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A Shout Out to All the Great Teachers

Photo by radina grancharova I want to give a shout out to all the good teachers that make up our public school system. So often we only hear about or talk about the “bad” seeds. This is especially true in the city where I live, Milwaukee. The school district has a bad reputation. But this past week I have been very impressed with my 17-year-old son’s English teacher who has decided that teaching is about more than just earning a paycheck, it is about inspiring her students. While my son is incredibly smart and never studies for tests, yet gets … Continue reading →

Paying for Your Child’s Bad Behavior in School

What kind of punishment would really hit you where it hurts in regards to paying for your child’s bad behavior in school? British government officials say parents of poorly behaved students are no longer deterred by moves to shame the family name as punishment to get their kids to act properly, so they’ve decided to hit moms and dads where it really hurts—-in their wallets. According to reports, parents in the United Kingdom – whose kids attend state schools – will now be required to sign a contract that promises their children will behave while at school. The government’s new … Continue reading →

Teachers Purchase Fake Degrees

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Each day our media is full of wrongdoing and acts of crime. It always seems to hit harder when the education systems are involved. We hope and expect that our education is one entity that we can keep pure and truthful. However as we all know this is not the case. So far we have discussed various levels of misconduct on the behalf of schoolteachers and staff members. There has been a terrifying faked gun attack on a group of young students. In addition, some college staff members have been in trouble for changing grades in exchange for money. Another … Continue reading →

Teachers Take Pay for Grades

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How important are grades and doing well in school? Apparently making the grade is more important than values and self-respect to some students. In two separate states, students are being accused of paying teachers or school staff for better grades or academic favors. In California at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay area, over 60 people may be charged with giving and accepting gifts in exchange for higher grades. A student employed in the records office at the school broke into the grade system and learned how to change students’ academic records. Some students paid up to $600.00 … Continue reading →

Higher Pay for Subject Taught?

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I came across an article recently that discussed a plan to offer higher salaries to teachers teaching math and science. It is believed that more highly qualified teachers in these two subjects are needed. Fewer persons with math or science degrees choose teaching because of the low pay. They are offer jobs in other professions for more money. In addition to higher pay, the plan also called for scholarships, bonuses, loans, and pay for working in high-risk areas. While I agree that fewer teachers specialize in math or science than any other subject areas, I am not certain that the … Continue reading →

Missing Out

Sometimes students fail to realize that the small things can hurt them. They’ll look at a syllabus or a particular assignment and decide that it isn’t worth their time. Maybe there is an entire aspect of the class they feel they just don’t need to do for whatever reason. It won’t hurt them. They’ll do extra credit. It’ll take too much time for not enough pay off. Who knows. They somehow find a way to justify not participating in one aspect of a course or another and reason that they’re not losing anything at all and, in fact, gaining some … Continue reading →

Do your Homework

The semester has ended, final grades are in, and most students and teachers have successfully traveled (if they are traveling) to their holiday destinations. This does not prevent, however, a steady stream of e-mails and questions like “Why do I have such a low grade in this course” from flooding my inbox. While there are no “stupid questions” (as it is often said) there are questions that you could have answered yourself. So, from the instructor, here’s a tip to making sure the question you ask doesn’t make you look incompetent in the first place. Step #1: Read the syllabus. … Continue reading →

The Value of Clarity & The Abuse of Laziness

As an instructor one of my primary goals is to be clear. I work very hard to be clear. I write long e-mails, give detailed handouts, and include bullet points and pictures. Sometimes this extra work pays off. Sometimes students read what I’ve taken the time to write and successfully answer their own questions, understand the assignment, follow the guidelines, and successfully complete the assignment. Sometimes, however, these students approach me with questions about the assignment. While this would not normally be a problem these students are asking questions that are already answered in the detailed handouts. This is something … Continue reading →

Carnival of Educators -Drama Club Edition

Welcome to the November 17, 2009 edition of carnival of educators. This is the fourth edition of the Carnival of Educators. For those new to carnivals, they are basically blog or column posts that include links to tidbits from dozens of other carnivals. Each week the carnival is hosted at a different blog to spread the wealth and the work around. This weeks edition is the Drama Club edition. In the past two weeks, I have been to numerous homeschool and school productions, and my own kids are in the middle of Tech week for a play scheduled for five … Continue reading →

Would You Allow Your Child to Live in a Co-ed Dorm Room?

Given that I spent my entire freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison holed up in a girls-only dorm affectionately (though, not accurately) known as the “Virgin Vault,” my answer to the question posed in the title of this blog would be a resounding: “HELL NO!” But that’s just me. After all, there’s still a good chance that my precious daughter could end up in a convent, which would make it a moot issue. Regardless of my opinion, the subject of teens living together in the same room at college is as real as it gets for parents of students … Continue reading →