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   Clark Kent said, 8 months ago

   The blame belongs partly to the alleged “parents”, partly to the far “right” and partly to the cheney/shrub NCLB fiasco.
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   fiddler17 said, 8 months ago

   He must not be a very good teacher.
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   ottod said, 8 months ago

   i thnk u kn prty much drp the Nglsh prt.
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   david_42 said, 8 months ago

   “Sit down and study” only works if the parents want their kids to learn.
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   comicsssfan said, 8 months ago

   I gotta say it was never out of control like that in my elementary school. However, what he’s describing applied to my middle school and to a lesser extent the high school.
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   mysticturner said, 8 months ago

   They have five minutes left to teach?

   It must be an exemplary school. Most schools don’t even teach that much. One of my friends who is a teacher has even had parents brought thier attorney to the parent-teacher conference.
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   Comic Minister said, 8 months ago

   Or more.
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   phritzg said, 8 months ago

   Schools today are day care centers/huber law jails, where some children occasionally learn some marginally useful facts.
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   K M said, 8 months ago

   Elementary school teacher, then?
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    perceptor3 said, 8 months ago

    @Clark Kent

    WTF?

    As a former teacher, we can agree on the “alleged parents” bit. Parents were the biggest reason I got out of teaching a decade ago.

    As for the rest… the “far right” (and please define that term—does it mean everyone who did not vote Democrat in the last or previous elections?) I doubt had little effect on our kids. Granted, a lot of recent right-wing ideas haven’t been beneficial… Because they were pre-sabotaged by left-wing ideology from the get-go.

    Another good reason to get out of teaching…
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