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Teacher suspended for being real on her blog.

barc0debaby - 2-16-2011 at 09:43 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_hi_te/us_teacher_suspended_blog

A high school English teacher in suburban Philadelphia who was suspended for a profanity-laced blog in which she called her young charges "disengaged, lazy whiners" is driving a debate by daring to ask: Why are today's students unmotivated — and what's wrong with calling them out?


Lucabrasi - 2-20-2011 at 06:26 AM

I can understand where she is coming from. Hell I work with homeless kids who have NOTHING and I constantly listen to them whine and complain. We give them a free and safe place to stay as well as services to help them get on their feet yet they shit on the organization I work for constantly and say we don't care about them. Shit drives me crazy!! Its got to be a generational thing.

XnMeX - 2-20-2011 at 04:54 PM

Everyone feels entitled to shit nowadays. Like no one should have to actually work for anything. I think todays youth see their "heroes" not having to do anything and don't understand why they would have it any different.

A list of todays "heroes"

Paris Hilton
Kardashians (sp?)
Jersey Shore
A bucket of piss
Etc
Etc...

MikeResist - 2-20-2011 at 04:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by XnMeX
Everyone feels entitled to shit nowadays. Like no one should have to actually work for anything. I think todays youth see their "heroes" not having to do anything and don't understand why they would have it any different.

A list of todays "heroes"

Paris Hilton
Kardashians (sp?)
Jersey Shore
A bucket of piss
Etc
Etc...


You know, I think out of all of those listed above, a bucket of piss would be the most intelligent.

mike_ - 2-20-2011 at 05:42 PM

I've been a junior-high school teacher for the last six years and you wouldn't believe the shit I've seen and heard. Make no mistake, I wouldn't trade any second of it for anything, but still, some of the stuff I see just depresses me.

I'm no expert, but in most of the cases, to me, at least, it starts with the parents. If you are born into a wrong family in a wrong environment, shit's worse than bad genes.

I have a class of my own, 25 kids in total. How many parents do you think show up at monthly parents' meetings at school where I discuss grades, behaviour and stuff? 12, maybe 14. That's 50% of parents who don't give a fuck about their own kids.

Colin - 2-20-2011 at 08:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lucabrasi
Its got to be a generational thing.

Mark Lind - 2-20-2011 at 09:32 PM

This sort of thing is an issue to all sorts of businesses. If you're gonna speak freely about your work then you really should expect someone to find it. That's kind of the point, right? Unfortunately there are consequences and many organizations have policies about this sort of thing.

On the other hand, I hate children.

XnMeX - 2-21-2011 at 08:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mark Lind
This sort of thing is an issue to all sorts of businesses. If you're gonna speak freely about your work then you really should expect someone to find it. That's kind of the point, right? Unfortunately there are consequences and many organizations have policies about this sort of thing.

On the other hand, I hate children.


Exactly, that is why you do what everyone else does and post it anonomously!

Discipline - 2-21-2011 at 12:59 PM

Some people don't want to know the truth.

Mark Lind - 2-21-2011 at 01:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Discipline
Some people don't want to know the truth.


Discipline - 2-21-2011 at 02:29 PM

I tried to, but I couldn't handle the truth.