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Mistaken Again

by Ima Teacher

Sep 29, 2009

If I've learned one thing on this board over the years, it's that most people who come here asking questions are not really interested in answers or just want to argue.

I have left the boards to allow them to "cool off" before, but after I get home today to find three emails . . . two of the same one from "Sheila", who didn't bother to give me a way to reply and one from someone with no name who called me a "know it all", I think I'm done . . . although I'm sure nobody cares.

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Deb ms/IA I care Ima! Don't give up just yet. Yes, there are posters who just want to argue and be a troll but not me!

Deb ms/IA

On 9/29/09, Ima Teacher wrote: > If I've learned one thing on this board over the years, > it's that most people who come here asking questions are > not really interested in answers or just want to ar...See More

Sep 30, 2009

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Sheila If someone used my name to send you an email, it wasn't me. I only post on the site, not to an individual. I discovered this site very recently. I am a huge proponent of AR and have used it for 14 years. I work in a small private school and my principal says one of the biggest complaints he gets is parents who complain about their kids getting no p...See More

Sep 30, 2009

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teach4 think about what kind of teacher they are. I am glad my kids are not in their classrooms.

Sep 30, 2009

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Tyler Sheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal or any school level administrator would order a change due to an upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency on AR? If a student got 1 bad test score on AR, wh...See MoreSheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal or any school level administrator would order a change due to an upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency on AR? If a student got 1 bad test score on AR, why should they get to retest? I love my job but if I tried to tell an autom mechanic how to do their job, how many would listen? Did I stay at a Holliday Inn last night? :)

Parents will be parents. Administration just wants the issue to go away, but if its a common issue, the administration needs to stick up for their teachers and their curriculum. Just my 2 cents.

On 9/30/09, Sheila wrote: > If someone used my name to send you an email, it wasn't me. I > only post on the site, not to an individual. I discovered this > site very recently. I am a huge proponent of AR and have used > it for 14 years. I work in a small private school and my > principal says one of the biggest complaints he gets is parents > who complain about their kids getting no points for tests below > a 60. He says in any other subject, you would still get some > credit for low scores, but he has not been trained on AR and > how it works so I wasn't getting through to him. He needed to > appease the parents so he was going to make us give them some > points somehow, by either doing a book report, letting them > take the test again, or completely throw out AR! I was beside > myself and came here for help and advice which I did get some > from a few teachers. I also got slammed by a few, but I agree > with Deb. We need to help each other out and if you do not > like AR, you should go somewhere else to gripe about it. This > is a place for people who do use AR and want help using it. > Thanks! > > > On 9/29/09, Ima Teacher wrote: >> If I've learned one thing on this board over the years, >> it's that most people who come here asking questions are >> not really interested in answers or just want to argue. >> >> I have left the boards to allow them to "cool off" before, >> but after I get home today to find three emails . . . two >> of the same one from "Sheila", who didn't bother to give me >> a way to reply and one from someone with no name who called >> me a "know it all", I think I'm done . . . although I'm >> sure nobody cares.

Oct 7, 2009

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HDD On 10/07/09, Tyler wrote: > Sheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We > have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are > formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal > or any school level administrator would order a change due to an > upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency...See MoreOn 10/07/09, Tyler wrote: > Sheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We > have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are > formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal > or any school level administrator would order a change due to an > upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency on AR? If a > student got 1 bad test score on AR, why should they get to > retest? I love my job but if I tried to tell an autom mechanic > how to do their job, how many would listen? Did I stay at a > Holliday Inn last night? :) > > Parents will be parents. Administration just wants the issue to > go away, but if its a common issue, the administration needs to > stick up for their teachers and their curriculum. Just my 2 > cents. > > > On 9/30/09, Sheila wrote: >> If someone used my name to send you an email, it wasn't me. I >> only post on the site, not to an individual. I discovered this >> site very recently. I am a huge proponent of AR and have used >> it for 14 years. I work in a small private school and my >> principal says one of the biggest complaints he gets is parents >> who complain about their kids getting no points for tests below >> a 60. He says in any other subject, you would still get some >> credit for low scores, but he has not been trained on AR and >> how it works so I wasn't getting through to him. He needed to >> appease the parents so he was going to make us give them some >> points somehow, by either doing a book report, letting them >> take the test again, or completely throw out AR! I was beside >> myself and came here for help and advice which I did get some >> from a few teachers. I also got slammed by a few, but I agree >> with Deb. We need to help each other out and if you do not >> like AR, you should go somewhere else to gripe about it. This >> is a place for people who do use AR and want help using it. >> Thanks! >> >> >> On 9/29/09, Ima Teacher wrote: >>> If I've learned one thing on this board over the years, >>> it's that most people who come here asking questions are >>> not really interested in answers or just want to argue. >>> >>> I have left the boards to allow them to "cool off" before, >>> but after I get home today to find three emails . . . two >>> of the same one from "Sheila", who didn't bother to give me >>> a way to reply and one from someone with no name who called >>> me a "know it all", I think I'm done . . . although I'm >>> sure nobody cares.

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