| sptsman |
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| 08/27/07 02:13 PM |
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Re: Good Teacher
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Jaeger said:
...it is not up to the teachers to reform the NEA and the broken system. That is a political matter, and it is we the people who have to demand change, and break their stranglehold on our education system, because they are strangling it.
That is total BS!!! The teachers are the ONLY ones that can change the NEA. They are the ones that pay the dues. They are the members. They are the NEA!!! There is no group of people or politician that can have any effect on what the NEA stands for and represents, other than the teachers that are the NEA... And until those teachers stand up to the brown-shirts that run that corrupt and morally bankrupt organization, nothing will change with them. Just like the minutemen had to pick up their muskets and fight for what was right and just, so does the modern teacher.
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Jaeger said:The ones who are not living in the microcosm of the classroom, but are rather taking an activist view, and trying to indoctrinate children into one particular way of looking at things and thinking about things are simply not teaching. These people only have about five hours a week with the kids. There is only so much you can do in a limited amount of time.
More BS!!! Yes, the administration is decidedly "liberal" in most schools and yes, they have limited exposure to the kids. But you are sadly mistaken if you think the day-to-day teachers are not advancing these causes and indoctrinating these kids. Those that hold the traditional and/or conservative values are obviously going to have more difficulty with the administration of a given school because they usually have differing views. But if you are the classic "liberal" you usually have a free pass on anything you say or teach in the classroom. It takes someone like Ward Churchill to be so outrageous that even some liberals can't defend him, before anything is done to them.
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Jaeger said:The fact is that all of the things that HO thinks are important to teach our children are now considered ?conservative?. That is a shame in and of itself, but I can assure you that all of those things are the hallmarks of success. If you have those attributes, and you have been taught to critically consider the world, and MAKE JUDGEMENTS about what is going on around you, you are going to end up being a conservative...
Hmmm, seems to me that the most nasty and vile liberals out there are hard working, rigorous and very, very well disciplined. I think those are important to learn and critical to success as well. But they, in themselves, are worthless, if not combined with values that reflect a society that we envision. One does not have to bring religion into a discussion of values either. Historical facts can be used to support you position quite well.
Let's be realistic. The classrooms of America are one of the front lines in this battle for our national identity. As much as most teachers want to just teach, it has become more than that. I know it sucks and I know it isn't fair. But to stand by and let the left wing kooks hijack our schools and attempt to indoctrinate our children is unacceptable. At some point, the teachers need to stand up and say NO!!
I will concede that we, as a society and our politicians need to support these teachers much more than we do. When one is under fire for having veterans install desks to teach a lesson, we need to be there to demand that they are not fired or reprimanded. But that gets very difficult when they willingly and knowingly support the NEA and use it as their safety net...