have stumbled across a previously obscure sub-species of the suburban mammal.

Political correctness, always looking for ways to keep a scientist down.

(For the sarcasm challenged - yes, I know, she is an English teacher).

 

[Jake]

"Parents are more trying to be their kids' friends and less trying to be their parent," Munroe said, also noting students' lack of patience. "They want everything right now. They want it yesterday."

Sounds to me like she's got a pretty good handle on the situation. Our staff sees this mentality - in parents and kids - every day.

As is often the case, however, no one wants to hear the truth. They just want to blame someone else, and maybe get some money for it.

 

[Deety]

Sounds to me like she's got a pretty good handle on the situation. Our staff sees this mentality - in parents and kids - every day.

As is often the case, however, no one wants to hear the truth. They just want to blame someone else, and maybe get some money for it.

Was her method of addressing the issues an effective and professional one? Sounds as though that's the issue in this case.

 

[Saw31]

Little fucking crumb snatchers are nothing but leaches. They should all be beaten about the head with their xboxs and playstations. Little fucking pussies...










I am mostly serious here...:p