I think she meant she'd put a hurtin' on the teacher.Huh ?
This is somewhat on topic.
I'd really like to see (but I know it won't happen) an overhaul in the way teachers are educated. Maybe start with teaching colleges, rather than colleges with education majors. Then more practicum opportunities, and more time with master teachers. Becoming a teacher should, in my opinion, be something akin to becoming a doctor. It shouldn't be something that a person should just go into because they don't know what else to do. Becoming a teacher needs to be a more difficult thing to do, to weed out people who aren't really into it. I think that will raise the respect level for teachers, as I think as a group of professionals, teachers aren't really treated the way they should be (not that this guy should be treated well, he's an idiot). But I really do feel that if more respect were added into the job title (respect from both those seeking the job and those in the community), you'll see a better group of incoming teachers and an improvement in student education.
This is just my opinion. I don't know how old this "loser" guy is, but I have seen some examples of lack of professionalism in the new teachers in my own school district. Nothing major, but little things that make you scratch your head.
My son (mentioned in an earlier post) who got the negative messages written on his math papers had tested FOUR grade levels above 6th grade.....but they stuck him in a "regular" math class because, apparently, to pass the LEAP test in Louisiana, a child must be able to write his answers down with sentences, instead of just writing "20,978." Like this: When I add 2 to the number 20, 976, the answer is 20,978." "Regular" in his school really amounted to "Dummy Class" because so many of the students were far behind grade level.
My poor kid had been doing algebra at home, and he was stuck in a 6th grade class with a teacher who was WAY past her prime and who held a grudge against home-schoolers. She'd write things like "Let's see if algebra helps you now!" and "oh, even a three year old could write a better sentence."
I guess it is pretty obvious by now that I absolutely hate the public school system. Apologies to those who give a care and try to do their best in the system, but nothing I have seen in a public school can come close to comparing with an education.
This is somewhat on topic.
I'd really like to see (but I know it won't happen) an overhaul in the way teachers are educated. Maybe start with teaching colleges, rather than colleges with education majors. Then more practicum opportunities, and more time with master teachers. Becoming a teacher should, in my opinion, be something akin to becoming a doctor. It shouldn't be something that a person should just go into because they don't know what else to do. Becoming a teacher needs to be a more difficult thing to do, to weed out people who aren't really into it. I think that will raise the respect level for teachers, as I think as a group of professionals, teachers aren't really treated the way they should be (not that this guy should be treated well, he's an idiot). But I really do feel that if more respect were added into the job title (respect from both those seeking the job and those in the community), you'll see a better group of incoming teachers and an improvement in student education.
This is just my opinion. I don't know how old this "loser" guy is, but I have seen some examples of lack of professionalism in the new teachers in my own school district. Nothing major, but little things that make you scratch your head.
I don't want to sound like I'm defending anybody. It is definitely not okay to roll your eyes at a student or tell them to "get a life." But, and I'm not saying this is the case, I'm just throwing it out there, sometimes I have students say something happened that didn't happen. Not because they are lying, but because sometimes there are 20 kids talking to you at once (like right before the bell rings), and you might be talking to one person, but another person thinks you are talking to them. For example, my last period class is usually pretty wild. They've had a whole day of eating sugar and drinking caffeine, and they are wired. So when they come in I'll have students come up to me to ask me things ("Can I go to the bathroom? I this due today? Can I have an extension?), and students telling me things ("Guess what happened this weekend? Hey, it's my birthday!"), and sometimes the conversations get mixed-up and somebody will think I answered their question, when I really was talking to somebody else.
Does that make sense? Regardless, I don't think a teacher should be telling any student to "get a life," but I just thought I'd throw that out there.
I agree that I'm sure that sometimes happens.
But, in this case, it was not the wronged child who told me the story.
It was my DD. And, she was VERY upset about it. She teared up while telling me about it.
She saw it. She saw him turn red and look like he was about to cry.
She heard the other students laugh at him.
She is very tender hearted and she has a great deal of compassion towards people.
I also had issues with this teacher. She was a very rude, mean spirited person who had no reason to be in that classroom. It was one of those things that make you thankful when summer comes around.
A 5th grade teacher should not be that way.
An Enka Middle School teacher has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into a complaint from a parent who says he wrote loser on her childs paper.
I am ok with suspension IF the teacher in question is forced to reevaluate his methods, perhaps some sort of new training. I am all for second chances but the teacher needs to go if it happens again.