I agree wholeheartedly that Bush sold us out with NCLB. Thanks for
keeping me honest. But, Obummer has had almost a decade in the
White House to lead us as a nation. The schools are just government
factories, beholden to Arne Duncan. Local control is non-existent
and teachers are the sad recipients of every fad peddled by
"consultants." I know our tax dollars are being wasted, but now
they're being spent to buy coaches to breath down my neck and treat
me like I'm low on the food chain, even though they couldn't teach
their way out of a brown paper bag. When the Dems scream, "More
money for education" I know it is going to be spent on more
"chiefs" to push the teachers around. I think we have all had
enough of that. The teacher orgs are pushing the very ticket that
gets us to the place where most teachers would rather be a greeter
at Walmart. We need someone in power who is one our side, and it
sure ain't the current administration.
On 10/08/14, Credit to the former... wrote:
> On 10/06/14, I know what you mean wrote:
>> This is what the new progressive government schools look like.
>> It is mass mediocrity. If you have creativity and innovative
>> teaching, you are expected to give it away "for the good of
>> all." It is socialism at its finest. Throw in the thought
>> police roaming the halls called PLC's and you have the real
>> picture. You're not supposed to achieve excellence. You, the
>> individual, don't have any rights, not even to your own talent.
>> I didn't vote for Obummer and his head smurf, Arne Duncan. But
>> now, we are all stuck with the stench of socialism. The old
>> form of competition that leads to greatness is dying.
>>
> George W. Bush -No Child Left Behind? Give "credit" where
> "credit" is due...
>>
>> On 10/06/14, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>> On 10/03/14, Frustrated wrote:
>>>>..My problem is that I work with a team of teachers
>>>> who pull my materials off my website and then use them as
>>>> their own. I would be fine with it if they ever had
>>>> anything to share, but they don't. I feel like I am doing
>>>> all the work for them.
>>>
>>> Now you know why parents and students complain about the
>>> "group project" and "group learning" crapola that teachers
>>> love to push.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Please don't tell me to not post
>>>> lessons because I do that for my students and I have no way
>>>> to restrict teacher access when I do that.
>>>
>>> Sure you do. Password protect the documents online.
>>>
>>>
>>>> They also copy
>>>> my lesson plans off of Eduphoria (we are required by admin.
>>>> to share these in our teams) and then lie about changing
>>>> them up to make them their own. I've looked at them and
>>>> they are exact copies.
>>>
>>> So, don't upload your best stuff there. Do the minimum.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am new to this district and feel
>>>> like I am being used.
>>>
>>> You are.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any advice for me?
>>>> I don't want to appear like a tattle tale with admin, yet I
>>>> am getting very resentful. I've tried talking to them and
>>>> things got tense.
>>>
>>> Things usually do get tense when dealing with slackers. Don't
>>> let it bother you. You have 1st Amendment rights. Use them.
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