Sase's Nest

[done_got_old]

Fine I tried.

I know. I'll give you an F+ for trying.

 

[sasebrats]

Yayy an F for Fantastic.


This is a nana moment.

 

[done_got_old]

Yayy an F for Fantastic.


This is a nana moment.

No wonder your grades are so poor. F is for failure.

 

[sasebrats]

No wonder your grades are so poor. F is for failure.

Silly woman...don't you know I could change my f's into b's.

 

[done_got_old]

Silly woman...don't you know I could change my f's into b's.

Stupid teachers didn't use cursive, that's why!

 

[sasebrats]

Stupid teachers didn't use cursive, that's why!

Yep I loved those teachers.

 

[done_got_old]

Yep I loved those teachers.

I was smarter, plus when I always made comments next to the failing grades.

 

[sasebrats]

I was smarter, plus when I always made comments next to the failing grades.

Oh you were one of 'them' teachers

 

[tandoor]

If I was a teacher, I wouldn't fail anyone.

 

[sasebrats]

If I was a teacher, I wouldn't fail anyone.

Oh you say that but you would...especially the ones you don't like.

 

[MsTexas]

~yawn~

 

[tandoor]

Oh you say that but you would...especially the ones you don't like.

No, the ones I didn't like would get C's. The ones that did well would get As. Bs for everyone else!

 

[tandoor]

~yawn~

Past your bedtime or am I just very boring?

 

[MsTexas]

Past your bedtime or am I just very boring?

Neither

Just having one of those days.

 

[tandoor]

Neither

Just having one of those days.

I hear ya. Is it cold and dark in Texas too?

 

[done_got_old]

If I was a teacher, I wouldn't fail anyone.

Teachers don't fail students. They fail themselves. To give a student a grade that they didn't earn is teaching them that the world owes them something. Why should you be rewarded for unsatisfactory work? When you take your car to the repair shop do you pay the mechanic after he tells you that your brakes still aren't working?

 

[done_got_old]

Neither

Just having one of those days.

It will perk up soon.

 

[MsTexas]

I hear ya. Is it cold and dark in Texas too?

Its actually in the high 80's and sunny.

I'm just in a blah mood ... might as well be dark and cold

 

[done_got_old]

No, the ones I didn't like would get C's. The ones that did well would get As. Bs for everyone else!

I'm so glad you're not a teacher.

 

[tandoor]

Teachers don't fail students. They fail themselves. To give a student a grade that they didn't earn is teaching them that the world owes them something. Why should you be rewarded for unsatisfactory work? When you take your car to the repair shop do you pay the mechanic after he tells you that your brakes still aren't working?

If a student fails, doesn't that mean the teacher failed to instruct him/her? Or do educators have no accountability for results at all?

 

[tandoor]

I'm so glad you're not a teacher.

lol me too. My friends wife just became one, they work her like nuts, she has to buy supplies out of pocket and her pay sucks.

 

[tandoor]

Its actually in the high 80's and sunny.

I'm just in a blah mood ... might as well be dark and cold

I find that nothing cures the blahs better than sleep.

 

[done_got_old]

If a student fails, doesn't that mean the teacher failed to instruct him/her? Or do educators have no accountability for results at all?

I didn't give birth to the students. Teachers have accountability, but students have free will. It's up to them to study, do the assignments and pass tests. Just like doctors can't save all of their patients, teachers don't reach all the students. There were many students I just couldn't reach. I never gave up, but I wasn't successful either.

 

[tandoor]

I didn't give birth to the students. Teachers have accountability, but students have free will. It's up to them to study, do the assignments and pass tests. Just like doctors can't save all of their patients, teachers don't reach all the students. There were many students I just couldn't reach. I never gave up, but I wasn't successful either.

Fair enough

 

[done_got_old]

lol me too. My friends wife just became one, they work her like nuts, she has to buy supplies out of pocket and her pay sucks.

It sounds as if you have lumped all teachers into one group, probably because of your own experience. I'm going to get off my bandwagon before I say something I won't regret.