Whoa. I have to admit, some of the public school teacher bashing I'm seeing in here is really upsetting. As a public school teacher who is sitting in a desk at her school at 8:00 PM, waiting for parent conferences to end, after I've been at school since 6:30 PM to see a lumping of PS teachers as incompetent or not giving a rat's ass about students is maddening.
I am not bashing public school. Annabel is almost certainly going to go to public school.
But I had a terrible time in school. I got a bad education. I was relentlessly bullied all through school while the school administration and teachers continually washed their hands of all the bullying.
I don't have one of my front teeth because of this bullying.
I am NOT saying ANY teacher on this group is anything less than a million times better than Jaime Escalante. I am NOT saying that public school is BAD. But I had a VERY bad experience with Tulsa Public Schools between 1977 and 1990, save the two years I went to private school. (And I was bullied at private school too, but I was making a 3.8.)
And I don't want Annabel to have that awful experience, either, whether it's Seattle Schools or the ultra-posh private schools around here. So, I'm going to be a concerned parent and make sure she gets offered the best education she can possibly be offered, public or private. It's up to her whether she wants to take and use that education.
any chance its all snot now? and no more bwain?
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Whoa. I have to admit, some of the public school teacher bashing I'm seeing in here is really upsetting.
I can undertand that. I went to public schools and really had some of the most amazing teachers, a few I didn't work well with, and maybe one that was an outright waste of the credentials.
I don't think good teachers get nearly the recognition that they deserve. Though there were also a lot of bad toupees that should have been mentioned also.
Which is my brain slowed way of saying that the teachers I know on b.org are all amazing and very dedicated to actually teaching their students something and not just moving them through mindlessly.
Oh, and what Aimee said.
Um, hi. Been drinking champagne and packing. Whee...
*cheers and good wishes* Bubble wine is my personal choice for memorable times, happy and sad. And sometimes it is just tasty.
I had one English teacher that could have been really good for me. I regrert that I did nothing to get more out of her class. I can name all the factors, 1) I was horribly shy 2) She had a reputation for hateing kids ( which has got to be the most absurd rumor that can happen about a teacher) 3) I always ended up with an A - so I never knew I needed help 4) there were over 30 kids in the classroom - and that was only one of the 5 or 6 sections she taught. It was going to be up to me.
however, since I am brillant now, none of this matters. except that I still spell horribly and I can't dependably write a gramtical sentence.
I'm amazed you didn't go after my use of "blunderbuss."
No, a blunderbuss is still legit for 18th and early 19th century:
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