A Parent Who Is Home Schooling Thanks Teachers

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1. ira shor says:

   March 20, 2020 at 10:22 am

   Walk a mile in their shoes.

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2. Mamie Krupczak Allegretti says:

   March 20, 2020 at 10:29 am

   Oh, at least you only have 2 kids! Imagine having a class of 30+ for the whole day!

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3. Bob Shepherd says:

   March 20, 2020 at 10:50 am

   Anybody out there watching the daily Trump Cheerleading Rallies from the Situation Room? Embarrassing, aren’t they? A minute of information. Half an hour of stroking of the orange buffoon.

   And IQ45 seems to have banned Fauci from the briefs because the doctor doesn’t sufficiently kowtow to Trump’s miraculously disappearing virus and magic elixir claims.

   The Guy Who Plays Vice President on TV Addresses What IQ45 Calls the Corona Flu or Cold or Whatever

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     March 20, 2020 at 10:55 am

     A friend of mine says she is afraid her daughter will have her Baker Acted for screaming at Trump on television.

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   • Laura H. Chapman says:

     March 20, 2020 at 4:19 pm

     I watched rump and his toadies give him too much credit for the non-delivery of essential personal protective equipment and ventilators.
     I watched him claim he has a great system of addressing this invisible threat compared to the one he inherited.
     I saw and heard him contradict the MD who invoked science to reduce expectation that trials of a medication would bring some miracle soon.
     I heard the rump claiming that this own personal “feelings” about the promise of a drug for malaria were wiser and better and offered more hope than the expert on medical trials.
     I was heartsick about that circus that ended with another broadside attack on the press.
     That included a totally unwarranted finger pointing and tongue lashing of a specific member of the press.
     The whole affair was a confusing mess with a few moments of clarity…but far more self-congratulations from “its all about me” rump.

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       March 20, 2020 at 7:13 pm

       I don’t know how anyone, Laura, can watch these performances without being disgusted.

   • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

     March 20, 2020 at 4:41 pm

     A slight revision to one sentence from four words to an even eight, please: “A minute of misleading and often fake information.”

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       March 20, 2020 at 7:15 pm

       Well, occasionally he lets one of the doctors talk for a moment before cutting the doctor off to contradict him or her and offer his own more expert opinion.

     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 8:42 pm

       Yea, Mr. tRump Roast brags about his gut all the time and there’s a lot to brag about, but not what he is claiming about his hunches – that have failed him to the tune of a couple of billion dollars over the decades. But his illegal hunch about laundering money for the Russians and the House of Saud paid off, didn’t it?

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       March 20, 2020 at 8:48 pm

       He claims to be 6’3″ and 237 lbs. LOL.

       Yup. Money laundering for Russian mobsters seems to be an excellent way to compensate for running an inherited fortune into bankruptcy.

     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 8:55 pm

       Trump also collected $800 billion in subsidies to help him build his gambling empire that was his biggest failure, and his several bankruptcies cost US banks another billion. I wonder how much he lost from all of his failed ventures: Trump Steak, Trump Airlines, Trump Wine, Trump Water, et al.

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       March 20, 2020 at 9:31 pm

       A very good book could be written about his career. It could be called, What Not to Do: Lessons from the Worst Businessman in the History of the World.

     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 10:03 pm

       Another book could be: What Not to Do if You were President of the United States.

       Have you heard of “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. ( for Jabba the Nut) Trump’s Testing of America” by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig.

       “This taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date.”
       – Dwight Garner, The New York Times

       Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump’s unique presidency with shocking new reporting and insight into its implications.

       … “This peerless and gripping narrative reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished and exposes how decision making in his administration has been driven by a reflexive logic of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement – but a logic nonetheless. This is the story of how an unparalleled president has scrambled to survive and tested the strength of America’s democracy and its common heart as a nation.”
     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 8:56 pm

       Sorry, not $800 billion but $800 million in subsidies.

4. Bob Shepherd says:

   March 20, 2020 at 10:56 am

   HA

   Darned right!

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5. RageAgainstTheTestocracy says:

   March 20, 2020 at 11:06 am

   One hour?
   MS and HS teachers cover (6 x 180ish) about 1,000 class periods per school year which means meeting the academic and social needs of 20,000+ student interactions along with their individual and collective personalities/moods. This daily slog is both exhilarating and exhausting. One of the few silver linings in this very black cloud may be a renewed appreciation for public schools and their teachers.

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6. GregB says:

   March 20, 2020 at 11:35 am

   I’ve always said, the younger the student, the better the teacher has to be. Nothing is easier than teaching grad students and in K-12, nothing is easier than teaching 12th grade. I base this on my memory of the short time I taught, at various times, 6-12. A number of years ago I was enlisted to do some Junior Achievement lessons for my son’s 1st grade class. I still have PTSD flashbacks to this day.

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   • retired teacher says:

     March 20, 2020 at 11:50 am

     Kindergarten teachers often say that their job is like “herding cats.”

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     • ciedie aech says:

       March 20, 2020 at 1:21 pm

       and middle school teachers will often say that their job is like “herding chickens…” 🙂

   • flos56 says:

     March 20, 2020 at 10:14 pm

     When I taught library to elementary students, I called it a dog and pony show – I had to find a way to entertain them while also teaching a skill. Luckily they were only there forty five minutes before the next group showed up.

     Middle School was more challenging, They preferred to be left alone to go on the computer or talk with their friends. Teaching anything was a real struggle.

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     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 10:48 pm

       I started teaching 5th grade in 1975. A few years later, I moved up to a middle school and it was like I was teaching high voltage power lines that were flopping around spewing sparks in all directions. In the last 16 years, I taught high school and after 9th grade, the sparks seemed to slowly diminish as an early form of maturity started to set in. Working with 10th to 12th graders was wonderful. Most of them had tamed the wild sparks.

     • flos56 says:

       March 20, 2020 at 10:59 pm

       I always thought they should put seventh graders on a desert islands to be picked up when they were in eighth grade.

     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       March 20, 2020 at 11:13 pm

       It takes a teacher.

       William Golding’s father was the schoolmaster of a grammar school. In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel “Lord of the Flies”.

7. Stewart says:

   March 20, 2020 at 12:08 pm

   The quote is originally from Shonda Rhimes, the writer and producer of “Grey’s Anatomy”, who tweeted it out on March 16. It a sign of what a lot of parents are about to understand and hopefully we can see a new respect for teachers born of the realization.

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8. flos56 says:

   March 20, 2020 at 10:08 pm

   I’m “home schooling” my six year old grandson. It took awhile to convince him that, yes, I was now his teacher and that school was in session for an hour and a half to two hours a day. It helps that the teachers sent home work sheets and apps to use, plus I had some workbooks lying around the house. Library consists of story time, plus we have art, music, and “gym” depending on his attention span. So far, so good (I also bring a snack).

   My other grandson who is nine, is self motivated and enjoys doing the work on his own while his mom works from home. When we get together he likes to play “research” – looking up information on select topics on my iPad.

   That’s what makes teaching tough, each student has different needs, works at different paces, and is interested in different things, yet they have to teach all of them at once.

   My empathy goes out to parents trying to help resistant children. That’s why I never home schooled my son (who begged to stay home). His idea of school at home was playing video games all day. My advice, establish a routine and stick to it, hoping that their children buy in to the whole idea.

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9. George Peterman says:

   March 21, 2020 at 9:51 am

   Home schooling is going well. Two students have been suspended for fighting. One teacher has been fired for drinking on the job.

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   • retiredbutmissthekids says:

     March 22, 2020 at 12:15 am

     Great comment!
     This would make a good cartoon, Robert Rendo!

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