Waiting for Superman
anyone seen it? talk about depressing...
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Geoffrey Canada spoke at my school on Tuesday. He is a brilliant man.
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If you watch Waiting for Superman you also need to watch Race to Nowhere to balance it. I am a public school teacher of 16 years and while there are a few "dud" teachers who are in it to "get summers off" the overwhelming majority of us in education are there to make a difference for our students. Public education has areas that are certainly screwed up but overall, in the free world, we have one of the best systems around. I think it would be a big help if federal legislators would stop legislating on something they know nothing about and if schools could return to being institutions that are under local control.
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and crappy teachers need to be fired for being bad at their jobs, instead of the unions protecting them.
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^Blame it all on the teachers. I say all of the crappy parents need to be fired for being bad at their jobs. It has a much greater negative impact than any "crappy teacher" could ever possibly have.
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Jeremy - I agree. parents need to be held responsible as well. I dont expect teachers to raise my kids for me. but there are a lot of crappy teachers out there as well. dont think for a second that I blame teachers entirely for the failings of our kids today.
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