Perhaps the title should have been "To all private school educators".
I respectfully disagree, as parents are educators too. And no, making a difference isn't dependent on the school system, it's dependent on the individual teacher. To which I've had many in a public school system to be thankful for.
Last edited by Curbside Prophet; 07-16-2008 at 09:33 AM.
He sounds like a comedian-preacher-teacher...freaky voice, good message.
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I respectfully disagree, as parents are educators too. And no, making a difference isn't dependent on the school system, it's dependent on the individual teacher. To which I've had many in a public school system to be thankful for.
I agree, depends on the teacher, not the system. Passonate teachers are all over the place, as well as lazy teachers.
Last edited by emily445455; 07-16-2008 at 09:51 AM.
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Mrs. Sosnosky was my first grade teacher. On the last day of first grade, I sat on those cold terrazzo steps and cried because I wasn't going to see Mrs. Sosnosky again - at least all summer. She had taught me to read. (She taught us all to read, but I took it as a personal gift.)
During the summer break, I was so distraught that my mother had to take me to visit Mrs. Sosnosky. (That's when I discovered there was a MR. Sosnosky, but it didn't matter.)
I thought about her every time the subject of great teachers came up - all the way through high school and college and more college after that. I always thought I should go back and visit her, or at least send her a note telling her she was the greatest teacher I ever had and I still loved to read.
It seemed like a good idea, but I just never got around to it until one day, about ten years ago, I was home visiting and I asked my mother if Mrs. Sosnosky was still in town. Turns out she had died just a month or two earlier.
If you have a teacher, or someone else who's had a large positive impact on your life (someone other than Curb) don't wait until they are dead to tell them.
That was beautiful.
I try.
I also don't take things personally when people make comments about teachers. In the last two days I have seen one of the lowest lows in my life followed by one of the highest highs...based solely on how well my kids respected me and responded to my lesson plans. This job is HARD.
And funny...my boyfriend comes home from work at an insurance company, cracks a beer, watches tv, visits friends, etc. Me? I come home and look at lesson plans and activities online and end up turning off the tv to schedule a meeting with a kid's mother because I can't stop worrying about the fact that his writing ability is wayyyyy behind all of his other classmates and I want to volunteer to stay late a couple of days a week in order to sit next to him while he traces letters.
And this is just a SUMMER teaching job.
And Blue, why private school teachers only? Because public school teachers don't make a difference?????
I respectfully disagree, as parents are educators too. And no, making a difference isn't dependent on the school system, it's dependent on the individual teacher. To which I've had many in a public school system to be thankful for.
I have seen first or second year teachers with that much zeal, just a few years later they are like most of the other teachers at their schools or have moved onto other schools that offer more money and have a better student body. The teachers that remained are one of the many reasons parents become educators and homeschool their children.
The areas Ive gone to school in, AK, NC and OR, attract some very tallented public school teachers, but for the most part the best teachers are found in private institutions. Yes there are exceptions.
Only 1 teacher I have had came close to Taylor Mali's enthusiasm, but only with students who showwed promise in physics. He even taught me physics when I had him as my Mountaneering 201 instuctor at the local university at the same time he was my HS physics teacher.
Taylor Mali would be expected to have that much enthusiasm and idealism during the 8 years he taught at a private institution. The tuition, which far exededs the tuition at either of the private schools I attended, at The Browning School would demand the exceptional attitude towards teaching he expounds. For every teacher that meets or excedes his expectations, that is a teacher lost to public education.
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He sounds like a comedian-preacher-teacher...freaky voice, good message.
An exceptionally good message.
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I agree, depends on the teacher, not the system. Passonate teachers are all over the place, as well as lazy teachers.
Niether of the private schools I attended had lazy teachers, the public schools I attended lazy teachers where the norm.
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If you have a teacher, or someone else who's had a large positive impact on your life (someone other than Curb) don't wait until they are dead to tell them.
Allready have, first time the class went over 10,000 feet.
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And Blue, why private school teachers only? Because public school teachers don't make a difference?????
I have never seen or heard of a public school teacher live up to what Taylor Mali preached in his Youtube rant. Do public school teachers make a difference? Yes they do, I have teachers and a university President in my family I have seen it. Do they meet Taylor Mali's standards? No. Also, none of them make $5k+ for an evening and a few hours of class either. Im sure Mr Mali does far better as a poet/lecturer/writer then he ever did actually teaching young minds.
Niether of the private schools I attended had lazy teachers, the public schools I attended lazy teachers where the norm.
I only attended a private Christian school my freshman year of college. I only had a handful of teachers since I only stayed 2 semesters, so I can't really say. The teachers at the public school I'm currently going to are about half and half. All the teachers in my major are very hard-working and really care.
Mrs. Sosnosky was my first grade teacher. On the last day of first grade, I sat on those cold terrazzo steps and cried because I wasn't going to see Mrs. Sosnosky again - at least all summer. She had taught me to read. (She taught us all to read, but I took it as a personal gift.)
During the summer break, I was so distraught that my mother had to take me to visit Mrs. Sosnosky. (That's when I discovered there was a MR. Sosnosky, but it didn't matter.)
I thought about her every time the subject of great teachers came up - all the way through high school and college and more college after that. I always thought I should go back and visit her, or at least send her a note telling her she was the greatest teacher I ever had and I still loved to read.
It seemed like a good idea, but I just never got around to it until one day, about ten years ago, I was home visiting and I asked my mother if Mrs. Sosnosky was still in town. Turns out she had died just a month or two earlier.
If you have a teacher, or someone else who's had a large positive impact on your life (someone other than Curb) don't wait until they are dead to tell them.
Well you big pansy - your first grade teacher and ten years ago? That's the best you can do?
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