tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7320673734510626980..comments2024-03-18T13:27:42.621-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: College-ready Five Year OldsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-76519518899250209812015-01-11T21:36:11.603-05:002015-01-11T21:36:11.603-05:00I remember a friend of mine in high school who got...I remember a friend of mine in high school who got a very high score on the SAT and joked, "Why can't they just give me my money now?"<br /><br />Funny thing is that thirty years later he doesn't make a lot of money, because he chose work that he enjoys (working with delinquent youth) instead.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-56503009336837487812014-10-14T18:44:14.173-04:002014-10-14T18:44:14.173-04:00Obviously your teachers just didn't try hard e...Obviously your teachers just didn't try hard enough. Hopefully they were all fired, and have spent the last years contemplating their failure.<br />Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055922376249533020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-82378782631107330622014-10-14T17:07:30.299-04:002014-10-14T17:07:30.299-04:00My high achieving kindergartener says she wants to...My high achieving kindergartener says she wants to be a doctor, a mommy, and a teacher (obviously, she means med school professor). But since she still can't read after a month and a half of kindergarten, I haven't started filling out the med school applications.<br /><br />Seriously, send my child off to kindergarten was emotionally harder for me than dropping her off at daycare at 3 months old. Her homework load is crazy!Dorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255190971670471758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18125008945835839252014-10-14T14:42:18.888-04:002014-10-14T14:42:18.888-04:00I think you may be on to something, Maledeine....I think you may be on to something, Maledeine....CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-71536119521854345682014-10-14T14:09:55.540-04:002014-10-14T14:09:55.540-04:00I'm 35 and still dream of being a ninja when I...I'm 35 and still dream of being a ninja when I grow up. How I spent all my time (and money) on various credentials and graduate degrees, yet still have an imagination, is unknown to me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670256721644952932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18851849611165166682014-10-13T07:07:28.389-04:002014-10-13T07:07:28.389-04:00I clicked your childhood as excuse link and re-rea...I clicked your childhood as excuse link and re-read your post on the 3 yr old slackers. I had forgotten how great it is, one of your best.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-31271246266584748232014-10-13T07:05:18.445-04:002014-10-13T07:05:18.445-04:00Great post, Madeleine!Great post, Madeleine!Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-33600847802179121792014-10-12T20:21:54.213-04:002014-10-12T20:21:54.213-04:00Yikes!
I followed the links to RealClear Educat...Yikes! <br /><br />I followed the links to RealClear Education and saw another article: "Young teachers deserve Retirement Protections Too". Turns out, the author is advocating for allowing teachers "to participate in more modern, portable options like cash balance plans, which accrue at a normal rate and can be taken by employees between careers and across state lines" because they might only teach for three years. Guess the TFA's and other temporary help want their retirement cake. When I checked (admittedly I am cynical), turns out that this website is funded by the John (Enron) and Laura Arnold Foundation - you know, the folks who paid for the PBS show advocating for stripping teachers of a defined benefit plan - "The Pension Peril".<br /><br />Guess we can't trust PBS or RealClear.<br /><br />http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2014/09/12/young_teachers_deserve_retirement_protections_too_1101.htmllaMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-82202957431380245082014-10-12T19:39:59.916-04:002014-10-12T19:39:59.916-04:00In fact, there's a bigger goal here: Why not j...In fact, there's a bigger goal here: Why not just throw up our hands and admit that we don't want to bother with childhood any more? Here we are, celebrating these tiny, chocolate-stained narcissists with their dinosaur fixations, their propensity for ill-timed urination, their mangling of the language, their insistence that being a fairy is a viable career - they would stop all this nonsense and be ready to participate in the adult world much earlier (eight or nine, maybe) if we just took a firmer line.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055922376249533020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20817722817617495012014-10-12T17:07:45.301-04:002014-10-12T17:07:45.301-04:00Soo true, I teach firsties and when we are writing...Soo true, I teach firsties and when we are writing sentences about what they want to be when they grow up...they say a mermaid, a ninja or whatever wonderful idea pops into their brains. Now if I was a really good common core delivery teacher, I would realize the lack of rigor in their choice and make them think of what college they would choose instead of what they aspire to be....:) you are so right, so funny but really not that grumpy. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769822507255474529noreply@blogger.com