Comments on: Thank you for driving good teachers away http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/2008/03/20/thank-you-for-driving-good-teachers-away/ Be positive. Think negative. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Craig Price http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/2008/03/20/thank-you-for-driving-good-teachers-away/#comment-26390 Craig Price Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:56 +0000 http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/?p=198#comment-26390 Anne, Some how, I have bravely fought past these scarring statements. I was shaken for about...3 seconds. But then I returned to normalcy. I'm sorry, I lied. I wasn't shaken at all. I thought going for the pity would work. :) Thanks for posting! Anne,

Some how, I have bravely fought past these scarring statements. I was shaken for about…3 seconds. But then I returned to normalcy.

I’m sorry, I lied. I wasn’t shaken at all. I thought going for the pity would work. :)

Thanks for posting!

]]> By: Anne http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/2008/03/20/thank-you-for-driving-good-teachers-away/#comment-26389 Anne Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:02 +0000 http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/?p=198#comment-26389 I marvel at Bob's vehement assertion about how awful public humiliation is and then he proceeds to call Craig an idiot and a simpleton. Call me thick, but I am almost certain, posting such derogatory comments about Craig on a public blog on the internet would be classified as public humiliation. Craig, I hope you can find it within yourself to just let it ride and not sue Bob for his aspersions against you. :) I marvel at Bob’s vehement assertion about how awful public humiliation is and then he proceeds to call Craig an idiot and a simpleton. Call me thick, but I am almost certain, posting such derogatory comments about Craig on a public blog on the internet would be classified as public humiliation. Craig, I hope you can find it within yourself to just let it ride and not sue Bob for his aspersions against you. :)

]]> By: bob from brisbane http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/2008/03/20/thank-you-for-driving-good-teachers-away/#comment-7516 bob from brisbane Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:20:16 +0000 http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/?p=198#comment-7516 What an idiot and simpleton you are. Put yourself in the position of the child and then as an adult. I doubt very much that you would accept public humiliation in your work environment. Why should a young innocent be any different. I remember vividly being humilated in my 4th grade class, I am now nearly 50. My children have recently been humilated by their peers at the insistance of their teacher. You sound as if you think this sort of appauling behaviour is acceptable. Far from driving the good teachers away it is pruning the deadwood with outdated practises. Good teachers have nothing to worry about. <strong>Bob, Thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog, if not actually reading the entire post. I thought, maybe I am wrong, I made a distinction from the first case of supposed "Teacher Abuse" which is parents placing all the blame and responsibility on the teachers from the second case of actual teacher abusing a child where the teacher screamed at and humiliated the student. Of course humiliation is not an acceptable tactic for a teacher to use. But in the case of the teacher in British Columbia where the parents are suing for failing to encourage the child's spelling, not sending home a daily homework list and, in one case, displaying an unfinished poem in the school hallway, is ridiculous. With the exception of displaying the poem (which if she had not put up the poem, I'm sure the parents would have complained that their child was singled out and excluded) the other acts are just as much the responsibility of the parents. Sorry your children have encountered issues with their teachers, but your negativity towards me and my intellect, while probably not the most courteous, show healthy skepticism which I appreciate. I hope you keep reading. I'm sure there are many other topics that I touch upon where I can really showcase my stupidity! Craig</strong> What an idiot and simpleton you are. Put yourself in the position of the child and then as an adult. I doubt very much that you would accept public humiliation in your work environment. Why should a young innocent be any different. I remember vividly being humilated in my 4th grade class, I am now nearly 50. My children have recently been humilated by their peers at the insistance of their teacher. You sound as if you think this sort of appauling behaviour is acceptable. Far from driving the good teachers away it is pruning the deadwood with outdated practises. Good teachers have nothing to worry about.

Bob,

Thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog, if not actually reading the entire post. I thought, maybe I am wrong, I made a distinction from the first case of supposed “Teacher Abuse” which is parents placing all the blame and responsibility on the teachers from the second case of actual teacher abusing a child where the teacher screamed at and humiliated the student.

Of course humiliation is not an acceptable tactic for a teacher to use. But in the case of the teacher in British Columbia where the parents are suing for failing to encourage the child’s spelling, not sending home a daily homework list and, in one case, displaying an unfinished poem in the school hallway, is ridiculous. With the exception of displaying the poem (which if she had not put up the poem, I’m sure the parents would have complained that their child was singled out and excluded) the other acts are just as much the responsibility of the parents.

Sorry your children have encountered issues with their teachers, but your negativity towards me and my intellect, while probably not the most courteous, show healthy skepticism which I appreciate.

I hope you keep reading. I’m sure there are many other topics that I touch upon where I can really showcase my stupidity!

Craig

]]> By: Rodrigo Lagdameo http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/2008/03/20/thank-you-for-driving-good-teachers-away/#comment-6413 Rodrigo Lagdameo Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:46:54 +0000 http://thepowerofnegativeblogging.com/?p=198#comment-6413 The lawsuit, to me, seems without merit because the Montessori method is about the child developing at her OWN pace. In addition, most Montessori schools do not give homework or tests. As a parent, the father should have known the type of school his child was in and has no one else to blame but himself. BTW, my daughter goes to a Montessori and doesn't have any homework or tests. The lawsuit, to me, seems without merit because the Montessori method is about the child developing at her OWN pace. In addition, most Montessori schools do not give homework or tests. As a parent, the father should have known the type of school his child was in and has no one else to blame but himself. BTW, my daughter goes to a Montessori and doesn’t have any homework or tests.

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