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[dancing2dmb]

Oh man. Ok, so I've been doing the school thing/grad school thing for a whole month now. I'm in the groove. I basically know what to expect. I don't really get nervous anymore when I get assigned a new class to sub. I know that even if I suck and screw up, hey, they're not my class and I get to leave at the end of the day and not deal with them

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[anonymous]

I made some very general comment about how I think we shouldn't coddle students and that parents should be held accountable and be required to actually, um... parent.

please join us in the real world. wouldn't it be nice if every child had parents that WERE responsible. you are in for a rude awakening. . . the role of a teacher has changed since the 1950's.

[dancing2dmb]

I can't really tell if I'm being mocked or not. If so, shut up. I'm not naive. I'm just optimistic. I'm not going to lower my standards and expectations for all of society.

[anonymous]

i think that by not acknowledging the fact that our students come from very diverse (in terms of culture, economic standing etc.) places in their lives and sometimes NEED the help of educators, you are doing a great disservice to your students. Optimism in the mind of a teacher should be to help students acheive success both personally and academically. You will find that these two factors often work hand in hand. Recall Maslow's hierarchy of needs please. not all students have access to the things privleged middle class white students have- keep that in mind. its so easy to judge from a pedestal, but try to put yourself in an underprivleged students shoes. i recommend the book amazing grace by jonathan kozol. good luck.

[dancing2dmb]

I just wrote this long thing about all my experience in urband educational settings but then decided it's not really worth it. It just makes me look defensive.

But I persist in saying that parents need to parent. Poor or not. Ok, maybe you can't afford to feed your kid one day. Fine. I'll give him some milk. Hell, we'll all have snacktime, I love food! But culture and economic standing does not excuse a parent's responsibility to discipline and socialize his or her child. If there's no support and reinforecment at home... well then it's an uphill battle (I'm talking fucking Everest here- I like inclines as much as the next treadmill junkie, but jesus...)

Also, you have no balls. I know this because you don't identify yourself. Pussy.