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charisstomaRemember that rant about the new teacher who got the class after it had already been switched through 2 previous teachers and was told she and the other teachers in that grade would sign a letter that would go in their folder taking responsibility for the classes' bad scores, she said she would sign but she would write a rebuttal to it. She was told that she would sign or it would be considered insubordination. She's decided to leave at the end of this year. Today I learned the scuttlebutt that she was told that 'she didn't understand Hispanics,' and essentially that the students needed more attention as the material was too difficult.
Now we get to the 8th grade honors Science teacher who was told to change a grade so the student didn't fail her class. She has the students sign a contract at the beginning of each year and they are given a syllabus of what things must be completed. How well you complete them is your grade. Obviously if you have a passing progress report and then don't turn in later deadline classwork you're going to get your grade dinged. All along the way she keeps the students up to date on what still needs to be done.
She protested that it wasn't fair to the other students nor to the failing student to change that grade.
She too was told that she didn't understand Hispanics and that the classwork she was giving them was too hard. Honors class. You chose your classes and you can ask to be put in a regular class if you are finding the work too difficult.
She doesn't understand Hispanics... her maiden name is Anglo but she's been married and has adult children with a Hispanic husband.
This teacher has taken students to State Science Fairs and has had her students win awards there years in a row. She writes grants. She included the international school's after school program students in researching and submitting into competition their own entries into the Science Fair. She has had her students mentored by professors from Universities in their Year Long Projects and had classes Skype with a research station in central America. She was voted Teacher of the Year.
She has filled out the paperwork for her resignation, effective the end of this school year.
Hispanic! What the hell does that have to do with it? There are poorer income African American and Anglo students in those same classes. This is a school of choice, meaning you have to fill out forms to get into it. The honors classes, like the foreign language classes, give you High School credits towards graduation on your school transcript.
Getting an education is all about learning. Failure can be what is needed by a student in that education.
Now we get to the 8th grade honors Science teacher who was told to change a grade so the student didn't fail her class. She has the students sign a contract at the beginning of each year and they are given a syllabus of what things must be completed. How well you complete them is your grade. Obviously if you have a passing progress report and then don't turn in later deadline classwork you're going to get your grade dinged. All along the way she keeps the students up to date on what still needs to be done.
She protested that it wasn't fair to the other students nor to the failing student to change that grade.
She too was told that she didn't understand Hispanics and that the classwork she was giving them was too hard. Honors class. You chose your classes and you can ask to be put in a regular class if you are finding the work too difficult.
She doesn't understand Hispanics... her maiden name is Anglo but she's been married and has adult children with a Hispanic husband.
This teacher has taken students to State Science Fairs and has had her students win awards there years in a row. She writes grants. She included the international school's after school program students in researching and submitting into competition their own entries into the Science Fair. She has had her students mentored by professors from Universities in their Year Long Projects and had classes Skype with a research station in central America. She was voted Teacher of the Year.
She has filled out the paperwork for her resignation, effective the end of this school year.
Hispanic! What the hell does that have to do with it? There are poorer income African American and Anglo students in those same classes. This is a school of choice, meaning you have to fill out forms to get into it. The honors classes, like the foreign language classes, give you High School credits towards graduation on your school transcript.
Getting an education is all about learning. Failure can be what is needed by a student in that education.
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Date: 2014-06-06 11:21 pm (UTC)And then people wonder why kids going out into the real world to work at a real job with real consequences for not doing your work fail and are completely confused as to why they're getting their ass chewed out or even fired.
When you constantly lower the bar to the lowest denominator of stupid/lazy, you get the little you reach for.
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Date: 2014-06-07 02:14 am (UTC)But the kicker: how would you feel to be told that you were less mentally capable than a man because you're female?
Hispanic, Afro-American, Asian, Caucasian, Arabic; these shouldn't come into the discussion of how difficult the things are being taught. You either learn the material or you don't and have to try harder and/or again if you need that knowledge for what you want to do with your life.
Sorry. Ranting again.
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Date: 2014-06-07 03:56 am (UTC)Annnnd next thing you know, I'm shaking my fists at them young whipper-snappers from my porch and telling them to get off my lawn.