tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post9099709723288629038..comments2024-03-13T16:06:11.396-05:00Comments on the anti-soma: Race, my ass.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-67201360878256699812012-03-06T07:33:55.084-06:002012-03-06T07:33:55.084-06:00STOP!
Think of all the dumb ass adults YOU KNOW a...STOP!<br /><br />Think of all the dumb ass adults YOU KNOW and wonder what kind of students they were?<br /><br />Blame the education system or their in bred ''dumbassness"?Oldcatmanhttp://oldcatman-xxx.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-1016734534585507742012-03-05T22:35:28.103-06:002012-03-05T22:35:28.103-06:00Which saying? And when have you ever seen my ass?...Which saying? And when have you ever seen my ass? :DHeroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-3258508461857114132012-03-05T21:10:01.296-06:002012-03-05T21:10:01.296-06:00It's a good thing you put that comma in there....It's a good thing you put that comma in there. Although Odysseus your hubby may take you up on it anyway...<br /><br />What's that saying...TinCan Assassinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680618418991333460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-7410464491101570022012-03-05T20:20:16.924-06:002012-03-05T20:20:16.924-06:00Ricki, it wasn't stupid--most of the little gi...Ricki, it wasn't stupid--most of the little girl's <i>teachers</i> didn't get that. I'd be willing to bet that something like 90% of Americans haven't read <i>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</i>. And those that have, I'd be willing to bet less than half remember what they've read. <br /><br />How much of background needed to be teachable at the college level is background knowledge, and how much of it is attitude? I haven't been able to figure that one out. And yeah: the lazy ones make me want to scream, too, and I wish that they weren't so sure their parents would let them move back home and play video games.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-28784003226544479282012-03-05T18:56:44.993-06:002012-03-05T18:56:44.993-06:00Okay, I stand corrected. Not the first stupid thin...Okay, I stand corrected. Not the first stupid thing I said today but hopefully it was the last. <br /><br />And yeah, I see some students who don't have the background. But I think I'm also jaded because I see an awful lot who DO but who don't want to make the effort. And I want to scream at them "Do you think the job market out there is EASY?"rickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-45125865179833633822012-03-05T10:18:29.685-06:002012-03-05T10:18:29.685-06:00Ricki, she was borrowing language and sentence str...Ricki, she was borrowing language and sentence structure from Frederick Douglass's biography. <br /><br />And it's so hard to know where to even start learning if you don't have the foundation of how to learn. You'd be surprised in how few students come to me not knowing how to look for information they need--well, maybe you wouldn't, given some of your stories about teaching. And the parents are a few generations away from knowing what their kids need to know, now. They trust public schools and government to take care of them, and the ones whose kids aren't satisfied are puzzled about why their kids aren't satisfied.<br /><br />Odysseus, who says that we can directly affect the educational bureaucracy? We may pay their bills, but it's not exactly like we can withhold that payment--it's taken at gunpoint in the form of taxes.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-63891015592366063002012-03-05T10:11:46.467-06:002012-03-05T10:11:46.467-06:00That was 40 years ago, when families were stronger...That was 40 years ago, when families were stronger and expected more from their kids, and before the Department of Education and teacher education programs started dumbing public school down. <br /><br />But yeah, you're right. Everyone just needs to demand more of their education, and be willing to take it (i.e., teach themselves) if the education establishment won't help.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-84796700701412532082012-03-05T07:52:56.438-06:002012-03-05T07:52:56.438-06:00While I know there are plenty of cases with studen...While I know there are plenty of cases with students and parents truly indifferent at best to education, this particular case the reaction and retribution show the what the educational establishment's part in the circle of blame is.<br /><br />In the end short of making all children wards of the state(and don't think some communists don't have that wet dream) the schools are the only thing we can directly effect since we pay their bills.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-70587795111147448682012-03-05T07:36:26.889-06:002012-03-05T07:36:26.889-06:00"start making these ... teachers accountable ..."start making these ... teachers accountable for instructing you. " (REGARDLESS of race, though it's pretty awful to say "If you aren't learning, it's those WHITE teacher's faults...")<br /><br />What about, "Start taking the initiative to learn"? I had a few pretty awful teachers as a kid (and as a college student), but I had the drive to learn even if it meant going and getting a bunch of supplemental books from the library and reading them, or hiring the neighbor's son (fresh out of the Navy) to tutor me in physics, or stuff like that. What about, "If your school is failing you, get your parents together and try to make a change"? <br /><br />Yes, the teachers need to be accountable but so do the students and parents. But then, I suppose parents and students taking the initiative for themselves will lessen the role of government in their lives...rickihttp://ranting-ricki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-32183130791306962612012-03-05T07:32:55.858-06:002012-03-05T07:32:55.858-06:00I've always wondered......about 40 years ago o...I've always wondered......about 40 years ago or so, I lived and worked in a hospital in Eureka, Ca.<br /><br />3 of my closest family friends were 3 black couples--all 3 were professionals with college degrees, all from diversified family back grounds.<br /><br />I have always maintained that if these 3 made it thru whatever it is society does (??) to blacks, then they all can!Oldcatmanhttp://oldcatman-xxx.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-16396163641357410582012-03-04T22:03:52.067-06:002012-03-04T22:03:52.067-06:00That's kind of my conclusion. It just started...That's kind of my conclusion. It just started with race. <br /><br />Did you know that one of the platforms of the Occupy Whatever movement is to make home schooling illegal? With well-educated young people (especially educated in TANSTAAFL*), the movement would fail for lack of occupidiots.<br /><br />*http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/t/TANSTAAFL.htmlHeroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-5893146372897870222012-03-04T21:58:38.743-06:002012-03-04T21:58:38.743-06:00While I agree with much of your premise, I believe...While I agree with much of your premise, I believe it is much broader than that. It is in the progressive's best interest to keep all students ignorant - black, white, hispanic - the more ignorance there is the more dependence on the government. The damage being done every day in our public school system is already taking a tremendous toll on our country, I can only imagine what the future holds for our kids and grand kids.eiaftinfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595068743383767561noreply@blogger.com