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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 17 2018, 03:11 PM (73 Views) | |
| George K | Mar 17 2018, 03:11 PM Post #1 |
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/california-high-school-teacher-put-on-leave-after-asking-whether-schools-would-allow-students-to-walk-out-to-protest-abortion
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Davis | Mar 17 2018, 03:13 PM Post #2 |
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Fulla-Carp
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You don’t play social media games when your job is on the line. |
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| George K | Mar 17 2018, 03:16 PM Post #3 |
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It is safer to smile and agree. But, she didn't get fired. Only "paid leave." Good thing that will never go on her record, amirite? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Davis | Mar 17 2018, 03:20 PM Post #4 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Hope not, it could have been an innocent (ISH) question, someone caught up in society spewing out whatever ever impulse they have as a FB(god) given right. |
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| Rainman | Mar 17 2018, 03:59 PM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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That is a current problem. One ideology sets the expectations, which include simplification of a complex issue down to sound bites, a march, cardboard signs and chants. A teacher offers another complex issue to attempt to get the students to "think critically." But, that is not allowed. Yet, "critical thinking" is touted all the time, it's one of the top educational buzz words. Hopefully there is still time for reasonable people, especially teachers, to start pushing back against one-sided expectations, without fear of losing their jobs. What is the role of a high school teacher these days? |
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| Copper | Mar 17 2018, 06:05 PM Post #6 |
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Relax, there is no need for "critical thinking" anymore. Teachers simply pass along appropriate thoughts. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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