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Does MORE FUNDING = Better Schools?
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Originally posted by lao tzu View PostNext time, I won't apologize.
you mean THIS?
Originally posted by lao tzu View PostWhen a Southern Baptist preacher hops on that bandwagon, that's my immediate suspicion anyway. Sorry if that brush splashed you, CP.
Let's go back to ... what bandwagon was I "hopping on", Jesse?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Let's PLEASE return to the OP.....
I think there are two main issues....
1) A school administrator complains that it's almost impossible to get rid of bad teachers... some of the examples he gave were teachers who don't show up for class, teachers who repeatedly show up late, teachers who are not prepared with lesson plans, teachers who can't maintain discipline in the classroom, and, in an apparent effort to show the EXTREMITY of the problem, adds "even convicted sex offenders". This example involved hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on litigation defending the school district from wrongful termination suits filed by a convicted sex offender FROM PRISON. (his example, not mine)
2) In an apparent attempt to show "the other side", the local TV station interviewed a couple of teachers, one of whom laid the problem on inadequate funding.
Part of the administrator's complaint was that if they weren't spending so much money defending lawsuits from teachers they had to let go, they could spend more on education.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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When my "suspicion" is turned into a "conclusion" and my "sorry" is called "crass and ignorant," why on earth do you think I'd want to continue engaging, CP? We're at the "Your mother dresses you funny" stage, and I don't have time for that. Feel free to carry on without me.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostLet's PLEASE return to the OP.....
1) A school administrator complains that it's almost impossible to get rid of bad teachers... some of the examples he gave were teachers who don't show up for class, teachers who repeatedly show up late, teachers who are not prepared with lesson plans
teachers who can't maintain discipline in the classroom
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Originally posted by lao tzu View PostWhen my "suspicion" is turned into a "conclusion" and my "sorry" is called "crass and ignorant," why on earth do you think I'd want to continue engaging, CP? We're at the "Your mother dresses you funny" stage, and I don't have time for that. Feel free to carry on without me.
I overreacted to your post, plain and simple. And if the apology is still there, I accept it.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Paprika View PostBlame the unions
It depends. Some of bad class discipline is surely due to a lenient school discipline policy.
When I was teaching Junior High, we had one female teacher who jumped up on the desk and screamed at her students, demanding they respect her. When they got to my class, that's all they wanted to talk about.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI have strong disagreements with what they tend to do with extra funds. The current thing to do is give kids laptops to use. (Hint: They use them to play games in class.)"Kahahaha! Let's get lunatic!"-Add LP
"And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility"-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Oh ye of little fiber. Do you not know what I've done for you? You will obey. ~Cerealman for Prez.
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Does more funding lead to better schools? It depends. I don't know if any of y'all care for a libertarian perspective. I would be glad to explain, though.The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu
[T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Originally posted by Darth Executor View PostBecause web games are the only games out there."It's evolution; every time you invent something fool-proof, the world invents a better fool."
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"Preach the gospel, and if necessary use words." - Most likely St.Francis
I find that evolution is the best proof of God.
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Originally posted by Irate Canadian View PostYou could whitelist the programs the kids are allowed to use and block any others, or block the Multiplayer ports of popular games."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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Originally posted by seasanctuary View PostJust one element to the overall picture, but I personally have a hard time with the notion that teacher salaries are driving away too many good teachers when mean teacher salary around here is nearly twice what I make.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Irate Canadian View PostYou could whitelist the programs the kids are allowed to use and block any others, or block the Multiplayer ports of popular games.
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Ok, I had some of the details wrong, but here is the story: http://www.dvice.com/archives/2012/1...opian-kids.phpLast edited by Carrikature; 03-05-2014, 01:48 PM.I'm not here anymore.
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Originally posted by seasanctuary View PostJust one element to the overall picture, but I personally have a hard time with the notion that teacher salaries are driving away too many good teachers when mean teacher salary around here is nearly twice what I make.The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu
[T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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