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by rant

May 24, 2011

I have to rant as a parent. I am kind of getting tired of defending under paid teachers in this state. And this is why.

Teachers complain about rules and laws they have to follow and are not able to teach because of them. While I agree this is true I do not see teachers standing up against it or for themselves. They all cry and throw a fit but even your unions do nothing to get these things shot down.

Teachers should be allowed to teach. They are not their to work with diruptive kids or to do tons of meaningless paperwork.

When teachers finally grow a pair and start taking strong active actions to be allowed to be teachers again I will support them. But I will not support people who sit on their butts and complain and do nothing about it. Parents do care and want to help but we cant do it for you if you dont help yourselves.

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Science Teacher Rant, take your rant to another level, and that would be central office. Or, how about the state board of education since they are responsible for eliminating corporal punishment in West Virginia schools.

It didn't take long for kids to understand that there are no consequences that can be done about their abyssmal behavior.

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May 29, 2011

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Again I did speak up for the students. My students trusted me and let me know their fears of the bullies, and their bordom over being left to go over the same thing for a week. They complained about not being taught the skills to advance. Teachers were threatened and falsely accused by students and nothing was done about it. I spoke up, and the worse thi...See More

Jun 3, 2011

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Jun 3, 2011

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wellnow I think rant may have been misunderstood to a degree. I dont think they were blaming the teachers on the mess our education system is in. But blaming them for not coming together as a group and holding the local BOE's and the State responsible.

Instead of trying to work in a corrupt system, Teachers and the parents who care about their ki...See MoreI think rant may have been misunderstood to a degree. I dont think they were blaming the teachers on the mess our education system is in. But blaming them for not coming together as a group and holding the local BOE's and the State responsible.

Instead of trying to work in a corrupt system, Teachers and the parents who care about their kids, need to work together in changing state and local policies and regulations. It's past time the two came together and overthrow the corrupt leaders.

It always sickens me to see policies created and followed to the letter and yet when it fails the creators of these bad policies blame the teachers for its failure, even when they did it they way they were told.

Its not time to replace the teachers but past time to replace the fools who keep developing these horrible policies. It is obvious who is really not qualified to be in the postitions they hold. If a person has not been a public teacher for at least 10 years then they are not qualied to write any policy regarding education. They need to keep their nose out of it.

On 6/03/11, Again wrote: > I did speak up for the students. My students trusted me and let > me know their fears of the bullies, and their bordom over being > left to go over the same thing for a week. They complained > about not being taught the skills to advance. Teachers were > threatened and falsely accused by students and nothing was done > about it. I spoke up, and the worse thing I did was get the > WVEA involved. They did not fight for me. In the end I was > harrassed by the administrationm and even lied about (I have the > tape), The only one who stood up for me was an old teacher whe > was dealt with disrespectfully by the school board. The parents > of the kids I was trying to help did nothing. I was told > privately that I was doing the right thing, but they would stand > with me publicly. > > Parents are too afraid of the school board in small communities > to speak up....even for the sake of their students. >

Jun 7, 2011

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JMO Our county cleaned house at central office last year (actually, thanks to retirements). We'll see how many worthless policies and initiatives are dropped. So far, that number would be NONE!

On 6/07/11, wellnow wrote: > I think rant may have been misunderstood to a degree. I dont think > they were blaming the teachers on the mess our ...See MoreOur county cleaned house at central office last year (actually, thanks to retirements). We'll see how many worthless policies and initiatives are dropped. So far, that number would be NONE!

On 6/07/11, wellnow wrote: > I think rant may have been misunderstood to a degree. I dont think > they were blaming the teachers on the mess our education system is > in. But blaming them for not coming together as a group and holding > the local BOE's and the State responsible. > > Instead of trying to work in a corrupt system, Teachers and the > parents who care about their kids, need to work together in > changing state and local policies and regulations. It's past > time the two came together and overthrow the corrupt leaders. > > It always sickens me to see policies created and followed to the > letter and yet when it fails the creators of these bad policies > blame the teachers for its failure, even when they did it they way > they were told. > > Its not time to replace the teachers but past time to replace the > fools who keep developing these horrible policies. It is obvious > who is really not qualified to be in the postitions they hold. If > a person has not been a public teacher for at least 10 years then > they are not qualied to write any policy regarding education. They > need to keep their nose out of it. > > > > On 6/03/11, Again wrote: >> I did speak up for the students. My students trusted me and let >> me know their fears of the bullies, and their bordom over being >> left to go over the same thing for a week. They complained >> about not being taught the skills to advance. Teachers were >> threatened and falsely accused by students and nothing was done >> about it. I spoke up, and the worse thing I did was get the >> WVEA involved. They did not fight for me. In the end I was >> harrassed by the administrationm and even lied about (I have the >> tape), The only one who stood up for me was an old teacher whe >> was dealt with disrespectfully by the school board. The parents >> of the kids I was trying to help did nothing. I was told >> privately that I was doing the right thing, but they would stand >> with me publicly. >> >> Parents are too afraid of the school board in small communities >> to speak up....even for the sake of their students. >>

Jun 7, 2011

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