Reason #1 to home school your kids.
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Reason #1 to home school your kids.
| Thu, 11-06-2008 - 8:08pm |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEAYgm0Dv8&e
This has got to be one of the most horrid teachers I've ever seen. This clip is from a documentary that was aired in Sweden last night. I feel so sorry for that poor little girl. I hope her mom sees this and that this teacher is fired.






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lol...but I don't think this sort of thing is the motivation behind most homeschooling, although the presence of that kind of person in the classroom could be a contributing factor...
We homeschool our two daughters for many reasons, most of them having nothing to do with the public school system: we like doing things as a family, we like the freedom of not having to follow the school calendar, we're all night owls at least some of the time, we like being able to choose our own interests, we don't think it's appropriate to use time that could be spent learning taking standardized tests, we prefer our own family culture to the authoritarian climate in our local schools, we don't get sick from every disease that other kids bring to school (very important, because one daughter has T1 diabetes), and so forth.
My son started public high school in the ninth grade. He's a senior now and he's had some absolutely wonderful teachers. He's also had some barely educated (though degreed) "professionals" who are a disgrace to the teaching profession. I think the present political climate has made it extraordinarily difficult for schools to attract and retain good teachers; the schools have been scapegoated for the failure of our economic policies for some time now, and politicians who know nothing whatsoever about pedagogy are setting curricula so that we can "compete with the __________" (fill in blank with citizens of any technologically savvy developing nation where we outsource our jobs.)
JMHO...
Edited 11/8/2008 1:27 am ET by muddymessalonskee
Yes, there are bad teachers.
~Ghostwriter, M.A.
And that is bad enough!
Then by all means homeschool your children.
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IMHO the issue is not one of "hiding the truth", but of the WAY the material is presented to students. Our kids have always participated in family discussions (arguments, melees) about politics and current events; and if our kids express opinions that differ from ours, we don't try to smack them down or make them look stupid.
<< I'm glad our school debated honestly and even "voted" on Election Day.>>
That sounds like fun.
The teacher in the video clip RIDICULED the student. It wasn't a debate. She wasn't respectful, she didn't encourage the child to put her point of view in words; she made the child feel bad about things that were beyond the child's control. She lost a wonderful opportunity for showing the students that we can discuss differences of opinion without making personal attacks.
By shunning the sword, the Mennonites are pacifists, although the teacher should not have singled out any child by word or gesture, without that child's permission. (For example, talking to the child before class, saying that the word pacifism was included in the lesson and asking if it was okay to say that Mennonites were pacificists.)
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