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Thank Heavens they caught this terrorist 9th Grader (Original Post) busterbrown Sep 2015 OP
unfortunately handmade34 Sep 2015 #1
When teachers w0nderer Sep 2015 #3
yup handmade34 Sep 2015 #4
Isn’t this more about the State? busterbrown Sep 2015 #5
Fucking idiots. I tried to think of something wittier, but I think this fits. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #2

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. unfortunately
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:40 PM
Sep 2015

we have come to a point when "a School…filled with educators and bright people" is a oxymoron

w0nderer

(1,937 posts)
3. When teachers
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:44 PM
Sep 2015

are forced to stop teaching how to think and how to study, and start teaching for tests and pure rote memorization instead, then this happens after a few years, the good ones quit or give up, and bad ones come in to replace them.

Not saying all teachers are bad, but it seems that they have to buck the system to actually educate students.


handmade34

(22,756 posts)
4. yup
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:55 PM
Sep 2015

got my teacher's license and 1st job in a public school… I didn't last long I know many wonderful teachers and they have the ability to see their way through the system…

I didn't

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
5. Isn’t this more about the State?
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:58 PM
Sep 2015

State govts inundated with really stupid people from city councils to board of education officials to the Gov..

Just Can’t see this happening in Blue States.. But in the current state of conditions in our country..Who Knows?..

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
2. Fucking idiots. I tried to think of something wittier, but I think this fits.
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:41 PM
Sep 2015

Fucking idiots.

How do these morons get through the day without drowning themselves in their coffee cups?

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