Nearly 25,000 schoolteachers to go on strike in Chicago monday

[Slate521]

and a 5 year long episode of spongebob.

this could work.

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As for the goofing around and physical labor thingy, i'm very sure humiliating a student in that manner in front of a class has some sort of legal restriction.

Ebooks are a wonderful idea and I fully support the transition to electronic means of teaching and reading, but a blanket solution isn't really possible for most school districts. Unfortunately, as much as we like to ignore it, highschools and middle schools are absolutely filled to the brim with scumbags and starfishs who would sell their tax-payed for iPad or E-reader for a quick buck. Holding students to an "honor" system won't work- while i'm sure a huge deal of students wouldn't forget up and break the rules, the overall level of maturity for the american tween and highschool group is too low to give something as valuable as laptops and Ipads for personal use.

A more progressive way forward would be to gradually give students more freedom and technology as they demonstrated themselves capable and responsible of handling them. If someone shows that he isn't an starfish and won't just forget off 24/7 on his device, then throw him a bone and hand him one- otherwise, stick to books and pencils for the rest of the students.

oh no i meant for use on home computers, in school it would be the same 40 textbooks for a class

perhaps when the economy turns around desks can be replaced with a desk with a tablet installed into the tabletop so kids can use the textbooks.

The rest probably wasn't filler. It was probably important stuff like grammar and writing techniques that you blew off as unimportant.

Have fun writing an essay when you apply to college.

yeah and btw pub schools are worthless when it comes to spelling, grammar, sentence fluidity, and general essay writing.

[Wafflajizzles]

Ok, call bullstuff when I tell you that you're wrong. Elementary school could be replaced with a week course on math and the alphabet song and a 5 year long episode of spongebob.

You must be seriously loving handicapped.

They don't put you through 5 years of grade school so you can scratch your ass and sniff your thumb. It is very easy to guess from experience and common sense that one week, nor one month, nor one year even is enough to to each you all of the critical basic skills that you learned in grade school.

of loving course it all seems like easy stuff now when you can think (atleast somewhat) like an adult, but back when you were writing about your favorite food for essays and drawing pictures I bet you the though of 7x7 made you stuff your pants.

Grade school courses are paced accordingly with the minds of the students. To level the amount of information you learned in grade school with the amount of information you learned in high school is like trying to compare a Honda accord to a formula one car. Unless you scale to comparison, it's pointless.

[fred da kiko]

The rest probably wasn't filler. It was probably important stuff like grammar and writing techniques that you blew off as unimportant.

Have fun writing an essay when you apply to college.

Like I said, I learned to read and write from my parents. I distinctly remember that all I used to do in school was play games and read books.

Have fun writing a college essay while implementing your 5th grade techniques, I'll stick to using a format that doesn't involve a three inch margin and 20 point font.

[Nikki]

Aw yeah no school.
Hopefully this will be only for a few days, though they say that it could last up to two months. I don't want to be out of high school for too long.

[Slate521]

Have fun writing a college essay while implementing your 5th grade techniques, I'll stick to using a format that doesn't involve a three inch margin and 20 point font.

*1 inch margin on all sides
*12 point font
*Times New Roman font
*Double spaced
*No variations in font
*Specific heading

exaggeration much?

[Wafflajizzles]

Like I said, I learned to read and write from my parents. I distinctly remember that all I used to do in school was play games and read books.

Have fun writing a college essay while implementing your 5th grade techniques, I'll stick to using a format that doesn't involve a three inch margin and 20 point font.

If your parents sent you to a public school, you probably learned your mainstay of reading and writing there, and your parents assisted you greatly with schoolwork and/or gave you books to read in your free time.

To lend absolutely zero credit to gradeschool for ANYTHING that you've learned is bullstuff. It is a necessary part of education, and if it does not teach you vast amounts of information, it prepares you for what more difficult schools will be like and teaches you valuable starter skills and basic, essential knowledge.

[Night Fox]

why are you two having such a large argument over this

[BanishedLetters]

why are you two having such a large argument over this

i swear, we have like 3 forum arguments going on right now

[yuhwryu]

why are you two having such a large argument over this

This is the Blockland Forums.

[steve5451]

>implying elementary school teachers make doctors
>implying elementary school teachers do anything
>implying anything in elementary school is useful.

i learned four things in elementary school that i still use. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Elementary school is just daycare with some work thrown in, the only useful teachers are high school science/math/history/english teachers and college professors.

So you learned how to read, write, and type in middle school?

[Robo_______Noob]

You can't loving sprint from from 2+2 to Algebra. Not how it works.

Yeah, you can. Algebra is not difficult at all for me and I never understood why people thought it was any problem even when I was little. The idea of variability in an equation is something that is paired with even the most basic of real life applications. Then again, I can't really wrap my head around how math can be difficult for anybody, but it appears to be for the majority of the population, so my views are pretty unimportant.

[Harm94]

I hate the teachers unions. They make good teachers look bad with their greed.

Have fun writing an essay when you apply to college.

I ever had to do one. Now I'm in a jc.

[dorkdotdan]

you're such a richard.

Teachers are far more important than doctors; because they create them.

This is the most loving handicapped sentence I have ever read.

[Katadeus]

Yeah, you can. Algebra is not difficult at all for me and I never understood why people thought it was any problem even when I was little. The idea of variability in an equation is something that is paired with even the most basic of real life applications. Then again, I can't really wrap my head around how math can be difficult for anybody, but it appears to be for the majority of the population, so my views are pretty unimportant.

That was an intelligent post and I applaud you for it.