Education
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:59 am
A general catch all thread for non-college discussion.
My wife is working as a student aide in kindergarten (she is there for medical issues, not to teach) at a nearby elementary school and we are learning a ton of shit about the school system and parents.
For example:
A parent recently sent the teacher an email stating (and I'm paraphrasing), "We are a flat Earth family. You don't have to teach it, but if my daughter (or son, I forget) asks if the Earth is flat, you'd better say yes. I will not accept anything else. You do not want to piss me off."
The teacher didn't bother responding.
Another example:
A parent, who happens to be a professor at a college, emailed the teacher stating (and I'm paraphrasing), "You recently taught the subject of our solar system and I did not like that you referred to the sun as a giant ball of fire. The sun is actually...very long scientific breakdown of the chemical composition of the sun and various reactions taking place within...I would appreciate it if you would teach your students properly and not just call the sun a fireball."
The teacher emailed back explaining this is kindergarten, and anything beyond "fireball" is way too advanced for them. Most of the kids can't read, they're learning to write, and one can't even talk.
Some of the teachers are complete shit as well:
The music teacher is a young woman who, all the adults exposed to her believe, hates kids. Her music class for the first 60% of the year involved HER singing, and if the kids tried to sing, they'd get yelled at. It also involved lots of coloring. Literally, her classes were 50% her singing then telling the kids to color. Someone must have complained as lately the kids are more involved, but it's still the worst class/teacher the kids see. (I'm glad my kids don't attend that school. Someone's does...)
One sub is used quite often and is so obese that she comes in, parks in one chair, and doesn't move the whole day. She just lets the kids do whatever they want and she's too fat to do anything.
Another recent sub is a 55 year old woman who had to google the differences in a full, half, and crescent moon. She had no idea.
My wife is working as a student aide in kindergarten (she is there for medical issues, not to teach) at a nearby elementary school and we are learning a ton of shit about the school system and parents.
For example:
A parent recently sent the teacher an email stating (and I'm paraphrasing), "We are a flat Earth family. You don't have to teach it, but if my daughter (or son, I forget) asks if the Earth is flat, you'd better say yes. I will not accept anything else. You do not want to piss me off."
The teacher didn't bother responding.
Another example:
A parent, who happens to be a professor at a college, emailed the teacher stating (and I'm paraphrasing), "You recently taught the subject of our solar system and I did not like that you referred to the sun as a giant ball of fire. The sun is actually...very long scientific breakdown of the chemical composition of the sun and various reactions taking place within...I would appreciate it if you would teach your students properly and not just call the sun a fireball."
The teacher emailed back explaining this is kindergarten, and anything beyond "fireball" is way too advanced for them. Most of the kids can't read, they're learning to write, and one can't even talk.
Some of the teachers are complete shit as well:
The music teacher is a young woman who, all the adults exposed to her believe, hates kids. Her music class for the first 60% of the year involved HER singing, and if the kids tried to sing, they'd get yelled at. It also involved lots of coloring. Literally, her classes were 50% her singing then telling the kids to color. Someone must have complained as lately the kids are more involved, but it's still the worst class/teacher the kids see. (I'm glad my kids don't attend that school. Someone's does...)
One sub is used quite often and is so obese that she comes in, parks in one chair, and doesn't move the whole day. She just lets the kids do whatever they want and she's too fat to do anything.
Another recent sub is a 55 year old woman who had to google the differences in a full, half, and crescent moon. She had no idea.