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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

But the that's the thing in a "Gaussian Distribution" or a "Bell shaped curve". The dunces who act out will get the beat down mentors to save face--think of them like "pre probation officers"... LOL. And the super geniuses who "they" think can make them lots of money will get "coaches" and "counselors"--think of them like Guantanamo Bay interrogators.

I was LOL at "pre-probation" officers" until I realized that many of the peeps I knew who were "bad" and had mentors also went on to have real probation officers. Food for thought I guess.

So, know that your past formed you to who you are today and you have learned to question (which is a good thing, in some cases). But, you also have to search for your own answered by asking direct questions that can be tested by a process, rather than using "circular logic".
I Can Digg It.

Originally Posted by SummerChild

IASK,
They are out roughly 2 weeks for winter break, 1 week for spring break, then there are at least 5-10 teacher in-service days per year when the kids are not in school, then the usual holidays during the school year. I think that they are out roughly 6 weeks - out of a 9 month year!!! Really, let's be honest, I don't think that the kids are even in school enough to learn what they are supposed to learn. Why are they out of school so much?
When I was in school I would pray for teacher work days! LOL. And if there was a 5% chance of snow I just knew we wouldn't have school the next day. LOL. I know for a fact that it is just not possible for teachers to actually teach a subject in the amount of time they are given. Most teachers teach what is on the test and whatever else they can squeeze in. Macro Econ can not be understood in that little time.
He explained that teachers need training days and those are the in-service days. I'm sorry, teachers can train after work or on the weekend, can't they?
I'm at a job training (that I am completely LOVING! 2 whole weeks in NYC!) now and my job does not start until I get back on campus. They're taking a days off from their jobs to learn how to do their jobs. I know summer break is not all that long, but between summer break and winter break and spring break and weekends you'd think they'd be able to fit in 10 days of training, but I guess not.

In the same vein, teachers are so poorly paid that it is a wonder that *any teachers* care about their jobs.
Yea.
The words extrapolate and disseminate crack me up. Every time I see them I laugh because of a teacher I had who used them all of the time. He was the funniest thing. He was definitely Tangy. He got a student suspended because the kid asked if he was married and then when he answered yes the kid's follow-up question was "To a man or a woman?"

Re acting out in class, he has explained to me that AA boys behave much differently from other boys, and even from AA girls.
SC

Speaking of boys being different form girls... I have always wondered how much of a difference it makes to go to gender specific schools.