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Comment on To America from a Teacher by Response to Cheyenne’s post about what makes a good teacher | Cartesian Planes of Learning

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:27:54 +0000

[...] genuinely love their students and want to help them be all they can be. An explanation of this is this letter, written by an American teacher not long after the Sandy Hook school shootings in December last [...]

Comment on Education Reform as Epic Tragedy by S. Thomas Summers

S. Thomas Summers — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:23:42 +0000

For the past 20 years, I’ve been teaching high school literature in a New Jersey high school.

I agree that teacher morale has dropped significantly; however, mine has not been tarnished because of a test I may or may not be required to teach to. My morale has dropped because I am indeed considered a “monster” by the surrounding community – not because I am a bad teacher, but because I am a teacher. It’s my impression and opinion, that most consider teachers incompetent simply because they are teachers.

S. Thomas Summers
Author of Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the American Civil War

Comment on Five Questions for Texas Parents by Beatrix Haggard

Beatrix Haggard — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:07:10 +0000

This “Testing is JUNK & awaste of money.Let teachers teach & students live in the real world.

Comment on To America from a Teacher by reformedmanofgod

reformedmanofgod — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:47:54 +0000

“Why have we abandoned principles that propelled a fledgling colony into the most powerful nation the world has known in record time?”

Excellently said, friend.

Comment on Following Bill Gates DOWN the Microsoft Path = Bad Business by Jon Lubar

Jon Lubar — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:12:44 +0000

Lisa Myers, thanks for the additional links to stories on the stack ranking implosion of Microsoft. One critical and rather obvious point I haven’t seen in any of the articles I’ve read about this is that somehow, Microsoft suddenly assumed that it had inadvertently hired incompetent workers and yet didn’t know how to find them. Who would have imagined that as competitive as it was to get a job under Gates, the employee interview and selection process failed so badly that tons of “bad employees” were hired? Was it “Have a pulse, here’s your contract”? Really??? What previous system did they have for employee evaluation that failed so badly in identifying the dead wood? Were 99.9% of workers rated as good even though there was a daily release of patches for the Windows OS’s? Did Gates think that unknown quantity of bad workers was the predominant cause of the many bugs and vulnerabilities in Microsoft products?

“It’s called the invisible hand because it doesn’t exist.”

Comment on Milestone: 100,000 Visits! by S. Thomas Summers

S. Thomas Summers — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:28:21 +0000

Congrats.

Comment on Milestone: 100,000 Visits! by coffeediva

coffeediva — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:00:56 +0000

Congratulations on your amazing milestone!

Comment on Milestone: 100,000 Visits! by Lisa Myers

Lisa Myers — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:44:27 +0000

Thanks, Gwen!

Comment on Milestone: 100,000 Visits! by Gwen

Gwen — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:54:01 +0000

Love the new look!

Comment on Milestone: 100,000 Visits! by Lisa Myers

Lisa Myers — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:46:49 +0000

Thank you, Dr. Helms. I am looking forward to DKG membership and great things in the future. Have a safe and profitable trip to Estonia.