"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:39:43 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:21:10 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:02:06 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:31:03 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the
following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



I just spent the evening with a bunch of REAL teachers - the ones who
were
able to put up with their kids for more than 10 years. I have zero
sympathy
for John's troubles with teaching.


I've been in the business for 34 years.

There are a lot of variables. Lacking an administration that has
sufficient male genitalia to actually administrate.... 10 years is a
lifetime.

Perhaps assertiveness training should be a requirement for students
training
to be teachers.


Assertiveness isn't a problem for teachers. Administrators that see
themselves only as good will ambassadors to the community need the
training.

I remember a distinct attitude among my best teachers (late 1960s): ****
the
community. Take care of the students.


Times have changed. School boards are elected. School boards hire
superintendents, who hire and fire principals, who react to parents, who
call their local school board member.

That hasn't changed. What HAS changed is that without a neighborhood
school, there is no social context within which to have high
expectations of performance. We did well in school because we were
expected to.... and there was a cause and effect relationship in
failing to do so. If a student rides the bus 3 hours a day, neither
the student nor the parent feels a closeness to the education
system... cause and effect is 3+ hours away.

Lately, educators have discovered grouping students as the newest
cutting edge phenomenon and use the babelspeak term "cohort" to
describe it.

It is amazing how many obvious truths can be "rediscovered."

It *is* obvious. My son and his posse did it after school (informal
tutoring, interspersed with video games), at whatever home contained the
best snacks on any given day.