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Posted on Jan 29, 2018
Are military members "lowest of the low"? Are they "failed students who have no other choice"?
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A teacher in California thinks so. According to Gregory Salcido, military members are "dumb s---ts". Now, to be fair, I met my fair share of lower intelligence individuals but I wouldn't call them "lowest of the low". You gotta give at least SOME credit to those who are willing to put themselves in harms way to protect your right to stand in front of a classroom and make a total jackass of yourself.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/28/california-teacher-slams-military-members-as-lowest-low-in-classroom-rant-caught-on-video.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/28/california-teacher-slams-military-members-as-lowest-low-in-classroom-rant-caught-on-video.html
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In fairness, we don't exactly recruit from MENSA, and certainly have our share of....special people, but me and my two college degrees and zero student debt take offense and respectfully disagree ;o)
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CDR Dan Cunningham
No, we don't exactly recruit from MENSA - however - we do our best to match who we get with the positions we need filled. My favorite movie is 'Away All Boats' - especially the scene with the young Sailor who's the garbage grinder. He's complaining to the Captain that his biggest problem is chicken guts, because they clog up his grinder. His job is important and he's proud to do it. I'd take a hundred of him before I'd take a MENSA member.
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Maj John Bell
Have you spent much time around a large group of civilians? Spend some time at a community college. About 25% of the campus population could and should have the opportunity to go to "regular" college. About 50% are your average Joes. About 25% you wonder if their entire brain capacity is devoted to autonomic functions like breathing. My experience in the Marines (primarily infantry) is that we have a representative of the top 75% of what you'll find at a community college, with a rare (sasquatch rare) specimen of the bottom 25% that somehow made it to the fleet.
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It is apparent this teacher is a die hard leftist who has no idea of what the military is or the quality of people required. Stop and think, this the the quality of teachers(not all) who are shaping the future of our country. Pretty scary .
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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P
SGM Mikel Dawson, unfortunately Sergeant Major, this is EXACTLY the type of teacher who is shaping our youth today. It's no wonder our Nation is going to hell in a hand basket.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P - I have been reading other places and learned the same. All I can do is just shake my head in disbelief. The worst thing is, these kids are so young and impressionable they know no difference. But this hasn't just come on. It has been years in the planning. Think how long it takes to get these teachers in place?
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"They're not high-level bankers. They're not academic people. They're not intellectual people."
And yet...here I am, a retired Chief Petty Officer who was a Reactor Operator and Engineering Watch Supervisor aboard nuclear powered submarines.
And yet...here are all those officers with degrees all across the board, from teaching to engineering.
And yet...here are all the corpsmen and medics, highly trained, and still training yet more, in the medical field in order to care for fellow servicemembers.
And yet...here are all the servicemembers who are highly trained in communications technology, electronics technicians, mechanics, and yes...even "bankers", "academics", and "intellectuals", such as comptrollers and instructors.
I wonder what this guy would have said had I been in his class and said:
"Really? I was a highly trained Reactor Operator, Engineering Watch Supervisor, and instructor. How 'bout you show me how to derive the Start Up Rate Equation from the Reactor Kinetics Equations? How 'bout you explain to the class what integrated rod worth means? How 'bout you show the class here how to calculate peak reactor power and increase in reactor coolant temperature for a 3 second outward rod shim while answering All Ahead Standard bell? Be sure to state all assumptions and show all calculations. Go ahead...I'm waiting."
And yet...here I am, a retired Chief Petty Officer who was a Reactor Operator and Engineering Watch Supervisor aboard nuclear powered submarines.
And yet...here are all those officers with degrees all across the board, from teaching to engineering.
And yet...here are all the corpsmen and medics, highly trained, and still training yet more, in the medical field in order to care for fellow servicemembers.
And yet...here are all the servicemembers who are highly trained in communications technology, electronics technicians, mechanics, and yes...even "bankers", "academics", and "intellectuals", such as comptrollers and instructors.
I wonder what this guy would have said had I been in his class and said:
"Really? I was a highly trained Reactor Operator, Engineering Watch Supervisor, and instructor. How 'bout you show me how to derive the Start Up Rate Equation from the Reactor Kinetics Equations? How 'bout you explain to the class what integrated rod worth means? How 'bout you show the class here how to calculate peak reactor power and increase in reactor coolant temperature for a 3 second outward rod shim while answering All Ahead Standard bell? Be sure to state all assumptions and show all calculations. Go ahead...I'm waiting."
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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P
My hat is off to you CPO Glenn Moss. I'll leave the reactor engineering stuff to the smart folks. I had enough trouble trying to calculate the boresight beam width of a pulse doppler circular scan radar. Dang. Was that early warning or target tracking....?
I wonder what Mr Salcido would say if he knew the vast majority of today's service members have at least an associates degree? He'd be stunned to know many even have Masters or Doctorate degrees.
I wonder what Mr Salcido would say if he knew the vast majority of today's service members have at least an associates degree? He'd be stunned to know many even have Masters or Doctorate degrees.
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Maj John Bell
If you look at the biographies of the fortune 500 CEO's and CFO's; and of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math innovators, you will find far more veterans than education majors (no offense meant to good teachers.) This yahoo doesn't belong in front of a classroom based on the vulgar language he used and the ignorant content of his rant.
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