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bluestateguy
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:44 PM Original message |
It CAN be hard to dismiss a bad teacher. I've seen it happen before. |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Congratulations to President Obama and his education czar |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Indeed. |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Duncan's choice sent a message to public school teachers. |
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DemBones DemBones
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. So true. nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. I still love and respect the vast majority of all teachers. |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
90. I don't think that's what's happening |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. It worked for a century or so...until the free traders came along. |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. It can work if we fix it. |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. It can be hard to "dismiss" most workers because people are basically fair. |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. This is a political move. |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I know you feel strongly about this. I do, too. |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. There's a simple answer. Fund the schools, hire good teachers, |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. I think what I mean is, I want to see of the Obama administration |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Me, too. |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Okay! Right there with you. |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Those other workers |
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yurbud
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. teachers unions don't want people like that to continue in the job |
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47of74
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. There were teachers like that in Junior High |
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Demeter
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is that Hex in Your Sig Line? |
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Extend a Hand
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. He can't respond |
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Demeter
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Ah, thank You! |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. We had a similar teacher at my high school. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. analogy: teachers and cops |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Then why not break the cop and teacher unions as our next step here? |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. nice strawman and asburdity |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, then let's just join the rest at DU |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. again, you are making stuff up imo |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, I am not making stuff up. I am appalled honestly at the sudden disrespect |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. as soon as i see this "sudden disrespect" |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Are you blind? |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thanks for that. |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. No kidding. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. everything you say |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I have a problem with the cop/teacher analogy |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. there IS a need for reform |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. No. Just because you went to school does NOT mean you have a privileged perspective. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. i am more than familiar with educational principles |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. How does it not incentivize excellence? |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. it doesn't incentivize excellence |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Sorry, no comparison between cops and kids. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. sorry |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. The assembly line compensation scheme for educators is dying |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
98. Are you blind? |
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liberalhistorian
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
87. I'm equally appalled, but I'm sure as fuck not the least |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. false |
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liberalhistorian
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Bullshit. Pretty it up all you want, |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. right,. that's logical |
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tonysam
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #92 |
108. Yep. |
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paulsby
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #108 |
126. you could if u dared to use logic, reason, and responded to data |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
99. I, for one |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
97. You are making stuff up! |
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FLyellowdog
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. Alexander!!!! There you are!!! |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Very good points. |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
93. You're missing everyone else's point |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
71. Whenever I hear the NEA say they are working for the children, I cringe |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. bingo |
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rcrush
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Just because someone criticizes the union |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. exactly |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So this is just another teacher bashing thread? |
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rcrush
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. What? |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. nobody. it's his strawman |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I am not a he. I am seeing another attack thread on teachers. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. as i said, |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Please go ahead and figure it out. |
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rcrush
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. This is what I get for coming into GD |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Thanks, President Obama and Arne Duncan |
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rcrush
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. ok |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. frigging amazing |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. My opinion is dismissed with the words "friggin amazing". |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
102. You are being dismissed because |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. I tried to compare the teaching profession to the nursing profession |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. cheers |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. If you were this sensitive I'd have given you less than a minute ;) |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. Nurses are much more suited to assemply line compensation structure than teachers |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I would agree with your subject line comparison |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
101. So we should all ignore the bad teachers? |
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liberalhistorian
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
109. Please spend a couple of weeks in a classroom |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
100. Could you pay attention? |
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elleng
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I will say just this: |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, it is really is not that hard to fire teachers. Obama made it sound... |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. define "a lot" |
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elleng
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
96. madfl, don't give me this 'you guys' stuff. |
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madfloridian
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Sun Mar-15-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #96 |
119. I educated for over 30 years, took hours of courses in various fields... |
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elleng
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Sun Mar-15-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. You certainly have an opinion, and you are entitled to it. |
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XemaSab
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. I had a teacher who was physically and verbally abusive |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Without trying to minimize that in any way, aren't there psychos |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. It is a planned thing. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. ok so you are against charter schools |
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I think it's important to talk about education |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Agreed. And our teachers are the linchpin of our system, imho. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. and so are |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Of course. What is your point? |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. my point |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You do know, right, that teaching is one of the oldest professions. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. i didn't say that |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Maybe I misunderstood when you said that teachers weren't above criticism. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. ok. |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. No one is arguing that teachers are above criticism. |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. but some are doing the functional equivalent |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Some are giving false info that teachers are not formally evaluated. |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. What is the impact and effect of the evaluations? |
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madfloridian
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. No, it is not. |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #86 |
117. Then what are they and how to they influence things? |
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
111. No, that isn't what happened this week |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. It's more like objecting to the idea that you can fix the food chain |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. actually, the logical fallacy here |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Baloney. Teachers have been fingered as "the problem" |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. ah, the "scapegoating" meme |
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EFerrari
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Sun Mar-15-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #83 |
122. And? "People" have this remarkable ability to observe the obvious. |
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paulsby
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Sun Mar-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. people have the remarkable ability |
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sense
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
112. Absolutely! |
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tonysam
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
114. That Ain't the Half of It. |
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
110. Most people are putting out anecdotal stories to illustrate their |
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EFerrari
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Sun Mar-15-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #110 |
123. Plenty of people take their experience for the whole which is not the same |
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
105. Teacher's are in a different profession than all others, |
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EFerrari
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Sun Mar-15-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #105 |
124. Excuse me? I don't think I understand your question. |
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sense
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Sun Mar-15-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. I was referring to your post below: |
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
84. make teachers take random breathalyzers- if they show up drunk, they're fired. |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I wonder ... |
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paulsby
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Sat Mar-14-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. depends on state laws |
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Sun Mar-15-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #91 |
118. in chicago- cops get a 30-day notice before a 'random drug test'... |
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paulsby
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Sun Mar-15-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. that would be illegal here |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
104. Here's what I hear from friends and family |
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tonysam
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
106. Wrong. It is VERY Easy for Teachers to Be Fired. |
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. If it was easy |
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tonysam
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. You Are Talking to a Dismissed Teacher Here. |
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Sat Mar-14-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down! |
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
127. There are no bad teachers... |
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Sun Mar-15-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
128. The problem is that |
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