Unfortunately it's the parents job that you are getting the teachers to do. The bar is being lowered for the parents not the kids, but the kids are the one who suffer.
Just like it was for their parents when they were put in the same situation. This stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum, and the more you cater to it the lower the bar gets.
You got it! How do you think it was that this "single mom working two jobs" ended up in her position? Hard work and sacrifice? Or just doing the required minimum to survive, and not paying attention? And if she was illiterate as well who's fault is that, her teachers? Her parents? Where does it stop? And who has to pick up the peices for your illiterate single mom? According to you it's the teacher? I agree that there are lazy teachers; hell there are lazy jerks in every profession, but something as fundamental as reading? Yeah, thats the parents responsibility. It's the teachers job to teach, but it's the parents job to make sure the children have the capacity to learn. And lack of a gov't mandate ("it's your job, not mine!") is no excuse.
I really hope you are wrong, and I would hope that the teachers aren't so spineless as to take that kind of guff. But back to my main point, the laziness is for the most part falling on the parent and not the teacher.
Children are at school to learn, this is true. But there are prerequisites for children before attending. They need to be potty trained, they should know their ABC's, their shapes and colors, and yes it's the parents responsibility to teach these things. The school system isn't expected to raise your children for you. I am teaching my daughter to read (she is not yet 5), and although she is ahead of most of her peers I would expect that when it becomes time to read in school (first grade, I believe), the ones that are unable to read will have their parents contacted to asses why they stopped teaching their children.
You mean like pro vs business? Is anyone a "Windows Pro" in their spare time? Reminds me of those old gum commercials: I'm a windows PRO. But at my business? It's not allowed. That's why I enjoy the fresh taste of wrigleys!
To be clear, this has nothing to do with child porn. This is a law intended to distract the public from real issues and generate new revenue streams for politicians and their allies
This get out of contract free stuff happens roughly twice a year, and is mentioned extensively on appropriate sites. I am having a very hard time understanding how this is appropriate slashdot material.
That being said, I have never had a problem with sprint, and with the SERO plan, my bill is roughly the same as what I paid back in 1998.
Dishes are allowed because someone paid the FCC to enforce the right to install one. If you can come up with a solar panel that generates ad based revenues and is steeped with kickbacks and non-compete contracts, someone will pay the FCC to enforce the right to install those on your moms roof too.
PBS is great and should continue to be able to deliver their service free of charge
But we can't do it without your help. PBS relies on your donations to keep on the air, and if you aren't donating, that's the same as stealing! If you watch even one second of PBS and don't contribute, you're a thief. A common thief!
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Getting the teachers to do their job
Unfortunately it's the parents job that you are getting the teachers to do. The bar is being lowered for the parents not the kids, but the kids are the one who suffer.
Just like it was for their parents when they were put in the same situation. This stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum, and the more you cater to it the lower the bar gets.
You got it! How do you think it was that this "single mom working two jobs" ended up in her position? Hard work and sacrifice? Or just doing the required minimum to survive, and not paying attention? And if she was illiterate as well who's fault is that, her teachers? Her parents? Where does it stop? And who has to pick up the peices for your illiterate single mom? According to you it's the teacher? I agree that there are lazy teachers; hell there are lazy jerks in every profession, but something as fundamental as reading? Yeah, thats the parents responsibility. It's the teachers job to teach, but it's the parents job to make sure the children have the capacity to learn. And lack of a gov't mandate ("it's your job, not mine!") is no excuse.
I really hope you are wrong, and I would hope that the teachers aren't so spineless as to take that kind of guff. But back to my main point, the laziness is for the most part falling on the parent and not the teacher.
Children are at school to learn, this is true. But there are prerequisites for children before attending. They need to be potty trained, they should know their ABC's, their shapes and colors, and yes it's the parents responsibility to teach these things. The school system isn't expected to raise your children for you. I am teaching my daughter to read (she is not yet 5), and although she is ahead of most of her peers I would expect that when it becomes time to read in school (first grade, I believe), the ones that are unable to read will have their parents contacted to asses why they stopped teaching their children.
Your sig is wrong it wasn't safe at all! :(
Considering the way lazy teachers use a diagnosis of dyslexia as an excuse for not doing their job and teaching all their students to read,
I hate to be that guy, but it really is the parents responsibility to teach their children how to read.
You mean like pro vs business? Is anyone a "Windows Pro" in their spare time? Reminds me of those old gum commercials: I'm a windows PRO. But at my business? It's not allowed. That's why I enjoy the fresh taste of wrigleys!
ok, no more /. while drinking, I promise.
He did, unfortunately there is a patten on that word.
To be clear, this has nothing to do with child porn. This is a law intended to distract the public from real issues and generate new revenue streams for politicians and their allies
there, fixed that for you.
This get out of contract free stuff happens roughly twice a year, and is mentioned extensively on appropriate sites. I am having a very hard time understanding how this is appropriate slashdot material.
That being said, I have never had a problem with sprint, and with the SERO plan, my bill is roughly the same as what I paid back in 1998.
I can hallucinate using just a radio and a ping pong ball
Dishes are allowed because someone paid the FCC to enforce the right to install one. If you can come up with a solar panel that generates ad based revenues and is steeped with kickbacks and non-compete contracts, someone will pay the FCC to enforce the right to install those on your moms roof too.
the tiny toons reference was a reference to looney toons, which was a reference to Of Mice and Men. Now queue the star and in 3 2 1
"The more you know"
They've been suffering from corporate AD&D since Hawkins returned.
They're trying to cast magic missile?
no, none of those things.
PBS is great and should continue to be able to deliver their service free of charge
But we can't do it without your help. PBS relies on your donations to keep on the air, and if you aren't donating, that's the same as stealing! If you watch even one second of PBS and don't contribute, you're a thief. A common thief!
That sounds more dangerous; because now my buddy is going to have a blank phone when we go out drinking tonight.
hidden in 500 adds. That site just made my blacklist.
I often wonder what happened to him, and if there was anything else I could have done to help him.
You could have stopped the radioactive gas...
The problem is that most users are stuck on number 5.
That actually sounds like the premise for a really fun game. Sort of like a first person "AI coming of age" rpg.
Only so much room on the table, and the pizza arrived?
Now if only we could take the power away from the federal entities and put it into local government where it belongs.
Lack of studies != disproof of statement