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proud2BlibKansan

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Sun May 6, 2012, 03:49 PM

May 2012

Parents threaten to sue every day of the week. Even though today is Sunday, somewhere in this country at this very moment there is a parent threatening to sue a teacher.

Kids make crazy accusations every day as well. One of my friends, who happens to be a very good teacher, is suspended right now because she patted a student on the shoulder while he was working and he went home and claimed his teacher had pushed him out of his seat. I was talking to a kid once and he turned to walk away from me and accidentally bumped his head into a wall. He looked right at me and said "I'm going to tell my mom you pushed me" - and he did.

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How I Joined Teach for America—and Got Sued for $20 Million [View all] XemaSab May 2012 OP

fishy story. HiPointDem May 2012 #1

Typical for TFA to coach their members to turn on one another proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #11

Are you saying the source story is suspect, the critical comment on it or both? I wrote coalition_unwilling May 2012 #27

You mean the story about being sued? proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #34

Right, I believe Kaplowitz was sued too. But the comment in response to him coalition_unwilling May 2012 #39

Districts always settle these cases proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #42

This is from 2003. girl gone mad May 2012 #2

there's more to the story, as you can kind of deduce from how it comes across. HiPointDem May 2012 #5

Sounds like someone doesn't like Josh. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #10

Josh acknowledges the fact in his response. There were 2 TFA-ers from the same school HiPointDem May 2012 #12

Allow me to respond. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #21

The fact that josh sent his problems to other teachers who *were* able to control them, HiPointDem May 2012 #22

The only asshat here that I can see is Josh himself. -n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #28

1. Some principals don't like that idea. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #36

+1 proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #14

Interesting. Quantess May 2012 #3

Damn. I think I have to take back every harsh comment I've made about teachers. dkf May 2012 #4

every hour has the potential to blow up demtenjeep May 2012 #6

Classroom management is critical proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #15

Wouldn't anyone? dkf May 2012 #29

Yes but TFAs have more problems proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #31

I grew up with teachers, liberalhistorian May 2012 #25

It's from the Manhattan Institute. Surprise! Sabriel May 2012 #7

I swear our teachers at DU also talk about the lack of support from admin. dkf May 2012 #8

If teacher does not have classroom management skills there will be no discipline in that classroom. HubertHeaver May 2012 #20

Without support from administration, a new teacher is in a tough place janet118 May 2012 #30

This language is a dead give-away of the right-wing attitudes and beliefs: coalition_unwilling May 2012 #18

+1. not only does josh blame everyone but himself for him not being able to control his class HiPointDem May 2012 #23

I don't know whether it's faux populism or whether he's a right-wing racist, but coalition_unwilling May 2012 #26

It happens. Apparently more than you realize. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #37

Well, as I thought, this is only part of the story, MadHound May 2012 #9

+1 xchrom May 2012 #13

See my comment above proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #16

Be that as it may, MadHound May 2012 #17

It's believable to me proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #32

Five weeks of training is a setup for failure. HubertHeaver May 2012 #19

It's insane. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #33

It's certainly setting them up for failure XemaSab May 2012 #44

Teach for America must die. KG May 2012 #24

My wife broke up a fight... meaculpa2011 May 2012 #35

A lot of people don't realize that an accusation is all it takes proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #38

Do you have any suggestions for what needs to change in the educational system to coalition_unwilling May 2012 #40

Lots of suggestions proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #41

IMHO XemaSab May 2012 #43