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I understand that some teachers have an "off" sense of humor. But the fact of the matter is, if a parent complains STOP CALLING THE KID A LOSER!

Yeesh. The pros on my Reasons to Home School list are adding up every day.
 
My objection is also with the age of these kids (not that a highschooler should be subjected to this type of teaching)...6th graders!! That age is crazy scary to get through (or it was for me) At that age you don''t really know who you are yet and are easily influenced by outside sources.....
 
Pitiful - actuallly writing "loser" as a grade.

I will never forget a teacher my son had in first grade. He was dyslexic, and was frustrated with writing. This teacher put a big fat red F across a picture he drew of our family on the first page of a packet she put together of his work. Imagine a picture of a mommy, daddy, two sisters and him, with the family pets. And a big red F. In first grade.

Some people should not be teaching.
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That being said, I''m not against grading. Properly used, it should be motivating, and teach a child to strive to improve.
 
The link came up as a video for me and I couldn''t see it
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Anyhoo, it sounds a bit much for me. I am generally against the trend of ''politically correct teaching'' which disallows all negatives, but this seems unnecessarily harsh.
 
I saw this yesterday too. I think we should grade teachers. This guy would get a "you''re a tool" from me.
 
The link isn't working for me. I can't see where it's ok ever for a Teacher to call her students Losers. I always go to the opposite side and think , well if you did a better job preparing them to write said papers maybe they would have done a better job??
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And 6th graders none the less?? That's a really hard age, one where they need all the encouragement in the world.

I would like to read it, maybe it will be fixed later.
 
I have a number of friends who are teachers and I too, disagree with the changes that seem to be happening in terms of grading (the "no negatives allowed, everyone wins the same prize regardless of which team really won" etc. perspective) but a 6th grade teacher writing the word "loser" on a child''s work?? disgusting.
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?!?! How bizzare- I saw part of the video but did not hear it; the teacher wrote on her paper "-20% for being a loser"
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How is that for emotional abuse????
 
Date: 3/13/2010 4:43:46 PM
Author: icekid
?!?! How bizzare- I saw part of the video but did not hear it; the teacher wrote on her paper ''-20% for being a loser''
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How is that for emotional abuse????
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OMG, that''s horrible!!!!!!
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That's ridiculous.

The purpose of grading student work *should be* only one of two things:

1) To provide formative feedback to help the child continue developing toward whatever goal the assessment is designed to fulfill. (This would look like comments along the lines of "This sentence is unclear" or "this paragraph lacks focus" on an essay which can then be revised and resubmitted.)

2) To provide summative feedback to give the child a clear picture of how well he achieved a particular goal. (This would look like a rubric or letter grade on a final essay or final multiple choice exam that typically comes at the end of a term or class.)

Period.

I don't believe calling a student a "loser" satisfies either of those purposes.

In defense of teachers, many of us do care about student progress, and we do spend quite a lot of time providing the necessary feedback to support our students on the assessments we choose to give. The media unfortunately doesn't care much for representing those of us who work tirelessly and productively, as we make for very boring and unattractive stories.
 
Date: 3/13/2010 5:26:36 PM
Author: Haven
That''s ridiculous.

In defense of teachers, many of us do care about student progress, and we do spend quite a lot of time providing the necessary feedback to support our students on the assessments we choose to give. The media unfortunately doesn''t care much for representing those of us who work tirelessly and productively, as we make for very boring and unattractive stories.
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Haven - I hope you didn''t think that I was attacking teachers - I totally wasn''t! My sister is a teacher and I have huge respect for how much work she does.. I was more attacking the mindset of many school boards (at least that I''ve heard about through her) that emphasize a strangely convoluted cotton-batting version of self-esteem mixed with the conveyor belt schooling where everyone passes regardless of how well they''re actually doing and whether they can actually handle the next grade). Just my opinion!
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This is disturbing and this is coming from a college student nearing the end of my teaching program. That teacher needs to be fired- kids literally get SCARRED from things like this. blech
 
That is very disturbing. He is bullying a little girl. He should be fired.
 
My brother is in 4th grade - he has a teacher who is great at math and really stresses the importance of being good at math. My brother struggles with math (I don''t blame him! I''m not good at it either!) and he raised his hand to ask a question when they were doing in-class math sheets. The teacher came over, he asked the question, she gave some nasty answer, then rolled her eyes and said "stupidity" and walked away. My brother doesn''t raise his hand in class anymore and is now afraid to ask any questions. He used to love school, but this teacher has hurt his self confidence so much this year that he now hates going to school and struggles even more in math because he''s scared to ask any questions.

I think any teacher who does something like that and insults a kid (whether it''s verbally or whether it''s writing "loser" on a paper) shouldn''t be teaching. Especially at that young age - these kids need some guidance sometimes and the negativity really hurts their self esteem.
 
I have a wealth of respect for GOOD teachers, and for their sake I wish "teachers" like these could be more easily replaced. Teachers are in a position to make, or ruin, a child''s life, as much if not more so than a parent. I''ll give the example of my brother, whose confidence and love of school were killed by his 2nd grade teacher. As a young child, he had a speech impediment and was seeing a counselor at school to help him. Well, at the same time, his teacher was pushing a phonics approach to reading in the classroom. My poor brother couldn''t keep up - Phonics doesn''t work very well when you can''t actually say/distinguish the letters! The teacher would hand back his worksheets with red marker saying to follow directions. She couldn''t figure out that he couldn''t READ the directions. As he fell more behind, he started to stress and started a bad habit of tapping his pencil on his desk. Another student complained, and instead of policing the situation herself, she told the other kid HE COULD TAKE MY BROTHER''S PENCIL IF HE TAPPED IT. This was in 2nd grade - you know the end of this story before I even tell you, I''m sure. My brother would come home asking for more pencils, and my mom couldn''t figure out where they were all going. In the end, this kid was taking my brother''s pencil the second he pulled it out to do his assignments in class, and an entire box of pencils would disappear. The result? His marks got worse as his papers came back saying "Didn''t follow directions or finish worksheet". My brother''s confidence and social standing were crushed to nothing, and the kid with a desk full of pencils reigned king over my brother and took the lesson of his superiority to heart. He and his friends bullied my brother mercilessly until the day we moved away 6-7 years later.

My parents were never oblivious to my brother''s trouble in school, but they made very little progress trying to speak with the teacher to figure out the underlying problems. My brother was too embarrassed to say what was really happening until some time later. My feeling is that it''s a teachers JOB to educate, and that involves properly assessing a student''s standing so that progress can be defined. Deciding the kid is just a problem and throwing him to the wolves, in 2nd grade, just turns my stomach.
 
Date: 3/13/2010 5:38:05 PM
Author: Maevie
Date: 3/13/2010 5:26:36 PM
Author: Haven
That''s ridiculous.

In defense of teachers, many of us do care about student progress, and we do spend quite a lot of time providing the necessary feedback to support our students on the assessments we choose to give. The media unfortunately doesn''t care much for representing those of us who work tirelessly and productively, as we make for very boring and unattractive stories.
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Haven - I hope you didn''t think that I was attacking teachers - I totally wasn''t! My sister is a teacher and I have huge respect for how much work she does.. I was more attacking the mindset of many school boards (at least that I''ve heard about through her) that emphasize a strangely convoluted cotton-batting version of self-esteem mixed with the conveyor belt schooling where everyone passes regardless of how well they''re actually doing and whether they can actually handle the next grade). Just my opinion!
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Oh no, not at all, Maevie!
I think I just feel a natural need to throw something in to remind everyone that there *are* good teachers out there whenever I read stories like this. I think a previous poster wrote something about how this is solidifying her plans to homeschool, and I know that many will have thoughts along those lines when they read this story, so I just wanted to advocate for the good teachers a bit, that''s all.
 
Lilac and Ladyciel--Those stories are really heartbreaking. I can''t believe there are people out there who are so ill prepared to teach, especially at the lower levels when the focus is heavy on teaching skills that students will need to be successful for the rest of their academic careers. So, so sad.
 
This and the other stories are heartbreaking. People who do this should not be allowed to have the title, teacher.

I was lucky, the ones I had truly knew how to bring out the best in us. I quote one in particular almost on a daily basis, so influential was her take on life, to me.

Loser. This just makes me sad, angry and very fearful for our future.
 
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