Stupid Teacher - Freeze-Frame Radio

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Stupid Teacher

garougal · Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult

Wow, that is indescribably disgusting - authority is more important than accurate education? How archaic.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

that teacher sounds like a nun. I bet its a nun.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

If it was a nun, he woulda got a crack across the knuckles with a ruler. The teacher should have been fired on the spot. The kid might have been being disrespectful, but sounds like the teacher wasn't all that deserving of respect.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

i think it's funny, in a pathetic sort of way, that she was stupid enough to write the note as she did and send it home.

sounds typical...

jake had a friend whose teacher engaged the class in a discussion about the current presidential election, and when he didn't agree with her point of view, she used the "disrespectful" card and sent him to the office...

Pambo · Waiting To Be Widowed

My daughter got into an argument with a teacher when he gave a lecture on how one cannot have morals unless one goes to church.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Those two instances just speak to the saying of not discussing politics or religion. While I know that it can be a good discussion, everyone is entitled to an opinion and I have a hard time dealing with those people who can only see one way, their way and there is no room for discussion.

Pambo · Waiting To Be Widowed

I think you can discuss religion & politics in the classroom if it's done from an objective standpoint. I just don't think a teacher should necessarily give one specific side of any argument. Kids are there to learn how to learn & more importantly, how to think. One cannot think things through if one only receives one side of an argument.

I believe that applies to raising kids as well. I don't give just my personal point of view on any topic. I try to educate my kids on many points of view.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I vividly remember having to explain to my kids about "agreeing to disagree" politely. Their bio-mother and step-father were big on "my point of view is the only one". I think I was the first person to ever say to them that they are entitled to their own opinions about things.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

a couple years ago, jake had an assignment to write a resume for what they wanted to do when they finished school. it had to have legitimate schools, and places of employment, etc... he told his teacher he was going to be a professional skateboarder, and she told him he couldn't do that; he couldn't be that, it had to be something like a teacher, or a doctor or banker... they went round and round about there being no place to get an education for skateboarding, etc... he did his research and ended up writing a skateboarders resume and she made sure she checked his sources, and although there were only two gramar errors, she gave him a "c"...

what happened to the days when teachers told their students they could be whatever they wanted to be when they grow up?

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

And I certainly don't remember any encouragement.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

when i was 5 i wanted to be a giraffe...

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I have no problem with kids wanting to be whatever they want. They are children and that is the way they are supposed to think. They don't know that much at a young age. They need to grow and learn. Eventually we all know that Jake is not going to be a professional skateboarder. Even the teacher knows it. You let them go with creativity. Reality will smack them in the face soon enough.

At some point when I was kid, I think I remember wanting to be a farmer. I think I grew out of that and wanted to maybe be a vet. That eventually changed and sort of led me towards teaching. And here I sit an accountant. weirdface

Strange path now that I look at it.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I wanted to be a waitress in Kindergarten! Then I wanted to be a teacher. Then around 3rd grade through 7th grade, I wanted to be a vet. Then I thought about becoming a writer or an architect, and eventually decided that I wanted to be a graphic designer.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

A graphic designer who write novels in her spare time.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

lol, I guess I didn't do too bad, huh?

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

I'm not doing anything I thought about doing.

Things that crossed my mind:

fashion designer

lawyer

comic book artist

photographer: but I have bad eyes so I never pursued

actress and singer- major stage fright so that didn't seem right

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Hmmmm. I don't see vampire slayer on that list Woo.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

confuzzed wrote:

Hmmmm. I don't see vampire slayer on that list Woo.

lol, well I guess that's not something you really pursue.

It wasn't a choice. You are or you are not wink

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

I wanted to be batman or a dump truck.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up... if I ever do.

ray925 · Darth Raydar

Ha! I'll say that teacher is stupid. He/she doesn't even know it's 2008!

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

man, that teacher is STOOPID!

Pambo · Waiting To Be Widowed

I wanted to be an archaeologist for most of grade school. I was obsesssed with all things dinosaur.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I remember wanting to be like 20 different things when I was really little. As I got older, I had no clue. Then came the magical high school event that the school's guidance councelor assured us all would point us in the right direction for a career... the taking of the ASVAB. I remember very well dude saying that it would narrow down to "a specific category" where your aptitude truly lies. When I got the results back from mine, the feedback I got was that I would be suited to whatever career I chose... the lowest I scored on any of the sections was in the 89th percentile... and that was in "clerical skills".

The funny thing was one of my friends drug me along with her when she went to the local military recruiting office because she was just CERTAIN she was going to go to the Air Force Academy. The recruiter took one look at her scores and started talking infantry training. Then he looked at my scores and quit talking to her all together.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I remember in my senior year, I got a call from one of the military recruiting guys. I know how he expected the conversation to go, he expected to be able to tell me how I can get education for free and on the job training in the military.

But when he asked me, "So what do you want to study in college?" I said, "Graphic design." He said, "Oh. Well, good luck! Bye."

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

In retrospect, I probably should have gone in the Marines instead of going to college. Even Donald acknowledged that I probably would have ended up outranking him if I had. Oh well... perhaps he should have encouraged that sort of thing.

Then again, if I had who knows if I would be here on FFR today... and isn't that really more important?

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Yeah. We are more important. Besides, who would Dylan have to play with if you weren't here?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Hehehehe... true dat! Too many things I like about my life now to wish anything was different.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

The recruiters from the Army, Marines, and Navy call my oldest girl every couple of weeks. She's asked them repeatedly to take her name of their call list, but they won't. So the last time the Army called, she told them she enlisted with the Marines. When the Marines called, she told them she enlisted with the Army. She's waiting for the Navy to call; she says she's going to tell them she's enlisted with the Coast Guard. She thinks by doing this, the recruiters will stop calling her all the time. We'll see if it works or not.