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You're just scared of being Liberal by injection. You know you'd love it....
No, I'm just scared of being a Liberal. Then again, that IS the easy way out. No personal responsibility, government will provide for me, etc.
See, you really didn't need my injection at all, although the offer still stands...
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 
You had BEST be offended by my liberalism, and NOT by the delivery method. Are you on countdown to the end of the year? Even after all these years, I still miss that aspect...that feeling of upcoming freedom. 
Are you on countdown to the end of the year? Even after all these years, I still miss that aspect...that feeling of upcoming freedom.
Yes. As of today, 11 1/2 student days, 13 total days left.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 17 2011, 05:00 AM) 
Yes. As of today, 11 1/2 student days, 13 total days left.
I've worked much harder--and longer hours--as a teacher than I ever did as a sales manager or the many other jobs I've held in the private sector. When in business, I never had to take piles of papers home to grade, never had to make lessons plans into the wee hours of the night, never had to almost daily hold in-person or via phone conferences with parents, never had to coach football and get home at 8:30 each night, THEN had to find the time to grade, plan, etc. The number of hours I work each calendar year as a teacher far exceeds the number of hours I ever worked in the business world. Furthermore, I quickly came to realize that teachers actually need the breaks. After all, YOU try to put up with disrespectful, screaming, whining kids every day for 10 1/2 months and see if you don't go batshit.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 17 2011, 02:18 PM)
I've worked much harder--and longer hours--as a teacher than I ever did as a sales manager or the many other jobs I've held in the private sector. When in business, I never had to take piles of papers home to grade, never had to make lessons plans into the wee hours of the night, never had to almost daily hold in-person or via phone conferences with parents, never had to coach football and get home at 8:30 each night, THEN had to find the time to grade, plan, etc. The number of hours I work each calendar year as a teacher far exceeds the number of hours I ever worked in the business world. Furthermore, I quickly came to realize that teachers actually need the breaks. After all, YOU try to put up with disrespectful, screaming, whining kids every day for 10 1/2 months and see if you don't go batshit.
No, liberals did that long before that with their ridiculous bullshit.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 17 2011, 03:05 PM)
No, liberals did that long before that with their ridiculous bullshit.
How many liberals are you teaching this semester? LOL It is tough to teach, no doubt about it. On that issue, CC, we are in complete agreement. But I digress....Bristol is still a ho. (hee-hee-ho-ho) 
I have no idea if the kids I teach are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican; nor do I care. When I teach, it is my personal policy to not get into ideological or religious discussions. I also do not believe a teacher should inject his/her political views into the classroom. The students should be free to think what they want without fear of the teacher being ideologically dissimilar to some of them.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 18 2011, 05:00 AM)
I have no idea if the kids I teach are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican; nor do I care. When I teach, it is my personal policy to not get into ideological or religious discussions. I also do not believe a teacher should inject his/her political views into the classroom. The students should be free to think what they want without fear of the teacher being ideologically dissimilar to some of them.
Silly, an opinion is not allowed in his classroom! (just kidding) But yeah, what would you do if a student expresses a religious or political opinion? Do you turn it into a "teaching" moment? Mind you, I am just curious about you, not about policy by the school board. Also, I will not tell...your answer stays on this board...I'm just asking out of curiosity.
It depends on what type of opinion it is. If it's a political or religious one, I try to discuss things in generalities and not what my individual opinion is. I teach middle school Spanish in a public school, but there are times when I discuss religion, for example, in a historical, Social Studies manner. For instance, when we're on topical matters like how the Hispanic world celebrates Christmas and La Semana Santa (Holy Week), I do so in a manner that explains the many celebrations behind those religious days/periods. This is especially evident when we talk about the Spanish city of Sevilla, which has probably the world's largest Semana Santa celebration.
My school and district is heavily Hispanic, and consequently almost all of the students are Roman Catholic (like me), but in my classes I actually have a Muslim and a Hispanic girl who do not celebrate any of those Catholic Christian events. When I had my kids designing Spanish Christmas cards (that were not displayed in the school, it was just a last day before break activity), I worked with the two aforementioned students to have them design cards that celebrate the winter season and its beauty. I even suggested to the Muslim student, who is a good kid, that if he wanted to design a card in Spanish that dealt with Ramadan or an Islamic holiday, he was welcome to do that.
When doing this, I explained to the students that our objective wasn't to advocate a specific religion or denomination; rather, it was to practice their newly reviewed Spanish holiday vocabulary in a seasonal manner and cultural manner.
I've had kids ask me what religion I am, and I don't lie about it. Instead, I tell them, but I also expand my answer to mention other major religions and how they played a part in the lives of Spanish people and Spanish as well as Mexican history.
My school and district is heavily Hispanic, and consequently almost all of the students are Roman Catholic (like me), but in my classes I actually have a Muslim and a Hispanic girl who do not celebrate any of those Catholic Christian events. When I had my kids designing Spanish Christmas cards (that were not displayed in the school, it was just a last day before break activity), I worked with the two aforementioned students to have them design cards that celebrate the winter season and its beauty. I even suggested to the Muslim student, who is a good kid, that if he wanted to design a card in Spanish that dealt with Ramadan or an Islamic holiday, he was welcome to do that.
When doing this, I explained to the students that our objective wasn't to advocate a specific religion or denomination; rather, it was to practice their newly reviewed Spanish holiday vocabulary in a seasonal manner and cultural manner.
I've had kids ask me what religion I am, and I don't lie about it. Instead, I tell them, but I also expand my answer to mention other major religions and how they played a part in the lives of Spanish people and Spanish as well as Mexican history.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 19 2011, 04:44 AM)
It depends on what type of opinion it is. If it's a political or religious one, I try to discuss things in generalities and not what my individual opinion is. I teach middle school Spanish in a public school, but there are times when I discuss religion, for example, in a historical, Social Studies manner. For instance, when we're on topical matters like how the Hispanic world celebrates Christmas and La Semana Santa (Holy Week), I do so in a manner that explains the many celebrations behind those religious days/periods. This is especially evident when we talk about the Spanish city of Sevilla, which has probably the world's largest Semana Santa celebration.
My school and district is heavily Hispanic, and consequently almost all of the students are Roman Catholic (like me), but in my classes I actually have a Muslim and a Hispanic girl who do not celebrate any of those Catholic Christian events. When I had my kids designing Spanish Christmas cards (that were not displayed in the school, it was just a last day before break activity), I worked with the two aforementioned students to have them design cards that celebrate the winter season and its beauty. I even suggested to the Muslim student, who is a good kid, that if he wanted to design a card in Spanish that dealt with Ramadan or an Islamic holiday, he was welcome to do that.
When doing this, I explained to the students that our objective wasn't to advocate a specific religion or denomination; rather, it was to practice their newly reviewed Spanish holiday vocabulary in a seasonal manner and cultural manner.
I've had kids ask me what religion I am, and I don't lie about it. Instead, I tell them, but I also expand my answer to mention other major religions and how they played a part in the lives of Spanish people and Spanish as well as Mexican history.
Good answer, CC. Actually, more thoughtful than I thought you were capable of...you never cease to amaze me.
QUOTE(SeaCraig @ May 19 2011, 08:46 AM)
When talking about other parts of the Spanish speaking world do you talk about their indigenous religions and the celebrations that have come out of that tradition?
Yes, the major ones usually. I generally don't address every Spanish speaking country.
QUOTE(millerbeach @ May 19 2011, 11:45 PM)
Good answer, CC. Actually, more thoughtful than I thought you were capable of...you never cease to amaze me.
I'm sure.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 19 2011, 11:08 PM)
Yes, the major ones usually. I generally don't address every Spanish speaking country.
I'm sure.
Crew Chief
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 20 2011, 03:31 PM)
Crew Chief
I don't have to worry about that anymore.
Furthermore, one look at what has transpired in our school the past 2-3 months proves ability has nothing to do with whether a teacher is retained or not.
Furthermore, one look at what has transpired in our school the past 2-3 months proves ability has nothing to do with whether a teacher is retained or not.
Politico: Bristol Palin's gay marriage rant: Obama girls watch too much 'Glee'
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Bristol Palin thinks it’s laughable that President Barack Obama’s children influenced his decision to support same-sex marriage.
“While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads,” Bristol, the eldest daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, wrote in a blog post titled “Hail to the Chiefs – Malia and Sasha Obama” on Thursday.
Obama said on Wednesday that his daughers' acceptance of friends with same-sex parents helped prompt his "change in perspective." In response, Palin writes:
In this case, it would’ve been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage. Or that – as great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview.
In this situation, it was the other way around. I guess we can be glad that Malia and Sasha aren’t younger, or perhaps today’s press conference might have been about appointing Dora the Explorer as Attorney General because of her success in stopping Swiper the Fox.
Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.
“While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads,” Bristol, the eldest daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, wrote in a blog post titled “Hail to the Chiefs – Malia and Sasha Obama” on Thursday.
Obama said on Wednesday that his daughers' acceptance of friends with same-sex parents helped prompt his "change in perspective." In response, Palin writes:
In this case, it would’ve been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage. Or that – as great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview.
In this situation, it was the other way around. I guess we can be glad that Malia and Sasha aren’t younger, or perhaps today’s press conference might have been about appointing Dora the Explorer as Attorney General because of her success in stopping Swiper the Fox.
Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.
I saw a joke on twitter, and for the life of me can't remember which comic sent it...
"Bristol Palin thinks the Obama girls have been watching too much Glee, I guess that means Bristol watched too much 16 and Pregnant"
"Bristol Palin thinks the Obama girls have been watching too much Glee, I guess that means Bristol watched too much 16 and Pregnant"
Why people continue to listen to those Palin gals is beyond me. I feel like it's turning to the Kardashians for advice.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ May 11 2012, 08:14 PM)
Why people continue to listen to those Palin gals is beyond me. I feel like it's turning to the Kardashians for advice.
Another reality show? Egads...none of them are real in the first place.
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