"It's a MUTE point."It's not a MUTE point, it's a MOO point -- you know -- a cow's opinion.
Mooo?
Mooo?"It's a MUTE point."It's not a MUTE point, it's a MOO point -- you know -- a cow's opinion.
*waves the red cape of POLITICS in front of TD*
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I remember one year I had grades that were C's...Dad was none too impressed...He took my D&D books (the original blue set) away until I had B's...
This, in my humble opinion, is the kind of thing parents SHOULD be doing today.
Amen, Brother!
On a related note: "Go to your room!" means nothing when kids today have x-boxes, t.v.s, computers, cell phones, and whatnot in their sleeping quarters. Another failing of the modern parent, imo.
I send Nerrat to his room all the time. When he comes home from school and I ask him "what did you learn today?". If he answers, "Nothing", he gets sent to his room. It's full of books. Unfortunately, Nerrat seldom learns much in school. He taught himself to read at the age of 3. He entered kindergarten reading at a grade 3 level. He's in grade 3 now.
This thread makes me want to start another one called, if role-players ruled the world...
BTW, HD, I don't know about other districts, but Dallas was very anti-NEA (or anything even close to a union). So I never met a principal up here who belonged. And when I taught in NJ, it was with a bunch of dysfunctional charter people in a very odd community: Princeton.)
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I send Nerrat to his room all the time. When he comes home from school and I ask him "what did you learn today?". If he answers, "Nothing", he gets sent to his room. It's full of books. Unfortunately, Nerrat seldom learns much in school. He taught himself to read at the age of 3. He entered kindergarten reading at a grade 3 level. He's in grade 3 now.I remember one year I had grades that were C's...Dad was none too impressed...He took my D&D books (the original blue set) away until I had B's...
This, in my humble opinion, is the kind of thing parents SHOULD be doing today.
Amen, Brother!
On a related note: "Go to your room!" means nothing when kids today have x-boxes, t.v.s, computers, cell phones, and whatnot in their sleeping quarters. Another failing of the modern parent, imo.
Now THAT'S what I call parenting! But, I'd expect nothing less from you, Tarren :D
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This thread makes me want to start another one called, if role-players ruled the world...
BTW, HD, I don't know about other districts, but Dallas was very anti-NEA (or anything even close to a union). So I never met a principal up here who belonged. And when I taught in NJ, it was with a bunch of dysfunctional charter people in a very odd community: Princeton.)
Most of the principals down here came up through the ranks and still have their union cards. Houston is a little more "union friendly" due to the Ship Channel and multinational oil companies and whatnot.
Imaginary Numbers are very useful in Electrical Engineering because it alows a way to understand Alternating Current which goes from a positive to a negative value and has a Phase Value as well. Imaginary numbers have more uses than that, but that is the one that I picked off the top of my head.
BTW, HD, I don't know about other districts, but Dallas was very anti-NEA (or anything even close to a union). So I never met a principal up here who belonged. And when I taught in NJ, it was with a bunch of dysfunctional charter people in a very odd community: Princeton.)
My teaching stint was in Hampton/Newport News, Virginia. NEA membership was a de facto requirement, because it was the only way to receive affordable personal liability insurance.
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Some times a little too badly. I once held a parent teacher conference where I told a student and her parents that she was getting an A-. After their meeting with me, they tracked down my principle and demanded to know what type of teacher I was that there daughter was getting an A-, that she had never gotten such a low grade in her life, and that she was emotionally devestated by the fact that she was getting that grade. I wok at a school for troubled teens and my principle told the parents that maybe the fact that their daughter could not deal with getting an A- was one of the reasons she needed to be in our program.I think this is in the spirit of this thread:
A head of a school is a principal, so were your moral principles telling you something? :-)
Hey, I admitted earlier in the thread that I butcher the English language as much as any of my students do.
I wok at a school
Never mind your principles; nobody told us you taught Home Economics!
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That was one of my exact questions when I was in high school; I never did receive a reply.I guess I have been blessed with a gift at identifying uses of new knowledge. Although, that one still eludes me. I probably would have made a good lawyer.
Oh, and by the way, I never went to college.
Re: Imaginary Numbers -- When graphing imaginary numbers, they behave differently than "normal" Cartesian (sp?) graphing that (ironically) end up making more sense when dealing with computer graphics among other things.
That's about all I remember and I took the course around 12 years ago. I don't deal with many "imaginary numbers" in finance -- as I don't work at AIG.
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That was one of my exact questions when I was in high school; I never did receive a reply.I guess I have been blessed with a gift at identifying uses of new knowledge. Although, that one still eludes me. I probably would have made a good lawyer.
Oh, and by the way, I never went to college.
Re: Imaginary Numbers -- When graphing imaginary numbers, they behave differently than "normal" Cartesian (sp?) graphing that (ironically) end up making more sense when dealing with computer graphics among other things.
That's about all I remember and I took the course around 12 years ago. I don't deal with many "imaginary numbers" in finance -- as I don't work at AIG or for the Federal Government.
Corrected it for you. :)
I am an assistant principal in a public secondary school here in Australia, and would like to reasure everyone who cares that to the best of my knowledge the red pen has not been banned. In fact, I've just finished marking a maths test and have made great use of it.
I am a little concerned about mention of personal liability insurance, though - is there a particular reason why a teacher would be requiring it in the USA?
And to keep on topic, I am getting a little tired of reminding my students that there are two 'R's in library - and that they should use both of them.
Reggie.
I'm pretty sure the LIEBERRY is a nefarious magic item created by devious fey.
I remember one year I had grades that were C's...Dad was none too impressed...He took my D&D books (the original blue set) away until I had B's...
This, in my humble opinion, is the kind of thing parents SHOULD be doing today.
Amen, Brother!
On a related note: "Go to your room!" means nothing when kids today have x-boxes, t.v.s, computers, cell phones, and whatnot in their sleeping quarters. Another failing of the modern parent, imo.
I agree completely with Flynnster -- the worst week of my life as a teenager was when I came home with a "D" progress report (mid-term grade) and was grounded to my room for a week without any books but for school. (shudder)
Which feeds into what you said, Derek; my experience was before all of the electonic what not was common (I didn't even have a radio at the time), but what you said is right on the money. Just last week, I had a parent-teacher conference with a parent who told us "we just don't know what to do with him anymore." Meanwhile, it was obvious to all of the teachers there what the power paradigm in the household was by the way the kid was treating his parent the whole time.
I asked the parent if this kid had video games, a TV, a computer in his room. When the answer was in the affirmative, I suggested that maybe taking some of these things away might be effective. The parent looked like the idea had never occured to her before.
Sheesh, if I had acted in such a way as to provoke a parent-teacher conference when I was in school, I would have been lucky to have a door to my room, much less anything else.
(Steps off of soapbox)
Sorry, just got a little carried away, there. I'm just dealing with what is apparently a second generation of students growing up under the paradigm of "holding kids to their responsiblities is only for the mean parents."
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Now THAT'S what I call parenting! But, I'd expect nothing less from you, Tarren :DI send Nerrat to his room all the time. When he comes home from school and I ask him "what did you learn today?". If he answers, "Nothing", he gets sent to his room. It's full of books. Unfortunately, Nerrat seldom learns much in school. He taught himself to read at the age of 3. He entered kindergarten reading at a grade 3 level. He's in grade 3 now.I remember one year I had grades that were C's...Dad was none too impressed...He took my D&D books (the original blue set) away until I had B's...
This, in my humble opinion, is the kind of thing parents SHOULD be doing today.
Amen, Brother!
On a related note: "Go to your room!" means nothing when kids today have x-boxes, t.v.s, computers, cell phones, and whatnot in their sleeping quarters. Another failing of the modern parent, imo.
Well, this is what I call parenting. Wicht homeschools! I hand my son over every day to an institution that ON A GOOD DAY fails to give him what he needs and on a bad day mistreats him. I'm friggin' negligent.
We're having a pissy day today here in regards to school. His teacher has 3 large envelopes taped to her desk. In one, kids put congratulation cards to other kids. It is clean and unwrinkled. In the second, kids put letters of praise for other kids. It is clean and unwrinkled. In the third, kids put accusations of bad behaviour about other kids. It's sagging, torn, and full.
Today was the day that they empty the envelopes. The teacher reads out accusations and the children decide on appropriate punishments for the other children.
Last month, I informed my son's teacher that unless she could come up with a method of classroom discipline that didn't remind my wife of stories about how the communists killed her grandfather or me of religious cults, our son would not be participating. She ignored me.
Today someone accused Nerrat of being a sore winner--smiling and laughing too much when he wins something. Now, if that's the worst they can say about him, I'm cool with that. Nerrat, however, refused to accept that. He demanded that they give evidence to back up their accusations. He demanded dates and details and to be able to face his accuser. (Kid wants to be a lawyer.) I'm proud of the little punk for sticking up for himself but what is this crap? I'm totally disgusted with his teacher.
But, guys, you know those ridiculously irresponsible kids with a huge sense of entitlement you're talking about? They've been graduating from teacher's college for the last couple years now. One of them is teaching my son.
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But, guys, you know those ridiculously irresponsible kids with a huge sense of entitlement you're talking about? They've been graduating from teacher's college for the last thirty-five to forty-five years now. One of them is teaching my son.
Fixed it for you. It started with the "Me Generation" boomer douches...
Well, public schools in the USA are one of the reasons why I told my brother that I would help pay for Private School for my niece! I don't want her to be in that mess of a system.
BTW, I know several VERY good teachers, but the system is limiting them and they have very little real power.
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But, guys, you know those ridiculously irresponsible kids with a huge sense of entitlement you're talking about? They've been graduating from teacher's college for the last thirty-five to forty-five years now. One of them is teaching my son.Fixed it for you. It started with the "Me Generation" boomer douches...
Ah, come on. We've known tougher teachers. It's getting worse. It really, really is.
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Ah, come on. We've known tougher teachers. It's getting worse. It really, really is.But, guys, you know those ridiculously irresponsible kids with a huge sense of entitlement you're talking about? They've been graduating from teacher's college for the last thirty-five to forty-five years now. One of them is teaching my son.Fixed it for you. It started with the "Me Generation" boomer douches...
My tough teachers were from my grandparent's generation. The teachers I had from my parents' generation were horrible (Mrs. Burns, eleventh grade English, I'm looking at you).
"Outcome" based education, and moving kids through the system was initiated in the '70s. I guess those boomers didn't think kids deserved the education they got.
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Well, public schools in the USA are one of the reasons why I told my brother that I would help pay for Private School for my niece! I don't want her to be in that mess of a system.
BTW, I know several VERY good teachers, but the system is limiting them and they have very little real power.
I know some great teachers. Okay, I told a bad teacher story. Here's a good teacher story. I think I've told this one on the boards already though:
I was teaching a course on social issues in school to teacher candidates. I took over a course halfway through for another prof and the course was even more left-leaning than one I would have designed.
One of the teacher candidates was this 50 something woman who'd taught Sunday school for 30 years and now wanted to teach in the public school system. She argued with me about everything. She questioned, challenged, critiqued every friggin' thing I said in class. And she did it brilliantly.
A year later I went to pick up Nerrat and she was there teaching him. She'd gotten work as a substitute. When she got a break, she said to me, "You must hate this. Me teaching your son. I don't think I agreed with a single thing you said."
I assured her that I couldn't be happier because she had disagreed so well. In truth, I can't think of a person in that class I would rather have had teaching him.
She was the exception though. There were so many students who just feigned agreement or rolled their eyes in mute disagreement. These are the ones I worry about.
Mah granppappy tawt me lots uh stuff.
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I'll tell you what....these smug, holier-than-thou, enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-my-own-farts threads annoy me more than somebody saying "literally" when they mean "figuratively." Here's what I'm talking about:
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
CHORUS
Never gonna give you up,
Never gonna let you down,
Never gonna run around and desert you,
Never gonna make you cry,
Never gonna say goodbye,
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
(CHORUS)
CHORUSCHORUS
(Ooh give you up)
(Ooh give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give
(give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give
(give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
I'll tell you what....these smug, holier-than-thou, enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-my-own-farts threads annoy me more than somebody saying "literally" when they mean "figuratively." Here's what I'm talking about:
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Damn!
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I'll tell you what....these smug, holier-than-thou, enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-my-own-farts threads annoy me more than somebody saying "literally" when they mean "figuratively." Here's what I'm talking about:
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That's so offensive. You should be banned for that.
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I'll tell you what....these smug, holier-than-thou, enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-my-own-farts threads annoy me more than somebody saying "literally" when they mean "figuratively." Here's what I'm talking about:
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Friends don't do that to friends. I thought I was your friend! You are like the oriental chick in this lesson, Heathy.
Tarren Dei, I'm really very curious about your son's name, Nerrat. Am I correct in assuming that it is egyptian? And if you don't mind my askihng out of nothing greater than just passing curiosity, is that your heritage?
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Tarren Dei, I'm really very curious about your son's name, Nerrat. Am I correct in assuming that it is egyptian? And if you don't mind my askihng out of nothing greater than just passing curiosity, is that your heritage?
Um, "Nerrat" is "Tarren" backwards...
As far as his cultural background, I know, but I ain't telling!
:P
Rickrolls don't work on me because.... *dramatic drumroll* I like the song. Yes, I know this makes me a terrible, terrible person.
It's not Rick Rolls, per se, that I mind.
Whut's uh rickroll? Izzat sum kinda hippeh sex stuff?
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Imaginary Numbers are very useful in Electrical Engineering because it alows a way to understand Alternating Current which goes from a positive to a negative value and has a Phase Value as well. Imaginary numbers have more uses than that, but that is the one that I picked off the top of my head.
And don't forget linear regressions. If you ever want to become a statistician (NOT ME. I hang out with a lot of math-y guys), you HAVE to be good with imaginary numbers.
But ALL the numbers are imaginary. (This is probably part of my problem with maths. Anything higher than 12 has no visual reality to me, so it's just sort of this theoretical possibility that might actually exist. And they move around the paper too, just to confuse the issue. Stupid numbers.)
Imaginary Numbers are very useful in Electrical Engineering because it alows a way to understand Alternating Current which goes from a positive to a negative value and has a Phase Value as well. Imaginary numbers have more uses than that, but that is the one that I picked off the top of my head.And don't forget linear regressions. If you ever want to become a statistician (NOT ME. I hang out with a lot of math-y guys), you HAVE to be good with imaginary numbers.
I imagine that I would have to be good with imaginary numbers in that case.
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But ALL the numbers are imaginary. (This is probably part of my problem with maths. Anything higher than 12 has no visual reality to me, so it's just sort of this theoretical possibility that might actually exist. And they move around the paper too, just to confuse the issue. Stupid numbers.)
Yeah, I know what you mean. The little symbols confuse me to no end. I still confuse 9s with 6s, and 5s with 2s.
Tarren Dei, I'm really very curious about your son's name, Nerrat. Am I correct in assuming that it is egyptian? And if you don't mind my askihng out of nothing greater than just passing curiosity, is that your heritage?Um, "Nerrat" is "Tarren" backwards...
As far as his cultural background, I know, but I ain't telling!
:P
I was genuinely asking out of sincere curiosity...nothing nefarious or otherwise intended....
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Oh, and by the way, I never went to college.
I never finished college. I'm another guy who would fit into the "passes classes blindfolded" category - I drove teachers (and my parents) crazy. Everyone talked about all this potential, but teachers weren't able to tap into it, so I was bored out of my mind all the time. I infuriated my pre-calculus teacher when I didn't turn in a single homework assignment all semester and then set the curve on the final (without studying). I did, however have some amazing teachers (sadly, the minority) who inspired me to learn and grow, and I ended up with a love of teaching largely due to their influence.
Fast forward to college - I was paying my own way because I knew I'd have a hard time making up for big student loans on a teacher's salary. Halfway through my second year I ran out of money and got a job at a software company to save again so I could go back. That job turned into a career where I'm making far more money doing computer work at a desk than I could ever dream of teaching. And now I have a family with 3 kids to support - thing is I'd LOVE to be able to go back to teaching. I taught ESL for awhile before college and it was one of the happiest and most rewarding times in my life. Unfortunately there's just no way I could drop what I'm doing, become a teacher, and still be able to provide for my family.
Good, because the last thing we need is that can of worms opened. ;p
Can of worms? I've played with people from the Lebanon...Israel...France...Ireland...England...Germany...Just because you don't agree with a countries policies does not mean that you wouldn't like someone because of their heritage or nationality....
Hell, if I was correct about Nerrat being an egyptian name, one of my more respected bosses was an awesome man from Cairo named Nasir. He absolutely rocked!
And, here's my heritage...in order of dillution...
Scottish/Irish/English/Sioux/Cherokee/Dutch