My
apologies to those who are Pink Floyd Fans, but the truth is... I think a chord
was struck by an 18 year old High School Sophomore, who "Laid" into
his teacher for NOT teaching!
A
Duncanville High School student named Jeff, who was videoed by a fellow student
when he started his tirade against his teacher for NOT teaching in a manner
that would excite, and entice his fellow students to learn.
This
young man said something that, lord knows, I have been saying for a number of
years! TEACH THE CLASS!
The
State of Texas as a whole along with many other districts across this country,
have dug itself into a major hole, trying to put all of the eggs into one
basket! They call this the STARRS test or TAKS or whatever else you wish to
call it.
Its
based solely on the numbers game! How many can past this test, and in turn, how
much money can the district receive from Federal and State coffers to keep the
schools ratings as exemplary!
REALLLY!
For G-DS SAKES PEOPLE! WAKE UP!
This is
the future that you are talking about, and a future that is on the brink of not
knowing how to write properly, how to use math properly, because we have
machines that do it for us! EXAMPLE: The computer that I am using to write this
piece with, has spell check! I REFUSE TO USE IT! I will work the spelling out
myself before I break down and use that device! HOWEVER! Students have gotten
so use to using spell check or for that matter TEXT SPELL, which is ridiculous!
I KID YOU NOT, when I received a resume' a few years back... the person wrote
in their cover letter "... my last job in radio was GR8!" ...
REALLY?????
this is what we send our children to school to learn?
THROW
AWAY THE DAMN TEST! and start teaching again! Lets face it-- pretty soon
history book will no longer be needed because no one cares to teach the history
of not just our country but the world.!
IF you
graduated in the 1970's or 80's! Think about how the world has changed, just in
boundaries alone! I mean, there is no more USSR, there are changing lines of
every country in the Baltic States every decade or so!
There
was an old saying-- if you don't know where you have been, how do you know
where you are going?!
This
young man stood up for his RIGHTS to be taught by a teacher who says that this
is her PAY CHECK! Damn right its your pay check-- and if you wish to keep
getting one-- I suggest that you start teaching and reminding yourself that the
minds that you have in front of you are there not just because they have to,
but because they need to be taught what it is that YOU know!
Here's
an idea-- instead of spending millions of dollars on athletes who entertain
us-- why don't we have the owners of major sports teams-- give a few million
dollars a year to education and see if we get a better source of teacher in the
classroom and see how many wish to continue the great tradition of teaching
instead of losing qualified educators to outside sectors of industry, because
it pays better!
Damn
right it pays better because we are too concerned about our HEROES earning
enough to keep them happy and in some cases, in trouble with the law!
Our
dropout rate would decrease and our crime might decrease as well! WHAT A
FRIGGEN CONCEPT!
Jeff! I
applaud you, and for those of you who wish to see the video, here is FOX 4 's
report on it! http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22201163/duncanville-students-teacher-rant-goes-viral#.UYse-G7d44A.facebook
Its one
for the books...
Just a
thought
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