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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:18:42 -0400,
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:05:55 -0400,
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:32:51 -0400,
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:03:24 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:49:47 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:37:33 -0700, wrote:

It is a strange comment from a person who believes in the unions and
their policy of paying the oldest and longest serving employees the
most, regardless of performance.
Who believes that? I don't think you'll find anyone who does.
School teachers.
Nonsense. They believe performance does matter, and they're sick of
teaching to tests that don't teach kids anything useful except maybe
how to take tests.
Taking tests is a very important skill but these teachers do not want
their salary tied to any measure of performance. They want to be paid
by credentials and time in grade.
Make that sound reasonable to me..
A totally out of touch teacher with 20 years on the job and a PhD, who
gets horrible results, makes 3 times as much as a new teacher who
connects with the kids and really gets something done in the
classroom. That is ridiculous.
Too many variables in your argument. You're making assumptions the kids
in each class are pretty much the same kids, with the same home life.
When I was in public school, the older, more experienced teachers were
by far the better teachers.
Maybe but I had a terrible crush on Mr. Hansen in 8th grade. He was
one of the younger ones. Of course, I can't remember a single thing he
said.
Most of my public school teachers made really strong, positive
impressions on me. In all those years, though, there was only one young
woman I considered cute.

In those days, just after Franklin "discovered" electricity, the
teachers did not have to take the amount of b.s. dished up to them today.
Ah yeah, the 50s when teachers could smoke in class and slap the
students. Those were the days. We did seem to learn more and classroom
discipline was a whole lot better. They still measured our progress on
how we did on those evil tests. In fact there was one every Friday.
Hmmm. I don't recall teachers smoking in class or on school grounds, nor
do I recall students being slapped. Of course we had tests, and lots of
them.
The teachers all could smoke in the teacher's lounge and a few
extended that to the classroom. Nobody ever said a word.
My 8th grade social studies (AKA Core) used to bum a smoke off of our
"Jethro" student, a kid from West Virginia who was about 18. They
would both spark up right there in class. The teacher was only about
23-24.

Actually that may have been the best class I had as far as learning
anything. The algebra teacher was some old crone who just droned on
and on with virtually zero interaction with the class. I think about a
third of the class was really not getting the material. I know it
baffled me and in summer school it seemed easy. The teacher (in the
private school) actually made some effort to help us understand
instead of just making it a lecture.

That was my last year in Public school.

I was in public school all the way, K-12. There were plenty of "prep"
and parochial schools in New Haven and in Connecticut, of course. Some
of the "snooty" kids went to the fancier prep high schools.

The school I went to (Woodward) was a mix of kids trying to stay out
of reform school and the rich and famous. Chris Dodd was there,
punching up his transcript I suppose, since it doesn't show on his
bio.

It could be because his handlers said he should not list a school
where the most famous graduate was L Ron Hubbard ;-)

The thing I liked about it was few of the teachers were actually
career teachers. They were usually on their way up the food chain or
they were retired from something else.
It gave us a more rounded view on things.
My math teacher taught math and engineering at West Point. The
chemistry teacher was a PhD chemist, retired from a number of federal
government lab operations. USDA, FDA, BADD. (what became BATFE).
The Science teacher was a PhD from Germany, looking for a better gig
here. The latin and ancient history teacher was in law school, having
taught an ancient cultures course at GW and decided he wanted more
from life.
These guys liked it because they might only be teaching a couple
classes a day. The biology teacher was also working on a grant from
NIH doing some kind of study. He taught 2 classes, then he went off to
his real job. He certainly seemed to know a lot of stuff that wasn't
in the book. We were talking about DNA sequencing at a time when most
people had never heard the term,.

I went he

Hillhouse High School
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James Hillhouse High School
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480 Sherman Parkway
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

James Hillhouse Comprehensive High School is the oldest public high
school in New Haven, Connecticut.

Established in 1859 as New Haven High School, Hillhouse High School is
New Haven's oldest public high school. Located on Orange Street, it
adopted its nickname, "The Academics," in acknowledgment of its close
association with Yale University. In 1863, the school was moved to a
building at Orange and Wall streets, which was replaced in 1871 by a new
school. The school is named in honor of James Hillhouse of New Haven,
who represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress in the early years of
the United States' existence as a nation, serving as both a
Representative and a Senator.

For many years, Hillhouse served not only New Haven but also suburban
towns around the city that did not have high schools of their own. Its
peak enrollment was nearly 5,000 students, when the school had to
conduct double sessions to accommodate the large enrollment.

The school includes grades 9 through 12 and enrolls about 979 students.

Hillhouse became involved in athletic competition as early as 1866, when
some boys formed a club to play a sport that is described as having
"resembled rugby and soccer." By 1884, students were participating in
several sports, including modern football, which had been invented by
Walter Camp of New Haven. Team competition in baseball, tennis, ice
hockey, indoor polo and yacht racing also had been established around
this time. Basketball was introduced around the beginning of the 20th
century.

In the school's history, Hillhouse football teams have won 17 state
championships, ranking the school third in the state for football
championships. The boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have a combined
total of more than 25 state championships. The boys’ and girls’ track
teams also have more than 25 state championships between them. The
Academics also have won state championships in baseball, swimming, ice
hockey and tennis.

Among the school's notable alumni a

David Beckerman, founder and CEO of the Starter Clothing Line[4][7]
Albie Booth[5]
Ernest Borgnine, actor[4]
John C. Daniels, mayor of New Haven[5]
Robert Giaimo, U.S. Congressman[5]
Louis Harris, pollster[5]
John Huggins, leader in the Black Panthers
Levi Jackson, first African-American to play football for Yale
University[5]
Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven[5]
Marvin Lender of Lender's Bagels[5]
Floyd Little[4]
Constance Baker Motley[4]
Eugene Pergament, geneticist and 1951 graduate of Hillhouse who has
donated $1 million to the school to fund scholarships for graduates[8]
Maurice Podoloff, first president of the National Basketball
Association[9]
Vincent Scully, architectural historian[5]
Terrell Wilks, sprinter and All American at University of Florida

Johnny Huggins was one of my best buddies. He was a year or two behind
me. Floyd Little was a year ahead of me. Maurice Podoloff was the father
of my father's best buddy. I wasn't aware that Vince Scully
was a graduate.