Teachers’ union letter seeking delay of in-school learning riddled with errors

[Counselor706]

A parent in Arlington, Virginia, slammed the teachers’ union in the state by editing an error-ridden letter that demanded officials delay reopening schools and posted the corrected version on social media.

Addressed to Arlington Schools Superintendent Dr. Francisco Duran, the letter cites the rise in omicron coronavirus cases and demands a delay in starting in-classroom learning.

The parent, who obviously has some expertise in writing and editing, found more than 20 blunders in the five-paragraph letter.

Link for the letter

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I didn't know Emobo worked for the Arlington Education Association.

 

[The_Trouvere]

Link for the letter

It was probably written by a beneficiary of affirmative action.

 

[LittleDixie]

I'm not surprised, because teachers are overrated welfare cases.

They aren't heroes, they are parasites who typically do their jobs poorly.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I'm not surprised, because teachers are overrated welfare cases.

They aren't heroes, they are parasites who typically do their jobs poorly.

You're certainly proof of that.

 

[ll74]

I'm not surprised, because teachers are overrated welfare cases.

They aren't heroes, they are parasites who typically do their jobs poorly.

Sadly, you believe this statement reflects on teachers rather than you

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Sadly, you believe this statement reflects on teachers rather than you

Not really. Education is a field filled with room-temperature intellects. Their incomng SAT scores are below most college majors in almost every respect:

https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-average-sat-score-for-every-college-major-2014-10?op=1

Hey, every academic community has to have a ghetto, no?

 

[ll74]

Not really. Education is a field filled with room-temperature intellects. Their incomng SAT scores are below most college majors in almost every respect:

https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-average-sat-score-for-every-college-major-2014-10?op=1

Hey, every academic community has to have a ghetto, no?

Yes, I get that you agree with her.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Yes, I get that you agree with her.

So do the facts. And I've been around teachers for 30 years. These numbers don't surprise me one little bit.

 

[ll74]

So do the facts. And I've been around teachers for 30 years. These numbers don't surprise me one little bit.

I know plenty of teachers.

Your position is more about you than about teachers

 

[Rotadom]

Those stats are almost a decade old and they don't tell you if those who entered college as an "education major" went on to be educators and those with high scores could have easily become teachers in their respective disciplines. Try again?

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Those stats are almost a decade old and they don't tell you if those who entered college as an "education major" went on to be educators and those with high scores could have easily become teachers in their respective disciplines. Try again?

You are free to provide supporting information for your hypothesis.

 

[Rotadom]

You are free to provide supporting information for your hypothesis.

You first.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

You first.

See above. Your turn.

 

[Rotadom]

See above. Your turn.

Please tell us how many of those who majored in education became teachers and those who scored better did not. Then also make sure that data isn't a decade old. We'll go from there.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Please tell us how many of those who majored in education became teachers and those who scored better did not. Then also make sure that data isn't a decade old. We'll go from there.

I didn't make that claim, you did. Now support it. I'll even take data a decade old

Oh, and even CBS knows schools of education are a joke:

A college degree is just about essential to make a lot of money in a career, but what if you don't want to work all that hard to get a diploma?

Slackers wanting to earn the country's easiest college major, should major in education.

Research over the years has indicated that education majors, who enter college with the lowest average SAT scores, leave with the highest grades. Some of academic evidence documenting easy A's for future teachers goes back more than 50 years!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heres-the-nations-easiest-college-major/

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

See above. Your turn.

You didn't. You didn't even read the article you linked. The article clearly says PROSPECTIVE majors and the data is from College Board. So this is the major that some kids checked off prior to taking to the SAT when they were 16. There's no way to know if they actually went on to become education majors or actually enter the field.

 

[pecksniff]

And I've been around teachers for 30 years.

That does not mean you understood them.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

That does not mean you understood them.

It doesn't mean anything. You would think a guy in a science field would understand that personal observations aren't worth anything.

 

[Rotadom]

That means if he's 60 he didn't start learning until his 30s

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I didn't make that claim, you did. Now support it. I'll even take data a decade old

Oh, and even CBS knows schools of education are a joke:

A college degree is just about essential to make a lot of money in a career, but what if you don't want to work all that hard to get a diploma?

Slackers wanting to earn the country's easiest college major, should major in education.

Research over the years has indicated that education majors, who enter college with the lowest average SAT scores, leave with the highest grades. Some of academic evidence documenting easy A's for future teachers goes back more than 50 years!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heres-the-nations-easiest-college-major/

It's a shame your master deemed CBS as fake news.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

It can’t be worse than Jill Biden’s dissertation can it?

 

[LittleDixie]

It is not a given that someone who graduates high school is even literate. Think about that. High schools are giving diplomas to people who can barely (if at all) process written information.

This is what failure looks like. The fundamental position of educators is that they alone have the skills and knowledge required to instruct children. They credit themselves with the ability to shape children's minds, yet they consistently fail to notice that one in 5 of their students are functionally illiterate.

32 Million U.S. Adults are "Functionally Illiterate"... What Does That Even Mean?
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org...-functionally-illiterate-what-does-even-mean/

15 US Literacy Rate and Illiteracy Statistics
"19% of high school graduates can not read."
https://brandongaille.com/us-literacy-rate-and-illiteracy-statistics/

Adult Literacy in America
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs93/93275.pdf

 

[LittleDixie]

I didn't make that claim, you did. Now support it.

Yeah, you know how this is going to go.

You provide evidence to support your claim.

They dispute your evidence based off of a gut feeling that you must be wrong.

You ask for their evidence.

They can't post a link to their feelings and they make no attempt at finding any actual data. Instead, they insist that you find it. It must be out there, why is it their responsibility to prove their claim?

You point this out.

They insult you and change the subject.

 

[bellisarius]

I didn't make that claim, you did. Now support it. I'll even take data a decade old

Oh, and even CBS knows schools of education are a joke:

A college degree is just about essential to make a lot of money in a career, but what if you don't want to work all that hard to get a diploma?

Slackers wanting to earn the country's easiest college major, should major in education.

Research over the years has indicated that education majors, who enter college with the lowest average SAT scores, leave with the highest grades. Some of academic evidence documenting easy A's for future teachers goes back more than 50 years!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heres-the-nations-easiest-college-major/

They also have the lowest GRE scores of those seeking post-grad degrees.