Re: Horsford

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On 6/09/11, Legislative junkie wrote:
> Amy: Let me know when you're ready to have a civil discussion.
> So far, I'm unimpressed, and you apparently have not taken the
> time to go online to find out how merit pay is being done in other
> parts of the country.

Really Flunky? Why don't you tell us where merit pay has worked.
Company man, Bloomberg, Bush, Gates, Rhee stooge.

From the comments you've made thus far,
> it's obvious that you're going to attack whatever information I
> provide, so why would I bother? I'll get you started though.
> Take a look at
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/109571564.html
> http://cecr.ed.gov/guides/other69Percent.pdf
>
> I'm not promoting these ideas, but this IS where things are
> going. You can bet on it.
>
>
> On 6/09/11, Legislative Jackass wrote:
>> On 6/07/11, Legislative junkie wrote:
>>> Pretty clear you don't read newspapers or professional
>>> journals, so maybe you could go online and begin reading
>>> about how merit pay is being done in other parts of the
>>> country.
>>
>> Why don't you tell us. You have obviously read these
> newspapers
>> and professional journals, so now share your knowledge with us.
>> Give examples.
>>
>> Then you really ought to take the time to read
>>> the superintendent's education reform plan so you'll know
>>> what he has in store for you.
>>
>> What do you mean has in store for me? From what I read he wants
>> to reward schools for reaching a academic goal. How they are
>> going to pay PE and Art teachers for this is a good question.
>> The academic goals would be the CRTs right? Math and Reading?
>
>> Tell us how teachers other than math and reading will be
>> rewarded. Oh, the other was that teachers will get royalties
>> for people downloading their lesson innovative lesson plans.
>> BS.
>>
>> If you still don't get it
>>> after you've done your homework, come back and let me
>>> explain it to you.
>>
>> OK. I don't get it. Explain it.
>>
>> And yes, I do teach. As for the
>>> excuses, apparently for why you think pay for performance
>>> systems are unfair, you are indeed faced with some
>>> difficult problems.
>>
>> I am not faced any problems. It is unfair. How long have you
>> been teaching? They have tried pay for performance for 50
>> years. You can expect teachers to stop helping other
> teachers
>> if they are going to be in competition with them genius.
>>
>> The thing is, you no longer have the
>>> luxury of using those excuses.
>>
>> They are not excuses jackass, they are questions. Obviously not
>> ones you can answer. I want to know how all of these teachers
>> are going to be paid for performance. Tell us. How about
>> refuting the excuses? I know you are arrogant and quite
>> frankly a Brecht jerk, but I would like you to tell us how the
>> "excuses" don't work.
>>
>> You're probably not going
>>> to change parents, though I would disagree with your
>>> statement that they don't care.
>>
>> If you don't change parents, you are wasting your time, unless
>> you want to kids to live at the school.
>>
>> I fear that for many
>>> parents, the art of good parenting has simply been lost,
>>> and that leaves you with a decision to make.
>>
>> Really? Gee, I did not know that. How long have you been
>> teaching?
>>
>> Are you
>>> going to come up with some new methods that work for these
>>> neglected kids, or are you going to keep doing things they
>>> way you have all along and making excuses until some
>>> administrator decides that you're just not up to the job
>>> and helps you make a career change?
>>
>> Come on genius. Give us some examples of the methods you use or
>> are going to use. Show us what you did when you made your
>> decision to grace us with your wisdom.
>>
>> Yep, you are a Brechty. I have heard this same crap before.
>> New methods. Yeah, all of you Teach for America clowns are the
>> saviors of education. Time will show that all of your
> ideas,
>> and they must be brainwashing you people, are not going to
>> work.
>>
>> Don't worry about me not being up to the job and needing a
>> career change. You don't know me. Just tell us how your
> ideas
>> are going to work and where they have been used successfully.
>
>>
>>
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