I have heard stories that the bureaucracy at schools is fat with administrators making $100k + salaries - any truth to that?
Also, what's your opinion of school uniforms - doesn;t it level the playing field and remove some of the competition about who has the best shoes or newest clothes? re the kids from the cattle family - I knew a family in SC who owned their own business. They used to do their sons homework for him or get his sister to do it!! He could barely read and when asked about him needing basic skills later they said he;d inherit the business and only needed to know how to run that business. Sad they had such low expectations. There's some strange people out there - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . ----- Original Message ----- From: "LWB250" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] how the world has changed >I taught in a local (rural/suburban) high school last > semester, and to say that things are adversarial when > it comes to students and parents is putting it mildly. > > I had a kid who was from a very well known and > prominent cattle ranching family. It's clear that the > student in question was not going to college and most > likely would live out their life on the ranch, taken > care of by mom and dad until they cacked and left he > and his siblings the ranch. > > They would come in to class on a daily basis and > either be disruptive or just put their head on his > desk ("I'm not going to work today.") While that was > probably the best thing, since having them sleep kept > them from being disruptive, it set a precedent that > would cause me problems with other students. > > I would take them out of class, call mom, and explain > the situation. Mom would talk to them, they would be > compliant, and the next day the cycle would repeat > itself. > > Back in the day, if our teacher called home like this > we would probably expect a major @ss-kicking. In this > day in age it's clear that for most kids there are no > expectations of civility or respect, nor are there > consequences for such behaviors. I think that's the > one thing that p#sses me off the most as a teacher. > If I expect my students to comply with the rules and > they don't, there is little or nothing I can do about > it, and if I do, I risk getting a nasty phone call > from home. So I tolerate it, unless I get an > administrator that I know will back me up. > > MacDan > > --- Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i'm still friends with one of my teachers from high >> school. he is still >> teaching. he says it's a whole different day today >> where he really has to >> watch everything he says and does as the kids go >> home and tell their parents >> everything and the parents then come in and >> terrorize the administrators. >> in our day, you were really expected to settle your >> own affairs. if you had >> an issue with a teacher, you dealt with it yourself >> as the teacher did if he >> had an issue with you. >> >> today, children are unable to settle their own >> affairs on any level. they >> just complain all day screaming for constant adult >> intervention. what is >> this about? some kind of feminization of society >> perhaps? > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.9/1198 - Release Date: > 12/26/2007 5:26 PM > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
