Comments on: A new teacher, a new year

By: Allyson Bogie

Allyson Bogie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:02:27 +0000

I, too, am certain that you can get a job in Oakland next year if you want one. So glad to hear that your year is going well! Congratulations on all of your hard work.

By: cranky teacher

cranky teacher — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:30:36 +0000

If you want to stay in Oakland, you can stay in Oakland. There are *always* many middle-school openings.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:04:48 +0000

Teaching tips anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_fRQRAgo0

By: dadiletta

dadiletta — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:52:59 +0000

Oak Vet,

You’re perfectly correct about students having more to offer than aggression. In fact I’m constantly impressed by the students that are so often surrounded by hostility but have remained kind and resilient.

I would be happy to stay teaching in Oakland. However, both my school and the placement program that hired me (OCTC) are closing. Things look rather grim on that front.

By: Oak Vet

Oak Vet — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:46:18 +0000

“Aggression is how these students communicate with each other…It takes a lot out of me, but I bring less tension home.”

Keep working to come up with dignified ways to control your students (your students, not THESE students) Our students have a lot to communicate beyond aggression. Once you’ve created a safe environment, they’ll show you. Hang in there. It sounds like you are establishing some effective protocols and methods for feedback. Stay teaching in Oakland.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:51:53 +0000

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4011959n&tag=api

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:27:54 +0000

Good read over morning coffee….”Squeezing A Balloon”

http://www.cmi.no/publications/file/3399-squeezing-a-balloon.pdf

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:23:46 +0000

Watch for signs and signals with red flags…read all about them (in partial listing):

http://www.u4.no/

Now, what is the agenda for counter-combat as lively as Avatar….?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:00:36 +0000

It’s too late Sharon. Come March 15th expect a covert “Avatar” operation in real time: RIF’s, physical relocation of Central Offices impacted by Modernization of Downtown and further publically unannounced slashes to people and programs and without opportunity for redress, so that finally Corporate memtics can overtake those who’ve held the biggest clout and voices in both Washington and Sacramento: LEA’s, local Districts and teachers’ and administrators’ unions. By my watch, this HMO’izing of public education to further clean-up after the social-economic impacts resulting from failed social, economic, and educational public policy over the past 25+ years and failing to protect our borders, etc, etc, has all been going on since September 11th, 2001, for which the local teachers’ union has not even been able to counter or at least run an equivalent attempt comparable to the Chicago Coalition of Rank and File Educators. Furthermore, there is a total reorganization of public funding schemes going on due to public sector corruption causing this greed induced depression, and along with the predictions for the cost of funding for education in the coming years and the inablity to make good dual funding promises a new system needs to arise to protect the interests of the corporate castes. The trend certainly is irreversible.

By: Nextset

Nextset — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:26:57 +0000

Sharon: I agree that public schools are being systematically destroyed. I believe that process was started in the mid-1960′s.

Because of this the US Population will no longer be educated and socialized together, or to a common standard. Our society is to be rigidly segregated. The various castes will not see or speak to each other except in defined occupational roles. The castes have different mores, language, dress & mating habits just to keep things defined.

It’s hilarious that all this started with the “civil rights” movement. That legislation was used to get a predictable result the opposite of what it’s stated purpose. This is a common thing in legislation – skilled and cunning legislators craft a bill or an initiative calculated to boomerang on it’s supporters. Kind of like a trojan horse. You see this in consumer protection legislation a lot – like the “Lemon Law” that protects the auto industry from (previously permissible) lawsuits for defective merchandise. Just wait and see what Obamacare turns into – it’s never intended to be any improvement in health care.

I am sure that this trend is irreversible under the circumstances. And this country will not be recognizable from what it once was.