nomad2u2001
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I can't let this guy be a superintendent
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09-27-2009 04:26 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
I don't think this is that bad an idea. I think we are going to have to go that way in some manner.
IMO this is nowhere near the worst 100 ideas of the Obama administration.
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09-27-2009 04:36 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
My problem is wondering where its going to stop. It will eventually go into a one curriculum nation, which means a system that is only based on tests and not aptitudes.
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09-27-2009 04:57 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
(09-27-2009 04:36 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: I don't think this is that bad an idea. I think we are going to have to go that way in some manner.
IMO this is nowhere near the worst 100 ideas of the Obama administration.
BS. We've always had Summer Vacation for as long as I can remember. It's sufficed. If it isn't anymore, start looking at other reasons. You know, like piss poor parenting or piss poor teachers.
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09-27-2009 05:09 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
Anytime school goes into lasting longer than work, we have a problem.
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09-27-2009 05:26 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
Our children in the hands of the Obama loving union teachers for an extra 3 months a year. No potential problems here.
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09-27-2009 05:33 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
Believe me, teachers don't want to do it either.
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09-27-2009 05:35 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
You mean this is an opportunity to use their basic laziness against them? So then there is hope for us as they are unwilling to work hard to defeat us. Yeah us!
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09-27-2009 05:40 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
So you don't like teachers, I see.
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09-27-2009 06:01 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
(09-27-2009 06:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: So you don't like teachers, I see.
Teachers I like. Indoctrinators I'm not too keen on. Also not too keen on union folk.
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09-27-2009 06:14 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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The majority aren't indoctrinators, in fact it is a minute few. I also don't think that there are that many teachers active within their unions. Believe me I come from a teaching family and none give two sh*ts about NCEA or anything else like that.
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09-27-2009 06:19 PM |
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(09-27-2009 06:19 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: The majority aren't indoctrinators, in fact it is a minute few. I also don't think that there are that many teachers active within their unions. Believe me I come from a teaching family and none give two sh*ts about NCEA or anything else like that.
I don't know where you live (NC it seems) but here in the Tidewater VA area, if you are not in the union you are ostracized. VA is a right to work state but once you get the job they can make you feel miserable.
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09-27-2009 06:27 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
That's horrible. What you speak of is like the rest of Canada (I grew up in Quebec which was totally different).
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09-27-2009 07:05 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
(09-27-2009 07:05 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: That's horrible.
That's democratic unionism.
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09-27-2009 07:16 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
I will always say that there are just as many republicans as democrats in unions.
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09-27-2009 07:24 PM |
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(09-27-2009 07:24 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: I will always say that there are just as many republicans as democrats in unions.
It's a free country. Think what you want. Just check political campaign contributions. How many bucks did the UAW give to the R's? Or the NEA? Or any other union you can think of? Maybe the taxpayers, who support all of this government largess, should form a union. But that would probably de declared undemocratic.
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09-27-2009 07:32 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
(09-27-2009 05:35 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Believe me, teachers don't want to do it either unless they get substantial increases in pay and benefits.
Fixed it for ya.
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09-27-2009 08:30 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
And rightfully so.
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09-27-2009 09:18 PM |
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RE: I can't let this guy be a superintendent
As a youth minister I have some questions. First of all, on Wednesday nights when we have church and the majority of my kids actually come ready to learn about what we are talking about in the class, will they not be able to come anymore because they don't have enough time? Also, if schools are open on the weekend what does that mean for Sunday worship services. Along those same lines, summer vacation is the best time for church camps, mission trips, and various other summer activities; does the fact that they are in school and only have a 4 week window automatically take away any potential mission trips in lieu of the "necessary family vacation"?
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09-27-2009 11:17 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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I understand that he wants us to copy a japan style education system but it won't work. We don't historically share the same mentality of the japanese. They are extremely traditional and your spot in the world is decided when you test early on in your career. They accept that fact and their main objective is to work on their career from that point until retirement.
We are the type of people that encourage you to find your own way in life compared to your interests. We need an educational system that allows you to do that, which we have now (even though we need improvement) and believe me more time in school won't help us out.
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09-27-2009 11:33 PM |
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