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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
J Burns wrote:
On 11/1/14, 7:19 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote: "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... That sounds like a lot too long to keep students at a desk. Half hour to 45 mins would make more sense. Need to get up and walk around. I don't think this sounds practical. Along those lines... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/.../?wpisrc=pdwmk Saw this article in other publications too... Yeah! What was I supposed to do in a 50-minute lecture when my attention span was under a minute? The fact that lectures were endless repetition showed that teachers knew we were unable to pay attention. They were putting us in a position where we had to sit still and pretend to pay attention all day long. Part of their job was to condition you for WORK as a member of society. Don't they expect you to pay attention all day long at work? Each teacher would proudly tell us how many hours we were expected to spend on daily homework for that class. Add it up, and if you did nothing but attend classes and do your homework, there might be time for 4 hours' sleep at night. It sure seemed abusive to me, but this article says teachers really are that stupid. |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
On 11/1/2014 7:19 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... That sounds like a lot too long to keep students at a desk. Half hour to 45 mins would make more sense. Need to get up and walk around. I don't think this sounds practical. Along those lines... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/.../?wpisrc=pdwmk Saw this article in other publications too... That's seriously incredible. What a major learning moment. And to think, schools over the whole great nation do that to kids every school day? Time for the peasants to start a number two pencil revolt. You have nothing to lose but your desks in rows! - .. Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:17:07 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote: Danny D. wrote: John Paquay wrote, on Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:51:58 -0400: My knee jerk reaction to the original posting in this thread was not "What's wrong with these kids?", but rather, "What's wrong with this teacher?" She's brand new to teaching, but, it turns out that classroom management is a standard problem in these multi-ethnic San Jose schools. Well - that's a big part of your problem. Rather than teaching kids things, parents and teachers rally around excuses for what the things exist. I wish you the best - deal with the problems you are creating. One teacher uses a bathroom plunger, as his bathroom pass. Brilliant! Shear stupidity - so why shouldn't everyone else follow suit? Mikw Marlow: If you are so wise let's hear your solutions to each case where you kvetched. There are several, let's hear what you would have the teacher/school do. ?-/ To me, the whole idea of using some (any) ginormous item as a hall pass is stupid, demeaning, and completely counterproductive... not to mention, an exercise in futility. What does this really accomplish? What it (attempts to) accomplish is the reduce undue interruptions of the classroom environment. Brain dead thinking. But that's fine - do that kind of thinking where you live. What in the hell do you really think you are solving with this kind of approach? We all know that the kids can go to the bathroom plenty of other times, but, all kids will take advantage of a "free pass" out of jail, if even for only 10 minutes (which they can synchronize with other friends, if they're clever). You just keep on letting those kids outsmart you. I'm sure you'll win that way... What the pass does, first and foremost, is it discourages such intents. Bull****! Are you and the teachers at that school that stupid as to really believe this? If so - muck in your own mire. Also, it allows the teacher to continue teaching, uninterrupted, as the students just get up, grab the pass, and return, unannounced. Really? Do you even think about the things like this that you post? It also is very clear to everyone, what the purpose of the kid is, whether grabbing the pass or walking the hallways. It's also not something they can leave hidden in the hallway while they surreptitiously run a'muck about the hallways or outdoors to catch a smoke or whatever. Dear Parent... Likewise, it prevents multiple kids (from the same classroom anyway) leaving the room at any one time. Really? The high paid teacher is this dumb as to not be aware of this syndrome? Really? Furthermore, it's obvious to all whether the bathroom pass is in use or not. It's like the red sign on an airplane bathroom door showing it's in use, rather than what we have to do at a McDonalds, which is to jiggle the doorknob repeatedly to find out if someone is in there. Yeah - when I was a kid I had a really hard time understanding a locked door - are you really this stupid? How about facilities that accomodate 4 kids at once - where does that fit into your foolish thinking? And, being so large (on purpose), the kids, who almost certainly don't like it, can't lose it easily. Oh man - that just can't be anymore stupid. At the very least, it's objectionable to carry (as you noted), which would further discourage the unnecessary potty breaks. Really? What in the hell is the problem you are looking to solve? I think you have a California mindset which just does not think at all. Rest assured, this teacher has at least one kid a day out of her 200, walk out on the class without excuse. Really? Then fire the teacher. That is her or his responsibility to make sure that kind of thing does not happen. Screw the 200 number - that's a classic over-exageration - how many students in any one class session? The total number is completely meaningless. She has kids banging on the table, and calling her a b*ch, and plenty of disciplinary problems, all of which are common through all the classes, as she told me most of these kids are being weeded out of the system through their behavior in *all* their classes. Guess you guys need to improve your school disciplines and forget looking at magic tokens like stupid wood fobs for a key to the boys room. Do you really belive that is going to fix the problems you guys have created in your schools? Really? Are you really that dumb? I also find this behavior strange, as *my* kids have always had comments on their report cards of "very polite", "always helpful", "pitches in to volunteer every time I ask", and even once "raises hand to answer questions too often!". Good for you! That's what is necessary - not stupid fobs. I think this teacher, who is brand new, is learning on the job. In California, they go through 3 semesters of graduate training, to obtain a preliminary teaching certificate, two semesters of which have on-the-job training of sorts. Kudos to you for trying to help a new teacher but don't you see that the problem is so much bigger than that? Then, they're thrown to the wolves for 2 more years, until they get their preliminary teaching certificate cleared. At that point, they also get tenure (which is kind'a soon, if you ask me), and then they're bona-fide teachers. Well - you might want to take the problem up with your school district. You guys created the problem and stupid ideas like wooden fobs is not going to fix that problem. The clearance process, apparently, starts with three weeks of training on "classroom management", which I found odd when I saw that it's the *first* thing they re-train the preliminary-credentialed teachers on. Oh well... You have to remember these are Algebra classes, where probably only a small percentage of the kids (maybe 1/3?) actually care to learn it. It's a required class for the rest, which they hope to never see again during the rest of their lives. We have to remember? Really? Are you that stupid? They are in school. They are there to learn what they are told to be taught. We have to remember? I see the very root of this problem... When is the last time you or I graphed a quadratic equation, for example? Could each of us solve a binomial equation to save our lives? (Building suspension bridges in the redwoods notwithstanding... Competely irrelevent! We did do it when we were in school. What does it matter at all when the last time was that we did it. I'll tell you that I have used that knowledge throughout my life - though it may not have been on a daily basis - but when I needed it, I could call on it. You are making excuses for dumbing down our already stupid kids even more? |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:52:10 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 10/30/2014 10:25 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: I've suspected since the beginning that the bathroom pass is just a bandaid on a larger problem. This supports my guess. Parents dumping defective kids on the school system. CA is noted for the liberal left leaning culture. Very possible the entire school system is run on self esteem, and fragile feelings, instead of old fashioned tried and true. - It largely is/was since the 1970s. I saw it, i was there. About mid 2001 decade the parental rebellion about no schools for performance started to get results. So far only tokenism such as charter schools. Real reform won't happen until the teachers unions are broken. Which requires a society of responsibility for your actions. Not something to hold your breath for. ?-) |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
josephkk wrote:
Mikw Marlow: If you are so wise let's hear your solutions to each case where you kvetched. There are several, let's hear what you would have the teacher/school do. No need. If one cannot come up with anything more appropriate than a bathroom plunger for a hall pass, then the same person would not understand any higher level of thinking. Just let them go on with their foolishness. BTW - learn how to trim a post instead of re-posting a ton of lines with your own comment inserted within the first few lines. -- -Mike- |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
On 08.11.14 6:05, josephkk wrote:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 23:15:45 -0500, "Mike Marlow" wrote: josephkk wrote: Mikw Marlow: If you are so wise let's hear your solutions to each case where you kvetched. There are several, let's hear what you would have the teacher/school do. No need. If one cannot come up with anything more appropriate than a bathroom plunger for a hall pass, then the same person would not understand any higher level of thinking. Just let them go on with their foolishness. BTW - learn how to trim a post instead of re-posting a ton of lines with your own comment inserted within the first few lines. I post to suit me. And dont mind being an aso. |
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The saga of the wooden San Jose Schools BATHROOM PASS continues
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 23:15:45 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote: josephkk wrote: Mikw Marlow: If you are so wise let's hear your solutions to each case where you kvetched. There are several, let's hear what you would have the teacher/school do. No need. If one cannot come up with anything more appropriate than a bathroom plunger for a hall pass, then the same person would not understand any higher level of thinking. Just let them go on with their foolishness. BTW - learn how to trim a post instead of re-posting a ton of lines with your own comment inserted within the first few lines. I post to suit me. ?-) |
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