Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Teachers and Their Personal Agenda

Today I heard a story about a teacher.
In order to get his own views across about "No Child Left Behind" he said,

"No offense, but lets just say (student name here)? You guys know (Student name here)? Yeah, lets just say he hits the bong outside in the parking lot before school, like he always does (if he decides to show up) and then fails the standardized testing. THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL FAIL, IF ONE STUDENT DOES NOT PASS IN 2014. Way to go, goddamn loser!"

Now were do I start.
Lets break this down part by part.

"No offense"

Saying "No offense" does not magically remove any offense you are about to say.

"but lets just say (student name here)? You guys know (Student name here)?"

Naming a student who currently goes to your school and then proceeding to talk bad about the student is one of the most unprofessional things i could imagine a teacher saying. Not to mention damaging to an already trouble students reputation and emotions. He could have just as easily said this story without using names.

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lets just say he hits the bong outside in the parking lot before school, like he always does (if he decides to show up)"

Instead of using this to prove your biased point to your class perhaps you should be reporting this since this is against the rules. No because you don't actually care about are student safety you care about getting your agenda set in motion.

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and then fails the standardized testing. THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL FAIL, IF ONE STUDENT DOES NOT PASS IN 2014. Way to go, goddamn loser!"

This is the part were he uses his disrespectful crude interpretation of a student going to his school in order to push his crap due to his anti-bush agenda. Well check this one out
"http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-steps-reduce-dropout-rate-and-prepare-students-college-a" that link is to Obama's plan for reform in school.
Not much better. He won't say any bad about that though because that's not the branch of politics he disagrees with. It's not all politics, think about whats actually better for the country.

In the end I believe this teacher is abusing his powers. He knows students respect him a great deal due to his ability to rile them up and tell them what they want to hear. I find myself not liking this teacher but out of respect I will do the opposite of what he did and not say his name.



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