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I've watched this happening since I was in school back in the 70s. I fully agree with the education pod model. It will end up employing more people than the teacher unions. And if the money for education flows to the parents (possible with a teachers strike) it will make the new way of doing things even better!
Trying to home school without support is hard! Very hard! I know. My wife and I home schooled 6-8 years of our kid's education. They were so far ahead of the classmates when they reintegrated in late middle school/high school it was not even funny. I've also had several friends that hired a full time teacher for their home schooling. Having watched every one of those kids grow up into the adults they are today has clearly shown me that national education is a complete joke.
Over the last 50 years inner city education levels have stayed pretty much stagnant. I am not blaming the teachers - I am blaming the system. Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results! There is a term for that and it slips my mind right now.
Trying to home school without support is hard! Very hard! I know. My wife and I home schooled 6-8 years of our kid's education. They were so far ahead of the classmates when they reintegrated in late middle school/high school it was not even funny. I've also had several friends that hired a full time teacher for their home schooling. Having watched every one of those kids grow up into the adults they are today has clearly shown me that national education is a complete joke.
Over the last 50 years inner city education levels have stayed pretty much stagnant. I am not blaming the teachers - I am blaming the system. Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results! There is a term for that and it slips my mind right now.
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Thank you my friend SSgt (Join to see) for posting the education pod model and your experience.
While I would not fault individual teachers, I would put blame on teachers unions and elected officials who behave as though they are insane by keeping on following the same paths and apparently expecting different results.
I expect some are following the Margaret Sanger model of dealing with inner cities by reducing 'unwanted' populations.
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While I would not fault individual teachers, I would put blame on teachers unions and elected officials who behave as though they are insane by keeping on following the same paths and apparently expecting different results.
I expect some are following the Margaret Sanger model of dealing with inner cities by reducing 'unwanted' populations.
What do you think? SMSgt Lawrence McCarter MSG Felipe De Leon Brown MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SSG Franklin Briant COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Steve McFarland PO2 (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence SSG William Jones Cynthia Croft Sgt John H. Sgt (Join to see)
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MSG Felipe De Leon Brown
Hi Steve –
Trust me when I tell you that it is not the unions but rather the individual states who have done all they can to bust unions and avoid paying teachers a decent living wage. The idea that unions are the main cause for the failings of public education is propaganda to justify the attacks on public education. If American teachers were as respected as those in Finland and other countries, America would not be behind other nations in the field of Education. Here we are 20 years into the 21st Century and we still have an early 19th century mindset when it comes to public education. It's more than insanity. It's stupidity and as the saying goes from the movie Forrest Gump, "You can't fix stupid."
– Felipe
Trust me when I tell you that it is not the unions but rather the individual states who have done all they can to bust unions and avoid paying teachers a decent living wage. The idea that unions are the main cause for the failings of public education is propaganda to justify the attacks on public education. If American teachers were as respected as those in Finland and other countries, America would not be behind other nations in the field of Education. Here we are 20 years into the 21st Century and we still have an early 19th century mindset when it comes to public education. It's more than insanity. It's stupidity and as the saying goes from the movie Forrest Gump, "You can't fix stupid."
– Felipe
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It is not the Hegemony of the School Union but rather the individual states' departments of education. I think the term that you are seeking is "INSANITY".
Most of today's public schools operate with a "one size fits all/silver bullet" concept that the individual state board of education imposes to ensure that all teachers adhere to whatever principles some lame official with an archaic mindset feels is the most valuable aspect to determine if a teacher is excellent, good, fair, needs improvement and so forth.
I made the decision to operate in an autonomous manner when I entered teaching. I taught outside the box in my first few years in spite of some administrators' insistence that I conform to their notions of teaching. Because my students were successful when evaluated at the national level, most came to realize that it would be better to let me do things my way. I constantly evaluated how I taught in the hope of being the best teacher that I could be. I never stopped learning and continue to do so even now. I reached a certain pinnacle of success before slamming into a brick wall of unadulterated and insane nonsense.
What really hurt was having to accept the fact that our state government really didn't give a damn about public education. Most of my colleagues had to live paycheck to paycheck. The pay increases were frozen for five years and step increases were eliminated completely.
Teachers should be treated as well as or better than military instructors. There are certain principles that must be adhered to. However, any person who teaches, instructs, guides and so forth should have total autonomy to do so in a manner that meshes with his or her personality.
Unfortunately, teachers are being forced more and more to teach with one hand tied behind their backs, contend with mountains of useless paperwork that some incompetent but influential bureaucrat came up with in order to justify their useless miserable existence, adhere with "check off the boxes" evaluations and statewide standardized test which are designed to justify inequality in school rating schemes.
Teachers entering the profession today in Florida are having to apply for extension of their employment every year and are also expected to prepare and present their classes with a 19th Century paradigm. They are also expected to complete certain certification year after year after year with much of it unrelated to their fields. All of what I mentioned is what finally led me to decide that I would retire from a vocation that I truly loved one year ago. I no longer could contend with the insanity.
Most of today's public schools operate with a "one size fits all/silver bullet" concept that the individual state board of education imposes to ensure that all teachers adhere to whatever principles some lame official with an archaic mindset feels is the most valuable aspect to determine if a teacher is excellent, good, fair, needs improvement and so forth.
I made the decision to operate in an autonomous manner when I entered teaching. I taught outside the box in my first few years in spite of some administrators' insistence that I conform to their notions of teaching. Because my students were successful when evaluated at the national level, most came to realize that it would be better to let me do things my way. I constantly evaluated how I taught in the hope of being the best teacher that I could be. I never stopped learning and continue to do so even now. I reached a certain pinnacle of success before slamming into a brick wall of unadulterated and insane nonsense.
What really hurt was having to accept the fact that our state government really didn't give a damn about public education. Most of my colleagues had to live paycheck to paycheck. The pay increases were frozen for five years and step increases were eliminated completely.
Teachers should be treated as well as or better than military instructors. There are certain principles that must be adhered to. However, any person who teaches, instructs, guides and so forth should have total autonomy to do so in a manner that meshes with his or her personality.
Unfortunately, teachers are being forced more and more to teach with one hand tied behind their backs, contend with mountains of useless paperwork that some incompetent but influential bureaucrat came up with in order to justify their useless miserable existence, adhere with "check off the boxes" evaluations and statewide standardized test which are designed to justify inequality in school rating schemes.
Teachers entering the profession today in Florida are having to apply for extension of their employment every year and are also expected to prepare and present their classes with a 19th Century paradigm. They are also expected to complete certain certification year after year after year with much of it unrelated to their fields. All of what I mentioned is what finally led me to decide that I would retire from a vocation that I truly loved one year ago. I no longer could contend with the insanity.
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I don’t know the term, MSG Felipe De Leon Brown, but the saying is as follows: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.“ Ironically, it’s frequently attributed to Albert Einstein, but no one can really verify that he said it.
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LTC Stephen C. - I know the word. :) Just trying to be a little tongue-in-cheek.
MSG Felipe De Leon Brown - Margate? I am in Lighthouse Point! Howdy neighbor. My wife and I were shocked the first year we went to the state to get the requirements for each of our 3 kids. An average of 65 "bullet points" is what it boiled down to. Our first year we struggled as we felt there should be more to it then that. We found out on turning our records in that we went far overboard for the state approved curriculum. The 2nd year we eased up a bit and ended up with a 3 hour a day study period and a 3 hour sports/hobbies with a quarterly report on what they learned from those activities. With all the free time - when you concentrate on the core curriculum, our kids got a good dose of Civics, European History, American History, et al. Still far more then the state demanded but it was the extra education we felt the kids deserved.
MSG Felipe De Leon Brown - Margate? I am in Lighthouse Point! Howdy neighbor. My wife and I were shocked the first year we went to the state to get the requirements for each of our 3 kids. An average of 65 "bullet points" is what it boiled down to. Our first year we struggled as we felt there should be more to it then that. We found out on turning our records in that we went far overboard for the state approved curriculum. The 2nd year we eased up a bit and ended up with a 3 hour a day study period and a 3 hour sports/hobbies with a quarterly report on what they learned from those activities. With all the free time - when you concentrate on the core curriculum, our kids got a good dose of Civics, European History, American History, et al. Still far more then the state demanded but it was the extra education we felt the kids deserved.
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