Did the ol' battle axes I had for teachers all the way thru grade shool kick the bucket yet? Do they ever?
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I think they are rotating them around to the different schools so that no one will know that they are actually aliens from the planet Zenon commisioned by our government to torture and torment the young into submission. These creatures actually do not have a face but must paint it on every morning in an attempt to look human but obviously fail. These beasts may live to be 1,000 years old and feed on cats and oat bran. Many usually raise or capture their own cats but there are many "cat ladies" (also aliens) that raise them for sale to such beings. \n\nCurrently the government denies such activity but activist groups such as MAAT (Mothers Against Alien Teachers) are working round the clock to bring to light this insideous plot against our youth and Americans in general. Althought MAAT works in secrecy you can help the movement by being alert and watchful for the aliens. Any "person" holding a ruler, wearing glasses, having beehive haircuts, and having the indicitive "chicken skin" neck tissue is most likely a Zenon alien. They also may or may not have and hair on their chins or in their noses and ears...Usually though if you notice these last few indicators it's too late...
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I think these days, teachers are being forced to "teach towards the test" only.  In my state specifically, being an intellectually well-rounded student means nothing as long as your state test scores look good.  Previously, students were learning to successfully function in society, as well as to do well on tests, but the inverse seems to be in practice today.  No one is teaching courtesy, chivalry, or common sense to kids these days, which I think are imperative to becoming good citizens.  Teachers, in my opinion, are really getting a raw deal now.  Reproaching students by calling parents or punishing them doesn't seem to be working either.  OK, getting back to the teaching topic... one excellent teaching technique is to become as personable with students as possible.  That, in turn, will give students an initiative to learn.  I have had some horrible experiences with teachers that just don't care and have expressed this to students.  I definitely think that teachers these days are on the defensive and this a stark contrast from 20 years ago when the teacher acted more like a second mother to students than a disciplinarian only.
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School rocks...hehe, not really!
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that's why there called "teacher" in watpatous it Meens "big bad mean old lady" ha ha \nOK well maby not. but some teachers just like to pick on people, maby you remind her of some one that she duz not like? idk \nbut if she gets all pissy just for nothing then i would try talking to her about it.
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I had an art teacher in high school who was hit three times in her life. I'm not lying and I'm pretty sure she wasn't either. I know one of them happened at school. She was crazy.
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None on the way to school,but when I got there ,I found at LEAST 30 rotting corpses ! Wait a minute...those were Teachers ! :o)
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they are definently crazy. one teacher at my school dressed up as a bat (wings and all) for no apparant reason and "flew" down the hall way. she even made whooshing noises
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listen to me DO NOT FIGHT!!!\nTell your school officer or deans, principal w/e. \nignore them , they are just immature and really bored.
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It doen's really matter.  Your teacher witll fail you for supporting the right to carry arms........because teachers by nature are failures......those who can do......those who can't teach.  Very few exceptions.  To all the teachers I offended.  Email me at petemc67 at yahoo dot com and I will tell you the same.
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my first fight was between me and the school bully. He called some names and I realized that I was bigger than him. He got a couple of bruises because I swept the floor with him (not literally). After the fight, all of my friends at the locker room congratulated me at lunch.
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power goes to their head !!!!! we had a chemistry teacher in our very last semester of nursing school,who made it so hard (more than u ever use in actual nursing) that everyones average grade fell,most of us barely passed her class- and i had been on high honour roll for 4 years !!! she laughingly told us she liked to take everyone down a peg or two before we graduated.i got by,as my other grades were gr8,but for some,it put them in real jeapordy. i thought that was just plain mean and spiteful.she was a drinker,maybe that had something to do with it.amazing what u can get away with,once u have tenure !!!!
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I do.  At my old school your parents had to sign a consent form and if your parents said it was okay then the teachers could paddle you with a witness present.  When I was in 6th grade I told some kid where to stick, in other terms (cursing) and for that I was paddled.  I deserved it and so do most of today's kids.  Ya know what?  When angry now I don't curse at people.  It taught me a lesson.
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I am still in school! What is that shit! Anyway, there are nice teachers who do their job well and try not to show favoritism, just as there are teachers who do not. High school teachers are generally not as open as Middle school teachers.
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I'm not a teacher but I've got a few as a student.  Once, when I was in 7th grade, my english teacher Mrs. Salisbury (If you see this email me!! haha) Was teaching us about Huckelberry Finn.  And after reading I think it was the section where he tricks the other kids in to paying him to let them whitewash the fence, she stood up in front of the class (And mind you, she was a very prim and proper woman.) and says "Alrignt, now how did F*ck Hinn ...." and naturally stopped there as the entire class went into hysterics.  I don't think we got much accomplished after that for the rest of the day lol\n-Duo
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wow! that was crazy!!!!! i had a kid in my 3rd grade class named sebastian, he was a troublemaker and he moved....maybe he moved there!
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I understand your frustration.  I have taught high school for 8 years and it is very discouraging at times to see the situations that exist in the classroom.  First of all, there is a mandate that Special Education students be mainstreamed into the general classroom population.  I have had a class of 34 students with 9 Spec. Ed. students (this is becoming more and more typical).  There are supposed to be teacher's aides to help in classes like that, but school budgets are spent so unwisely, at times, that there is no money for a teacher's aide for every teacher with a significant amount of Spec. Ed. students (who either have a learning disability, a behavioral disability, or an emotional disability).  This leaves the teacher and the students at a disadvantage.  Teachers now use more time on class management than on class instruction.  And, it's not just because of Spec. Ed. students.  For some reason many students like to "dumb down" on their own as to not be ridiculed by their peers for being too smart, a nerd, or a "lame".  School administration look at teachers with disdain and often let go of teachers with too high of a failure rate, so many teachers, when presented with a class or classes that do not produce on the expected level then create a curriculum that they feel the students have a chance to pass, even if it does not prepare a student to be on level.  Our educational system is in deep need of reforms that work, not just reforms that look good on paper but have no substance or effectiveness in the classroom or to the students.  I try to prepare students for high school and beyond, whether they are college bound, interested in vocational training, or ready to work once they graduate.  Teaching is a many tiered profession (teacher, counselor, mentor) if children are to be educated properly.  I worry about the same things you do, but I also know that the big decisions about education often do not rest upon  teachers' shoulders, but on an administration that is often too long out of the classroom to remember or know the things that work and the things that do not.  I only hope that it gets better before it continues getting worse.
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If you mean be strict right off the bat, I would say it works. Of course, there will almost always be one or 2 kids who will probably challenge you. Those are the ones that usually end up respecting the teacher/ adult the most. That's my experience anyway...And there are some kids who will never respect certain adults for their own reasons.