tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8766966629300317687..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Meanwhile Over in Spokane School District...Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-41013879796326389222010-09-09T15:45:14.689-07:002010-09-09T15:45:14.689-07:00Spokane School District has posted a statement on ...Spokane School District has posted a statement on this: http://www.spokaneschools.org/17331047111017637/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=328709&C=66108 I had hoped that there was more to this story that would show that the district wasn't being really stupid. The official statement doesn't engender confidence. They state that every supplemental material used in class must go through an approval process. Really? Every song, poem, newspaper article? How many of the district's teacher follow that? Does the district make that clear to teachers? My district certainly doesn't.<br /><br />I can understand reprimanding the teacher if they didn't follow procedure, but there doesn't seem to be anything here that warrants the spending of extra money involved with a paid leave and the disruption to the learning environment in the classroom and school.Concerned Teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57545355355797821902010-09-09T10:12:02.504-07:002010-09-09T10:12:02.504-07:00Gee, wouldn't want anything from the outside w...Gee, wouldn't want anything from the outside world to intrude on what happens in the classroom. I wonder how many students at the school have that song (or hundreds like it) on their iPods. If I was a student in that class, I'd probably say "Wow, what a cool teacher, and I hadn't ever thought about the lyrics of that song before. Maybe I should pay more attention." And that might lead to liking music that says something important, or thought-provoking, or funny.<br /><br />Not a lot of details in this story, but I can't see how playing a song in a class can be a bad thing assuming it was used in a "teaching" way by the teacher.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105365816526108707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51112963372818772722010-09-09T06:54:25.846-07:002010-09-09T06:54:25.846-07:00eric - sending you a morning hug for making me lau...eric - sending you a morning hug for making me laugh amidst all this depressing reactionaryism (is that a word?)Sahilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610179287237833742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51036789329848785792010-09-09T06:31:39.450-07:002010-09-09T06:31:39.450-07:00Blue Scholars performed at an end of the year &quo...Blue Scholars performed at an end of the year "Moving up" assembly at Roosevelt High School 4 years ago. <br /><br />Kids rioted and all died of drug overdoses immediately afterwards.<br /><br />The first sentence is true.Eric Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663977355241677800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72675868828726699462010-09-09T05:42:43.697-07:002010-09-09T05:42:43.697-07:00The usefulness of my uncle's math teaching adv...The usefulness of my uncle's math teaching advice varies - he's been a university professor since in graduated MIT in the 60s.<br /><br />He told me, before I started my normal school:<br /><br />1. ONLY talk about baseball. no one ever got fired for talking about baseball.<br /><br />2. mothers are ALWAYS right. <br /><br />anyhoo - <br /><br />over 200++ new teenage eyeballs yesterday ! I don't think that summer vacation ending, and being in MATH class, was the highlight of their day!<br /><br />I had a great day - I've just got to make my enthusiasm contagious ...;) <br /><br />there is sooooooooooooo much to do. <br /><br />BMMathTeacher42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07157900103432833615noreply@blogger.com