i was going to come up with some really insightful, witty reply to this, but, well, i'm just not that smart. and the baby is crying. and i was in the middle of doing the dishes. and...aw fuckit.
"Johnson said he became interested in the subject of excuse-making after talking with his professors, who said they found the practice increasingly more prevalent among their students than they did 15 or 20 years ago."
I would, at this time, like to attribute that growing trend of students bitching about things to teacher's unions and how much they suck. But wait, I shouldn't just make a statement like that without some amount of backup, so I will now backup my argument with an article concerning just how much these teacher's unions are screwing us over:
Not enough? OK, I can work with that. How about how teachers are using their positions as instructors of the youths of America to promote their own political views?
You have a good point bro, I'm just tired of hearing excuses. If you say you are going to do a job, do it!
Yeah, that teacher's union is crazy. While I agree teacher's are underpaid, I is rare to have jobs that are 40 hours and you are done. None that give you any real responsibility (or pay) anyway.
As for the second issue, it seems pretty obvious, to me anyway. Welcome to your freedom-bearing, liberal university. If you want good grades you need to subscribe to our theories."
As for the second issue, it seems pretty obvious, to me anyway. Welcome to your freedom-bearing, liberal university. If you want good grades you need to subscribe to our theories."
Ah...but the problem here is that in this case it pertains to a high school teacher teaching geography. Since when does a class in geography require the Communist Manifesto to be brought up as what appears to be a central part of the course?
I could see where it would pertain to helping to describe why a group of people are the way they are, particularly when it comes to political boundaries, but to let that bleed into the teaching of other political boundaries and how they relate is inexcusable.
Were I parent of a student in this instructor's class, I would be calling for his head. This is not some teacher at an institution that you have paid for your child to go to, except in the sense that local residents have paid their taxes to the local public school district.
Yes, I checked to make sure that the school was in fact a public high school.
not that i'm not guilty of it sometimesgse_is_goodFebruary 22 2006, 16:06:23 UTC
i think that goes along with the idea of learned helplessness, except that the person making the expectation (or lack there of) is the person's self as opposed to society or an authority figure. if there's anything that i've learned (and i know you know, big bro) is that attitude is everything. it makes a huge difference in what you can and can't accomplish.
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harder this time. ;D
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"Johnson said he became interested in the subject of excuse-making after talking with his professors, who said they found the practice increasingly more prevalent among their students than they did 15 or 20 years ago."
I would, at this time, like to attribute that growing trend of students bitching about things to teacher's unions and how much they suck. But wait, I shouldn't just make a statement like that without some amount of backup, so I will now backup my argument with an article concerning just how much these teacher's unions are screwing us over:
John Stossel article
Not enough? OK, I can work with that. How about how teachers are using their positions as instructors of the youths of America to promote their own political views?
Walter E. Williams article
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Yeah, that teacher's union is crazy. While I agree teacher's are underpaid, I is rare to have jobs that are 40 hours and you are done. None that give you any real responsibility (or pay) anyway.
As for the second issue, it seems pretty obvious, to me anyway. Welcome to your freedom-bearing, liberal university. If you want good grades you need to subscribe to our theories."
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Ah...but the problem here is that in this case it pertains to a high school teacher teaching geography. Since when does a class in geography require the Communist Manifesto to be brought up as what appears to be a central part of the course?
I could see where it would pertain to helping to describe why a group of people are the way they are, particularly when it comes to political boundaries, but to let that bleed into the teaching of other political boundaries and how they relate is inexcusable.
Were I parent of a student in this instructor's class, I would be calling for his head. This is not some teacher at an institution that you have paid for your child to go to, except in the sense that local residents have paid their taxes to the local public school district.
Yes, I checked to make sure that the school was in fact a public high school.
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if there's anything that i've learned (and i know you know, big bro) is that attitude is everything. it makes a huge difference in what you can and can't accomplish.
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Thanx for the kudos - I do think attitude makes a big difference.
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oh, and grats!
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