tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2560096540111889808..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Quite Possibly the Stupidest Thing To Come Out of the US DOEPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-23166291481493951102014-08-21T08:41:23.904-04:002014-08-21T08:41:23.904-04:00How DARE these men treat our children this way, an...How DARE these men treat our children this way, and have the audacity to act as if they ... <a href="http://1childrenofmen.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">1childrenofmen.blogspot.com</a><br />Leanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393281557193911048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-2102452429446895172014-06-27T09:10:01.879-04:002014-06-27T09:10:01.879-04:00Let's start a national invite a politician or ...Let's start a national invite a politician or business person to school day so they can see first hand what we know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423176567384217368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62981270521651826452014-06-26T14:21:25.235-04:002014-06-26T14:21:25.235-04:00It is true that kids with disabilities will someti...It is true that kids with disabilities will sometimes do less because you dont expect them to do for themselves, but Im not talking being up to grade level! I had a non verbal autistic student who we were trying to teach to get her coat from her cubby for over a year. She was 9 years old. One day, she was excited to go home and got up, grabbed her coat and her book bag and ran to the door laughing. You can bet we expected that from her and even more after, but no she will never be up to the states standards of a 9 yr old...Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641705354683878044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1651571190234664252014-06-26T01:44:17.606-04:002014-06-26T01:44:17.606-04:00Great blog post sir! No one in TN despises Kevin H...Great blog post sir! No one in TN despises Kevin Huffman more than I do. He is a phallus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yytldVPhY0AAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298139125212245578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62979887877110615172014-06-25T23:00:22.659-04:002014-06-25T23:00:22.659-04:00Please read, sign, and circulate the petition enti...Please read, sign, and circulate the petition entitled: DUMP ARNE DUNCAN. Thank you.<br /><br />Here is the link to the people’s petition to rid the nation’s public school system from this one man disaster: <br /><br />http://www.petition2congress.com/15685/dump-arne-duncan/NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20970539313502077712014-06-25T18:35:33.207-04:002014-06-25T18:35:33.207-04:00The ideas you attribute to Duncan could not possib...The ideas you attribute to Duncan could not possibly have been uttered by anyone but a basketabll-playing buddy of the chief executive. When a CEO favors companionship to competence, the enterprise is in deep do-do. Jerry Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434978785014432120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55322753966561465752014-06-25T17:21:02.764-04:002014-06-25T17:21:02.764-04:00Exactly. I have found that most administrators ha...Exactly. I have found that most administrators have no idea what these students are dealing with. Sometimes even other ESE teachers don't get it if they have only worked with academically capable EBD students. The wide variety within the LD spectrum doesn't help. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12080355510309347815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13218397306464523162014-06-25T14:10:18.946-04:002014-06-25T14:10:18.946-04:00I was thinking the same thing! He has a DISTINCT ...I was thinking the same thing! He has a DISTINCT disability to get a clue!Hannah13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17342866965252996458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-46395074372885114522014-06-25T14:09:18.837-04:002014-06-25T14:09:18.837-04:00What I value most in your posts is the way you hav...What I value most in your posts is the way you have of so precisely expressing the deep frustrations that I feel with every new blow that comes from the D.O.E. Thank you , thank you, thank you for putting into to words the anger I feel at the idiocracy that's blooming from our fed. govt.Hannah13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17342866965252996458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-42366298876821258042014-06-25T13:54:55.054-04:002014-06-25T13:54:55.054-04:00So it wasn't enough for Arne Duncan to boost C...So it wasn't enough for Arne Duncan to boost CCSS by slamming Soccer Moms about their "dumb" kids, now he's slamming "disabled" children for not measuring up? <br /><br />I call for an assessment for Arne Duncan's "disability"….He is unfit for any public office!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175693073725309182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1812557375026889902014-06-25T13:08:26.142-04:002014-06-25T13:08:26.142-04:00Crazy, just crazy. I have so many anecdotes of Spe...Crazy, just crazy. I have so many anecdotes of Sped students that don't test well. As a teacher I am shocked. As a parent I would be furious. Many Sped parents work with their students on homework everyday, and those students work so hard, only to perform low on state tests. How dare he imply that our expectations are not high enough. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865547304902819286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20353978752870002542014-06-25T12:43:30.711-04:002014-06-25T12:43:30.711-04:00#FireArneDuncan There really is no other option...#FireArneDuncan There really is no other option at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-39293255297034554652014-06-25T12:32:32.626-04:002014-06-25T12:32:32.626-04:00The mantras: "high expectations" and &qu...The mantras: "high expectations" and "differentiation." Almost every special education teacher I ever worked with, including myself, had very "high expectations" about the academic achievement for their students. Not that I expected much from this alone but at least once a week I explained to my students that passing the RCTs was "nice" but that what I expected was for all of them to score at least a 55 on the Regents Exams...we chanted and yelled "What do we want?" "The Regents Exams." Sounds a bit pitiful by itself but it was part of communicating regularly and very loudly what we expected to do. As for "differentiation", which is the hardest part of a SpEd teacher's job, when I was told to by my principal to "differentiate" more completely in my classrooms, which meant essentially writing a separate lesson plan for each student (I taught algebra and geometry to Regents standards in my self-contained classrooms), I asked her to demonstrate how I might differentiate more appropriately the factoring of quadratic equations. Of course, she had no idea what an quadratic equation was and promptly threw me out of her office. Thanks, Arne, for all the good and spectacularly useless advice and policy changes here on behalf of my fomrer struggling SpEd students who in high school could not simplify low order equations such as 3/9=1/3. My principal would not let me diverge from the Regents curriculum to do a unit on fractions so, of course, they could never solve a Regents problem that included a fraction in the question. No wonder that of the 200+ Algebra Regents exams I scored for my students while at my former school exactly three were able to score 55 or better, despite my high expectations, serious test prep and my own, inadequate attempts to differentiate lessons to ten students in my class all at different levels of math competency.<br /><br />Harris LirtzmanHarmiclirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168245556779455388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-27223014518709251322014-06-25T11:25:05.207-04:002014-06-25T11:25:05.207-04:00Well, I now look at it as akin to a very farout ne...Well, I now look at it as akin to a very farout new religion. This is a tenant in this farout new religion. They look at us as if we are the crazy ones.Harm does not come up on their radar or just is of so little consequence to them. If we got with the program we would see the "enlightenment" of what they know is the world's only reality: the money train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53191025008771310842014-06-25T10:25:04.815-04:002014-06-25T10:25:04.815-04:00I wrote on the same topic last night! But I conced...I wrote on the same topic last night! But I concede, you're funnier. <br /><br />http://teacherslessonslearned.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-miracle-workers.htmlPhilly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543951612451538559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-74527612009026630022014-06-25T09:47:37.546-04:002014-06-25T09:47:37.546-04:00Thank you for blogging about this. My BP shot up s...Thank you for blogging about this. My BP shot up several points when I heard the broadcast...I wanted to cry, scream, throw in the towel, and dig in my heels...all at once. How DARE these men treat our children this way, and have the audacity to act as if they have children's best interests at heart?! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788012804742840323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-92183291378903171972014-06-25T09:22:41.276-04:002014-06-25T09:22:41.276-04:00Thank you for YOUR article! Finally...some common...Thank you for YOUR article! Finally...some common sense!trav4adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411656522344925200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-80840304577843899302014-06-25T08:11:36.081-04:002014-06-25T08:11:36.081-04:00Amen sir - A - expletive - MEN.
http://10seckid...Amen sir - A - expletive - MEN. <br /><br />http://10seckid2secworld.blogspot.com/2014/06/exercises-in-futility.html?_sm_au_=isV4FSfm23PqMrVrTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16028778070561332377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-87647740549855304702014-06-25T07:47:44.186-04:002014-06-25T07:47:44.186-04:00When I saw this article yesterday, I literally cou...When I saw this article yesterday, I literally couldn't wait to hear what you were going to write about it. "Maybe blind children can't see because no one expects them to." Lol! Thank you for giving us something to laugh about when the awful absurdity of King Arne is just too much to handle.Cristi Julsrudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883370977911386614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-92102770910917836622014-06-25T07:43:24.876-04:002014-06-25T07:43:24.876-04:00The Onion strikes again.
Sorrry, but this is true....The Onion strikes again.<br />Sorrry, but this is true.Myles Hoenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423846121071841620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20808914232964575442014-06-25T06:45:14.739-04:002014-06-25T06:45:14.739-04:00Welcome to my world- a double dose of Duncan and a...Welcome to my world- a double dose of Duncan and a bit Huffman to wash it down. um. um. good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-91468088719924490732014-06-25T01:04:09.875-04:002014-06-25T01:04:09.875-04:00The have taken ignorance to a new level, when I he...The have taken ignorance to a new level, when I heard the broadcast today I was in shock. Have any of these so called experts ever been in a classroom? Have they ever been with a student who is working as hard as they possibly can struggle with tasks? Experience the frustration when others solve a problem so quickly? The shame, embarrassment, and blows to their self esteem because it does not come easily? Well there are may teacher training courses which have the teacher wear glasses that simulate what an visually impaired or dyslectic student may see when reading something, let Arne try them on and give him a test! Until these "experts" and politicians have the day-to-day tasks of working with students with a variety of learning differences they have no justification in making claims that all these students need is more rigorous instruction and testing. As I always say, I challenge them to have the fortitude to work with students and I mean all students of all abilities for one week, being fully responsible for the students, to the administration, and to the parents. These "experts" and politicians would be begging to get out of the classroom, ask the teachers to come and save them and bless the parents for the monumental tasks they have everyday all year when raising a child with "different" learning styles and abilities then get off the teachers and children's back and let the true and real learning begin, each in their own way and own time.WEarthwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080658828772968104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-77288322698937253872014-06-24T23:30:26.875-04:002014-06-24T23:30:26.875-04:00Thank you for taking on this insanity with your cu...Thank you for taking on this insanity with your customary rapier wit. Throw away those wheelchairs dammit and walk! Such a crutch....teka21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01940482505192254008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-40566248387183577302014-06-24T23:09:54.817-04:002014-06-24T23:09:54.817-04:00All kids are different and all kids have some need...All kids are different and all kids have some needs that are special, and no, they don't progress the same no matter what curriculum. Take them from where they are. geezzzzzzzzzCapleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174253123219847628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-88850449349354832712014-06-24T23:01:08.624-04:002014-06-24T23:01:08.624-04:00I didn't realize it was possible to laugh and ...I didn't realize it was possible to laugh and seethe at the same time. It's almost impossible to accept that the person in charge of Ed Everything in this country is so completely idiotic. I'm sort of mad at you for writing this. ongoinglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685966039991993178noreply@blogger.com