From: dangerous@telus.net   
      
   Our education system is lacking with so much .....I do feel for the   
   teachers.   
   Especially the ones who care...and not all do.   
   Then they have the parents crying about their poor little babies who   
   shouldn't   
   have to follow the rules like  the other children.   
   I taught computers to elementary students (volunteer work). So I have seen   
   both sides.   
   I have been close to teachers as well as not cared for  some.   
   I have gone over heads ,to school boards and wrote to local papers.   
   I have watched Principle 's mumble under their breathe as they   
   watched THIS mother once again at their office.   
      
   So much is changing in school with our world changing.   
   I just hope they get it right........   
   And there is no  easy solution.   
      
   It is the kids that lose in the long run.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Dora   
   Dangerous with Attitude   
      
   I do it cause I can   
   "Lee H."  wrote in message   
   news:v5e612hkiuiu9jgt35c6vorvkkekinm23d@4ax.com...   
   > On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:01:57 GMT, "Dangerous"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Now Teachers they are a breed of their own.  They want to be classified   
   >> as   
   >>professionals.   
   >>And yet their union never backs other unions  ever but want all  other   
   >>unions and public to   
   >>support them.  They use our precious kids as ransom ....(collateral   
   >>damage)   
   >> I personally do not know anyone who is a member of the teachers union.   
   >>When my kids were young I was about to cross their lines  during one short   
   >>strike, take my kids   
   >>to the school library and instruct them myself.   
   >>Sadly I never got the chance to demonstrate their right to an education,   
   >>paid by our tax dollars.   
   >   
   > Don't get me wound up, Dora!!   
   >   
   > I was married (technically still am) to a very caring, dedicated teacher   
   > who spent hours of her own time every day doing unpaid work.   
   >   
   > Yes, class sizes used to be bigger with no problems.  Everyone overlooks   
   > the fact that, back then when we went to school, most kids were quiet,   
   > attentive and had at least a little respect for authority figures.  Now   
   > classes are filled with noisy, rude, unattentive brats who have been   
   > raised by parents who take no responsibility for their kids and treat   
   > schools as babysitting services.  These are the same parents that let   
   > their kids watch gross movies or play video games 'til all hours and let   
   > their kids get too full of their own importance.  Teachers no longer   
   > have any authority, can't discipline without parents coming down like a   
   > ton of bricks because whatever happens just "has" to be the teacher's   
   > fault--a teacher will usually get little support from supervisors who   
   > are hired by school boards made up of these same parents!  Teachers are   
   > discouraged from failing kids who can't or won't work (can't upset   
   > little lazy, snot-nosed, rude, ignorant Johnny's self-esteem, you   
   > know!).  My wife taught primary grades for nigh-on thirty years.  Every   
   > single year standards have been lowered so more kids can meet them.   
   > Every year, kids move on to the next grade knowing less than the   
   > previous year's class.  Special-needs kids have been mainstreamed into a   
   > lot of classes without enough teacher's aids--some special needs kids   
   > can take up most of a teacher's class time.  Parents will take their   
   > kids out of school for whatever reason and expect the teacher to make up   
   > the lost time.  Parents continuously send sick kids to school, knowing   
   > full well they will pass on their cold, flu or whatever to everyone   
   > else.   
   >   
   > Often, the kids who are there to learn and are prepared to work are put   
   > on the back burner simply because of the fact that they are quiet and   
   > not disruptive.   
   >   
   > My wife gets so frustrated and upset sometimes, she's almost in tears.   
   > She loved teaching and put her all into it for twenty years (to the cost   
   > of her family!)--now she's had it and just can't wait to retire.   
   >   
   > I am amazed at how much more my parents learned in school than our   
   > generation did, and disgusted at how much less my kids know.  I am   
   > afraid for my grandchildren.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   >   
   > Lee H. in beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada!   
   >   
   > This life is a test.  It is only a test.  Had this been an actual life,   
   > you   
   > would have received further instructions as to what to do and where to go.   
      
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