Seems to me this is just more of the same parenting problems we see every day. Parents who are unable or unwilling to set and enforce limits for their kids. Kids who want to tell the adults how it's going to be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/us/new-digital-divide-seen-in-wasting-time-online.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1338466978-dK6/IDL/ahSiUMU5r02cbw&pagewanted=all
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I think any teacher would love to teach a group like this kid
He has written for the column before, and is saying nothing that I haven't said repeatedly over the years, but especially this year. When I say it, kids roll their eyes and announce that I'm "retarded" or "lame". My favorite is "childish", spoken at high volume by a student stomping his/her feet while walking across the room.All expert opinions, I suppose? A close second is "that don't make no damn sense!"
If I could have had one class populated with kids like this one, there would have been something to look farward to..
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/05/14/a-call-for-students-to-be-more-responsible-for-their-learning/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
If I could have had one class populated with kids like this one, there would have been something to look farward to..
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/05/14/a-call-for-students-to-be-more-responsible-for-their-learning/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
No Impossible Demand Left Behind
Replace Cuomo with Deal, Bloomberg with your favorite local (elected) official, and this works pretty much anywhere:
No Impossible Demand Left Behind
No Impossible Demand Left Behind
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Yong Zhao Interview: Will the Common Core Create World-Class Learners? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Yong Zhao Interview: Will the Common Core Create World-Class Learners? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Zhao hits it on the head, as usual. But is anyone listening?
Zhao hits it on the head, as usual. But is anyone listening?
It's not over
(written in late April)
Guess what?
School's not over.
I know we've finished our standardized
testing, but school's not over.
We still have some work to do. School's
not over.
There is still time to bring your
average up, by doing all your work. School's not over.
We will not be watching movies for the
next 3 weeks. School's not over.
You can't sit back and do nothing for
the next 3 weeks. School's not over.
If you don't finish these assignments,
you won't be happy with the final grade. School's not over.
Please don't insult my intelligence. I
can read the calendar, and school's not over.
Spare us all the fairy tales about what
some other teacher is doing for fun. School's not over.
I don't really care if you have early vacation plans. School's not over.
If all of this is a problem for you,
please find some way to spend your time that doesn't involve yelling
or swearing. School's not over, and that kind of behavior will get
you into trouble.
Wasn't it Yogi Berra who said, “It
ain't over till it's over”? Well, it ain't over. Yet.