Eugene must be really, really, really paranoid these days. At the administrative retreat he told all the principals that he will fire ANY of them who contacts a board member about any issue at their school without his permission.
IPS BS likes most of the principals, so if you need to reach out an touch someone, e-mail IPS BS ipsbs@hotmail.com and we will make sure your concerns get to where they should.
Eugene and his flunkies, especially the fat one, can't stop us.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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Wow! More details, please!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the board members feel about being isolated from the day-to-day operations in our district.
Keep it up! This is the stuff folks need to know about!
ReplyDeleteMost of the board members don't care because they are not smart enough to make a decision. That is why they are just puppets for crazy Eugene.......Roof and Adair White will start asking some questions and maybe the public will see what we already know.
ReplyDeleteIt is insubordination to go to the school board before airing a concern with a supervisor -- whether you are a principal or a teacher. Get your facts straight. Dr. White was awesome at the retreat.
ReplyDeleteWould you be so kind as to explain "awesome"? Is this sarcasm, or a sincere positive compliment? It it's positive, I'd like to read about his awesomeness, since it seems to be a rare trait.
ReplyDeleteHOW DID KEY AND SCHOOL 90 GET OUT OF DR. WHITE'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL MEETING? HE IS GOING TO THEIR SITES TO MEET THEM! MUST BE NICE TO HAVE A DAY TO WORK!
ReplyDeleteWe didn't get out of it. Dr. White was too busy and did not have time to meet.
ReplyDeleteThe retreat was not awesome. You can tell that Dr. White is losing his grounding. Oh, how the mighty is falling.
ReplyDeleteOn topic - Going outside the chain of command is insubordinate. The only thing that makes this a story is all of you whiners complaining about it. This is the way it works everywhere else in the world. Why is this shocking or promblematic? Strange.
ReplyDeleteRe: "I wonder how the board members feel about being isolated from the day-to-day operations in our district. "
Simple. They are not involved in the day to day operations. Get a clue! They make policy. They do not order pencils. Come on. Grasping at straws for a place to complain.
Once I spoke to a teacher who was at Arlington for years, she told me they didn't have any problems. I pondered this answer for several days because I knew it was not the case, and finally figured out that she had NO IDEA what a good school looked or functioned like, she had spent too many years in a chaotic mess and had forgotten what should be happening.
ReplyDeleteTo the person who said Dr. White was awesome, perhaps you have spent too much time in IPS. What they use to say about Greenwood's minions might now apply to you "they can't breathe till Dr. White farts". Get your nose out of his ass and go visit some functioning districts.
The problem is that the school board does NOT make, implement or even undertand policy. Eugene leads them around like little puppies and what he says they vote to approve. An active involved board would have dumped Eugene a couple of years ago. Eugene will run IPS into bankruptcy and force the state to take over and then the school will be totally useless as they will have no decisions to make. Maybe then Mary Busch will have time to update her 1971 hairdo.
ReplyDeleteI consider all US public schools to be working under 'Gag Orders' at present. There's simply such a narrow look at how we operate our public school system. Right now in Indiana, folks are busy arguing about when to begin the school year, like that's going to make one iota of difference in student achievement levels.
ReplyDeleteRather than provencial thinking about the length of the school year and/or when the school year begins, let's begin to look at highly successful schools on a global basis and not limit that look to only schools in Asian countries. Fact is, Finland's students perform at the highest achievement level in both math and reading among 56 countries ranging from Argentina to Uraguay (including all Asian countries and the US). What is Finland doing right? What can we learn from Finland's education system? Keep in mind that the school year in Finland is 170 days and that students receive 861 hours of instruction per school year compared to US students who average 1146 instructional hours per year.
It's worth reading this article from Scholastic Administrator (8/08) at the below link.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749880
Finland also has merit pay for teachers and school vouchers, both of which go along way in increasing respect for teachers and the school. Also, while vouchers don't eliminate poverty, they help break up the poverty of culture that we perpetuate when we trap entire cities of poor children in the worst schools with the fewest opportunities.
ReplyDeleteHow can the board set policy when they are unaware of what is going on in the schools? Parents need to call those board members and complain about what they see going on that is not right, and also tell them what they like and appreciate. Anyone who has ever been to one of Dr. White's community input meetings can tell you this is not the correct name for those meetings...more like "let me tell you what you are going to do-meetings"
ReplyDeleteAwesome is defined at sharp blue/white/yellow Prada shoes and shirts/pants/drawers that are wait to tight to wear, even if you are leaving the house during a fire. Finland also has the highest rate of taxes 60% on all income and college is free to those you want a higher degree.
ReplyDeleteLooked up Finland-Don't start school until age 7-on purpose. Families are supposed to take the lead role in their child's education. Too much to ask here. The Fins also have less days of school, yet higher test scores. Maybe the Carmelites are on to something??? Fins have 2 teachers in every class. Makes sense to me, especially with 30 or more kids in the class.
ReplyDeleteI am a taxpayer and a resident of IPS...no one especially that bloated bag of wind Eugene is going to tell me that I cannot talk to a school board member....and I am a teacher. I will tell them what he won't tell them.
ReplyDeleteTo the person who said to get my nose out of Dr. White's ass and go visit some functioning school districts: get your nose out of your own ass. I just came from a "functioning" school district. If you hate the leadership in IPS, quit crying on the blog, get your resume together, and leave. Oh, wait a minute: you probably have done that but your piss poor attitude came through and you couldn't get hired. Now Our kids are stuck with you and your shitty, entitled, armchair QB attitude. Good luck. It must suck to live in your skin.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you spending so much time looking at Dr. White's ass? Go see a counselor! Better yet, move to Finland...
ReplyDeleteThe one person "pondered" then came to a conclusion On his or her own without further fact finding or discussion? What a self-aggrandizing, pompous, elitist you are!
ReplyDeleteWhich post contains stuff from the person who "pondered"?
ReplyDeleteMiddle of the page. Starts off, "Once I spoke to a teacher who was at Arlington"
ReplyDeleteOK, I see it.
ReplyDeleteAbout the Finland Article:
ReplyDelete#1 It said that in Finland 1 in 8 applicants become teachers, in the US the bottom third of the students become teachers. I was in the top 10% of my HS class and graduated off the Deans list in college.
#2 Education costs in Finland. Here in the good ole USA we give it away free. Things that are free are not valued by society. If you don't work for it, or pay for it, it must not matter. Maybe we should switch and let college be free and K-12 cost.
You left a well functioning district and came to IPS and you have the nerve to talk about someone else. You must be an administrator who never leaves the puzzle palace.
ReplyDeleteWhat is going on in IPS is a dis-service to children, parents, and the community. Today I hired one of our graduates to do some work for me around the house. He has been out of school a year, taken 4 courses at Ivy Tech, failed 2, and can't find work. He has no marketable skills, and his work ethic is horrible. What should have been done in four hours took eight. And IPS considers him a success.
Sounds like you hired the wrong guy! Maybe you didn't do your homework either!! Maybe you were one of his teachers?????????
ReplyDeleteThere must be some administrators or the fat one on here today. The teacher bashing and Eugene defending is out of control. You cannot defend much that the tyrant Eugene White does.
ReplyDeleteI was one of his teachers, and I knew he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, special ed...but I knew he could use some money. I don't set the curriculum, or establish the courses. I wasn't the one who eliminated all the courses that would have given this kid a marketable skill, even if it was only learning to change the oil in a car. These decisions were made higher up the chain of command. And incidentally they were made before White came into power, thanks so much Steve Goldsmith, and friends.
ReplyDeleteWow. You're smart for hiring an unsuccessful kid who wasn't the "sharpest knife in the drawer." Looks like you need to review -- again -- where your head is currently located. And no, I am not an administrator nor do I work in the "puzzle palace." I am a teacher.
ReplyDeleteWhat don't you understand here, he is special ed, he graduated, he did his work in school to the best of his ability, he was always cooperative and polite.
ReplyDeleteAnd he needed a little pocket money.
The point here is he didn't get any skills that would lead him to employment. In fact he really didn't get many skills at all, he was very curious when I made lunch, as he has no idea how to cook, and was surprised and asked what I did with all the stuff in my pantry.
You've never done anything that wasn't in your own best interest? I could have hired some nice teen agers from my church who would have worked much harder and taken directions better, but I wanted to help this kid out. And I payed him higher then minimum wage.
Any teacher understands why you hired him. It is what we do to help our students especially when the puzzle palace ties our hands in what we know works. The mean spirited comments probably came directly from the Ed. Center. They like to pose as teachers as they know that as soon as they admit to working in the Ed. Center that they lose all creditibility. Keep caring for your students.
ReplyDeleteKeep caring for your students! I have one student who needs to graduate from IPS, yes we talk, and I have made many phone calls to friends in IPS. She needs less than nine credits, and I will cry and clap when she walks across the stage! We are working on her college applications and getting into the right college, not that MedTec rip offs.
ReplyDeleteHow do you get only one student? I have 31 on my roster, the other classes have 33 each. We're certain we'll have them until ADM.
ReplyDeleteNo, I DO understand. I was that lone student years ago. I left Tech needing three credits. Five years later, I sat in the stadium and happily received my diploma. Stay with that young lady. You may be the only positive force in her life. My experience keeps me focused on my kids' successes.
Teachers at key won't be at those meetings bc we've been in school for three weeks already. Many of us worked all summer to be ready for our awesome kids.
ReplyDeleteWe're not really "getting out of anything" either. Dr white has already been to see us once, and we've been told he's coming back soon...
"Awesome is defined at sharp blue/white/yellow Prada shoes and shirts/pants/drawers that are wait to tight to wear, even if you are leaving the house during a fire."
ReplyDeleteAfter the earlier post and the use of awesome to describe Dr. White, I'll never again use it to describe anyone in a positive light, nor put it in an adjective's position before the word "kids".
I know your students are far, far beyond awesome!
Since Eugene refuses to wear clothes that are big enough for him, he always looks tacky even if his clothes are expensive.
ReplyDeleteI feel so proud when I read about my fellow teachers who give their heart, soul, skills, money, and support to help so many "at risk" students, move up on the ladder of life. We are their family and mentor. Dr. Bennett and Dr. White are cold, heartless, failures, who never helped any of their students, they are self-centered, more worried about making a name for themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt is really a two way street, several years ago a teacher at my school was very ill, the students who loved her rallied around her, and when she died it was a student and his mother who were in the room praying with and for her. Our students can be wonderful, and often are.
ReplyDeleteI have seen that even the most behaviorally challenged students can be very supportive of teachers when teachers have difficult times. I remember when one teacher died and many students had visited her and were at her funeral and not one administrator at her high school attended the funeral.
ReplyDeleteFrom Saturday morning, August 7, Channel 8 News.
ReplyDeleteDr. White spoke of more possible financial cuts, warned that every staff member is at risk of job loss, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGEST TEACHERS.
There goes our future!
It's a double-edged sword. We need our young teachers, we need our veteran teachers, and we need a seniority policy in the district--make that a triple-edged sword. Seems that there has to be another route besides cutting teachers, the very ones in the trenches making it happen everyday for children.
ReplyDeleteIt may be just a means of control as well. If our jobs are not in "jeopardy" then he really has nothing over on us. Surely he couldn't mean his beloved "Teaching Fellows" could he? They are many of the newest, youngest teachers.
ReplyDeleteHow about cutting out the catered lunches and ridiculous car allowances before resorting to cutting teachers? There is still a lot of fat at the top that could be cut before impacting the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI just saw the story. What a jerk to be talking about that on the news right before school starts. Should be an interesting meeting at tech tomorrow. I agree with another poster. It sounds like a way to control teachers.
ReplyDeletetomorrow should have been Monday. lol
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to attend the back to school beat down meeting!! Now I know it's time for school to start. I'm looking forward to hearing about all the ways I have become such a lousy teacher after 38 years in I.P.S.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the students feel the same way. "Can't wait for another teacher to tell me how lousy I am compared to how kids used to be, how lousy my family is, how lousy my fashion sense is, how lousy my attitude is, how lousy my grammar is, etc. and how if I have trouble staying focused, understanding the material, or making relevant connections of the material to the real world, it's because I'm lousy, not because the material could be presented in a different way."
ReplyDelete@ "I'm sure the students feel the same way. ..." You make an excellent point. I feel like I should print your post and tape it inside my desk drawer to remind me on a daily basis not to treat my students as my administrators treat me. Thank you for my inspiration for another year.
ReplyDeleteRobert Marzano says that in all areas it takes ten years to develop expertise. Right now 1/3rd of our teachers have less then 5 years, another 1/3 between 5 and fifteen, and the final third have more then 15.
ReplyDeleteThis is yet another scare tactic, turning teacher against teacher, and young teachers against the union. Yes IPS will need to cut a reported 22 million at the end of this school year...meanwhile Dr. White replaced Basil Mawbry with another $120K Coach, this one from Cathedral....and since the star player just died, this may not work out as the jock sniffing White dreams.
Yes there is lots of fat at the top, when will the board look at this, they set policy and should be directing the superintendent, not just approving everything he says....so board members step up, tell him to cut the 22 million without touching classroom teachers.
All of the AVID staff / admins stayed at the Palmer House while in Chicago this summer for their conference. Isn't that one of Chicago's most expensive hotels?????
ReplyDeleteThe Board in is a tightly-sealed bubble (The Bobble Bubble?). They hear and see what Gene allows. Don't put your faith in that group.
ReplyDeleteCutting the clothing allowance and car allowance would be a good place to start. We all buy our own clothes and cars why can't he? And why does his secretary need to make almost $70,000 a year? That's more than EVERY teacher in the district makes.
ReplyDeleteHe's special, and so is she, through osmosis. I think of a "King Midas" complex, when actually "The Emperor has No Clothes," or just ill-fitting designer costumes.
ReplyDeleteWhite works hard to turn teachers against one another and to turn young teachers against the IEA. The IEA is not perfect and has a horrible president right now but those young teachers need the association. White is now working on turning the school board members against each other. He is a real snake.
ReplyDeleteYou sound paranoid. If you're pro-union, fine. But the entire country has seen a trend away from the socialist/union ideals and more toward education reformation. It has nothing to do with White. It's that the union stifles reform, and new teachers tend to support reforms more than veteran teachers. If you don't think reforms are necessary, then the union isn't a problem. But most (all?) major education reforms are opposed by the teachers' unions. White didn't cause that. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a White fan, but let's not be ridiculous in making up stuff to blame him for.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a credible, verifiable source for a teacher who was unjustly fired (or otherwise unfairly treated) because he/she didn't belong to the teachers' union. I don't mean anonymous posters saying it happened to them or they know someone it happened to. But someone with a name, school, and story that can be checked. Anyone?
ReplyDeleteRe: "Cutting the clothing allowance and car allowance would be a good place to start. We all buy our own clothes and cars why can't he?"
ReplyDeleteIt is not ONLY Dr. White. It is many of the administrators downtown. There are many who get car allowances. The only problem with clothing allowances is that one cannot buy taste. Also, there is great disparity in whose meetings get breakfast and lunches catered by local eateries. Lots of money could be cut before another teacher.
Li Yen Johnnson just charges her clothing and then files bankruptcy and doesn't have to pay for any of them. Over $70,000 on credit cards wiped out by her filing bankruptcy.
ReplyDelete@You sound paranoid. You sound very biased with your comment of socialist/union ideals. Anyone who has been with IPS for a number of years can tell stories of teachers who were mistreated or dismissed and did not have representation. I have personally been involved as a rep with teachers who were unjustly on the way to dismissal or discipline based solely on invalid reasons. I have been involved where teachers were disciplined and needed to be. The union does not want bad teachers anymore than anyone else but due process must be followed. Due process only assures that a teacher is given his/her day in court. It does not save a bad teacher. What saves bad teachers are lazy administrators who are not willing to follow due process but just want to dismiss someone on a whim. We shouldn't do that to our students and the administration should not do that to us. I personally have been begged by teachers for representation who were not members and who had always said that they did not need a union because they were good teachers. They soon realized that a vindictive administrator doesn't care about your teaching skills but rather just wants to get revenge.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet Cosby still has a job. What a roll model!!!
ReplyDeleteWho will he tangle with this year? Anymore Shortridge princesses we should know about?
If you're going to link teachers' unions to socialism and lack of education reforms, then you need to specify that you mean teachers' unions in the United States. In other countries, it's not like that. Teachers have the benefits of collective bargaining but there is still school choice, vouchers, etc. Most other countries have different unions with different philosophies. It's only in the U.S. that it is a huge political entity.
ReplyDeletea roll model? He models roll shapes? Or is he a ROLE model.
ReplyDeleteTootsie Roll
ReplyDelete"Does anyone have a credible, verifiable source for a teacher who was unjustly fired (or otherwise unfairly treated) because he/she didn't belong to the teachers' union."
ReplyDeleteI know of no one who has been fired, but a dear friend was put on "Administrative Leave" for a full year, never received an official cause for her leave, then returned to students the next year, all because she WAS a member of IEA (Thanks, Gretchen....she's doing fine in her retirement on the Gulf Coast). This lady deposited every paycheck, kept all sick and personal days for that school year, received her year experience and salary increment, didn't have to write one lesson plan, see one parent, call one sub, sit through one staff meeting, grade one paper, or staple one border on a bulletin board. She even received her bonus because of her school's test scores and attendance (That lets you know how long ago this occurred). The unproven accusations allowed her to spend a full year with her husband, who tragically died shortly after this mess was resolved. I'll happily pay my dues each year.
There are at least eight IPS teachers and staff members who've been out on her boat, and two administrators have standing invitations to visit.
"Li Yen Johnnson just charges her clothing"
ReplyDeleteAt least hers are well-fitted and fashionable. Apparently she has a mirror and uses it, unlike The Emperor.
I know of four teachers who were fired last years as they didn't have the money to pay for legal representation and refused to join IEA.
ReplyDeleteHow many times have your heard about a vindictive unstable administrator that picked on one teacher. Think about the CEO's of major banks, insurance, and financial companies who created financial hardships for shareholders. IPS has one of those CEO's at the wheel. Times are hard and you need to make sure you don't have to deal with problem administrator, all IPS does is send them to the Education Center.
Many people are watching to see which teacher is the Shortridge principal's girlfriend this year? This should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteMany people are watching to see which "victim" the Shortridge teacher will have at Broad Ripple? This should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteI've worked in a building where the "union" was very strong. The result? Teachers who were more concerned with wearing what they want and leaving when they wanted than in educating the children. The union teachers just wanted problem kids out of their classroom, rather than figuring out what those kids needed that they weren't getting. They never supported their instructional leader, and resented any attempts at feedback or direction.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to be teaching in an environment where the students really do come first, and that everyone, administration, teachers, support staff, is on the same team. And what do you know? Not a strong union presence Coincidence? I think not!
It can work in ips if the negativity (read IEA) is squashed.
ah, is the former Princess of Shortridge now the Princess of Broad Ripple?
ReplyDeleteWell it looks as it Tully is writing on schools again. Talking about how the teachers union has Democrats in their pockets and poor Mitch and Bennet cannot get thier education reforms through.
ReplyDeleteIf they come up with something reasonable. They would be able to too. When they work on their own and bully people. Of course no one will listen or be on their side.
They just don't get it.
I'm glad to be teaching in an environment where children come first, the whole staff works together to educate students, AND nearly the entire building belongs to the union. IEA is not negative, it merely stands up so teachers don't get bullied or pushed out of their jobs by vindictive principals. I know this because I was bullied and pushed out by a vindictive principal. I'm glad to be in building where I am respected as a professional and treated to the respect that all people deserve.
ReplyDeleteIEA is definitely negative. The entire purpose of the union is to make sure below-average teachers are paid above market value and retained when they would otherwise be replaced. It prevents rewarding and learning from excellent teachers. It puts the interest of the worst teachers ahead of students and it politically bullies states into maintaining the status quo of the most expensive but least effective public school system in the developed world. I am a teacher and if the union offered me double my salary to belong, I still wouldn't do it. I would feel less sleazy joining a racist organization or a some violent militant group than joining the teachers' union, who is solely responsible for the destruction of millions of children's futures. Go sell your unconscionable bullshit somewhere else. Real teachers know better.
ReplyDeleteWow, excellent post! If we're discussing the B.S. in IPS we certainly can't leave out the union! They're worse than central office, and THAT is saying something.
ReplyDeleteI have worked under some very good principals and some very poor ones who would go after jobs because the wind (politics or any subject) was not in their favor.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has had eval's excellend under very good principals and then trashed under ones on ego trips poor.
I will be a union member and believer to the end. Accusations that were found unfounded (and no basis, so much so that the principal is not even in IPS anymore because the number of charges she brought up. Being targeted is no fun. That year and half under a poor principal was the worse in the over 15 years teaching. I have been given awards and asked to tutor young educators and have student teachers since.
I would NOT have been in IPS after year seven if it were not for the union.
BTW: The union does NOT protect poor teachers. They protect the process that was set up under the contract. If the administration would follow those contracts than the poor teachers (if truly poor) would be gone quickly.
They are open to reform as long as it protects the rights of educators against vindictive and poor administrators trying to impress their boss.
Protecting the level of income and benefits we receive (our governor and Dr. Bennett would lower these dramatically). The number of classes we teach each day. The work environment we are in. And many others positives.
Anyone not on board should spend a year teaching in a Charter or private school. Having no protection against politics and vindictive principals, lower pay, barely any benefits (if any is even offered).
Now off to get woke up, my coffee, and then to church.
Sorry, about the gram and spelling. As I said, just getting up and did not catch them.
ReplyDeleteMy experience has been that some of the worst teachers were not members of the IEA because they were afraid it would make the principal mad and their deficits or laziness would be revealed.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIEA is definitely negative. The entire purpose of the union is to make sure below-average teachers are paid above market value and retained when they would otherwise be replaced.
The above post is so untrue! Just as the prededing post states, it only protects their
" process." You must be insane if you think IPS wanted to get rid of a teacher that the IEA could stop them. If you believe that then.." God didn't make little green apples and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime."
But the "process" that you're defending is that you can't fire a teacher for just not being very good. They have to break a law or stop showing up for work in order to get rid of them. I know most union teachers have absolutely no experience in the private sector, but if you had to retain mediocre employees and keep giving them raises, and you weren't able to pay your good employees what they were worth, your industry would collapse within a generation. The only reason the public school system hasn't collapsed is because it is a government monopoly. Wait 20 years and either a) the teachers' union will have collapsed or b) parents will have completely opted out of traditional public schools through charter schools and, God willing, private school vouchers. And we'll go back to turning out properly educating students that can compete with the rest of the industrialized world. Find a country that has a good school system, little or no school choice, and a strong teachers' union -- one that most teachers belong to. Betcha can't. They're mutually exclusive.
ReplyDeleteYou are 100% wrong. You have bought into the arguments of the anti union private school naysayers. A poorly performing teacher can be fired for not meeting performance standards. I have seen it happen and it should happen more often. That is totally different from a teacher who is convicted of a crime or abandons his/her job. The only issue that keeps it happening more often is lazy administrators who don't want to go through the process.
ReplyDelete"The only issue that keeps it happening more often is lazy administrators who don't want to go through the process."
ReplyDeleteThat's the same reason we're stuck with kids who curse at us and prevent the other students from progressing. Six step discipline plan...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...we weren't even suppose to enter into on the computer regarding the student behavior, as it would make our administrators appear to be ineffective.
The above comment is true. Many administrators don't want to go through the process, same as the same administrators don't want to follow the six=step discipline plan.
ReplyDeleteI know of no other career where colleagues air all their dirty linen on the internet like the employees of IPS. The office staff of your doctors and lawyers could put this site to shame. Get a life folks.
ReplyDeleteIs this why most area doctors don't wish to be included on Angie's List?
ReplyDeleteWhy are you reading and contributing to it, if you have a life? You don't have to take stacks of patient files home, nor do you write lesson plans for your day/week/month/school year. Your boss doesn't tell you exactly which or when to research law cases or illnesses/injuries.
Our chosen profession is not daily life or death struggle as exists in both legal and medical professions, but we must wait 18 - 22 years for our results.
"Our chosen profession is not daily life or death struggle as exists in both legal and medical professions, but we must wait 18 - 22 years for our results."
ReplyDeletePoorly worded, but true.
You FOLKS knew when you CHOSE this career that you needed to wait 18-22 years for your results! This is a life and death struggle if you have not noticed! This blog is known throughout the county for your information and it is very embrassing to be associated with folks who have chosen to use the internet to GOSSIP about the lives of others. As far as why I have chosen to comment, I am excerising my freedom of speech. Since so many of you are so unhappy, find a job somewhere else!
ReplyDeleteWow. How original. "We chose our profession." I've never heard this before......NOT. Next will be, "Must be nice to have three months vacation every year!" Yada, yada, yada.
ReplyDeleteHow many people who walk out of your office will remember you when they graduate from college, or will bring their children/grandchildren in to meet you, or will remember you with holiday cards two decades after they left you? When you possess the compassion, hope, patience, faith, tenacity, love, stamina, and ability to mold the lives of children, you accept the challenges, and welcome the opportunity to vent your frustrations and gossip in a public forum that doesn't jeopardize your job.
You've already stated that you could put our site to shame. So, put up or shut up. What juicy bits are going on in your little corner of the world? C'mon. GOSSIP!
Just don't contact any school board member or Big Gene will have your butt.
ReplyDeleteLet's get back on topic! Any bets on the designer clothing we'll see tomorrow? Last year, the blame for student failure was laid at the feet of middle and high school teachers, complete with a multi-color slide show full of graphs and charts. Whose fault will it be tomorrow? Big Gene's? Nope. He's earned all his bonuses.
I'm not the person you've been arguing with, but I'm an IPS parent and just because you're a teacher doesn't mean you've helped mold a child. Most of my kids' teachers have made as much of an impression as the cashier at Kroger. I myself have had 17 years of education and could maybe remember the names of 10 teachers -- the good ones (and one really bad one, lol) Most of them made zero impact on my life. My mother taught me to read, and most of my education I got through independent reading. School just handed out the tests. Good teachers are amazing, but they are few and far between. You don't get to take the credit for the best in your profession, any more than a public defender gets to take credit for the amazing things good defense attorneys have done. If you're a good teacher, congratulations. But your profession isn't any nobler than anyone else's, and we all have the ability to touch lives, for good or bad, or make no impact at all.
ReplyDeleteCould a Kroger cashier lose her job because she didn't ring up as many groceries as another cashier? Probably not, because their UNION protects Kroger employees from statistics that are not in their control. So, why should teachers be held responsible for their students' test scores?
ReplyDelete(How many of your children's teachers' names do you know?)
To the IPS parent, thank you for responding. I agree with you totally! As far as designer clothing, you might want to take a few hints. You probably come to school in your house dress. Petty comment, but that is how you sound with all this ridculous conversation. Go iron your clothes and get ready for tomorrow. No other district will even hire you!!!!
ReplyDeleteMeow!
ReplyDeleteI actually could name way more of my kids' teachers than they could (or than I could name of my own teachers). They remember them for a year or two, then forget most of them. Don't get me wrong, there are some amazing teachers, like I said. But there are some amazing police officers. There are some amazing nurses. There are some amazing customer service reps. There are even some amazing Kroger cashiers. (And yes, they make more money than the slow, rude ones) Saying everybody is amazing just waters down the meaning of amazing, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI don't iron my clothes!
ReplyDeleteRumors are that the movers and shakers in the city are anxious for Eugene to be gone. I wonder if the spineless head bobbers on the board will give in to the pressure of the city leaders......my bet that they will throw Eugene under the bus in a minute!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are some amazing parents, too.
ReplyDeleteThe Princess of Shortridge is walking around Broad Ripple like nothing ever happened. She is back to batting her eyes and cooing to get her way. Headlines are not far away.
ReplyDeleteYou must be fat and out of shape if you are so worried about "Princess of Shortridge." I understand she can teach English like no other! So stop hating on the lady and working on getting your students on track! Maybe you need to sign up for Glamour Shots and learn how to bat your eyes!!
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