tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3865260109693784953..comments2024-03-28T16:07:39.332+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Wow, Ignorance Really Is Bliss!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27175436825894971872011-07-24T05:57:22.505+01:002011-07-24T05:57:22.505+01:00"Thus, without a shred of research, evidence ...<i>"Thus, without a shred of research, evidence (even anecdotal) or citation of a respected source..."</i> <br /><br />Who needs such mundane stuff as evidence?<br /><br /><i>"Unfortunately it fails to mention the disproportionate effect that the behavior of the 0.001% has on the education of those that actually want to learn and aspire..."</i> <br /><br />Spot on!<br /><br /><i>"... because I knew damned well what would happen if I dared show disrespect.."</i> <br /><br />Ditto! I knew what the consequence would be at home as well.<br /><br /><i>"How long has this liberal experiment been running - 40 years or so? "</i><br /><br />About that, yes. Clearly, since it isn't working, it needs a bit more time!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-89460033989753490212011-07-23T21:22:48.178+01:002011-07-23T21:22:48.178+01:00Our Junior school Headmaster had a flat wooden bat...Our Junior school Headmaster had a flat wooden bat which bore the words 'Board of Education'. <br />He did not need to use it much but the threat of it meant that the 52 pages of advice would not have been needed by that school or the Senior school we moved up to.blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25720988771577777112011-07-23T13:08:31.423+01:002011-07-23T13:08:31.423+01:00How long has this liberal experiment been running ...How long has this liberal experiment been running - 40 years or so? <br /><br />No one believes it has worked. Schools are wildlife parks and the majority of pupils churned out at the end of the process are barely educated monsters with massively inflated self-regard.<br /><br />So the Left does what it always does when faced with the disasters it creates. It says 'this isn't working - we need to do more of it!'<br /><br />There is no better demonstration that Left-liberalism is a delusional state than this. It is incapable of assimilating evidence that contradicts its blind faith.Uncle Badgernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74632982602662082842011-07-23T11:39:43.387+01:002011-07-23T11:39:43.387+01:00Took me back a bit there, Captain H, with that ref...Took me back a bit there, Captain H, with that ref to Technical Drawing. My teacher would set a drawing, tell us all to get on with it quietly and nap for half an hour. Then he'd wake up and tell us what we'd done wrong.<br /><br />Bet you couldn't do that today, because the little buggers can't be told to be quiet. And incidentally, I got an 'O' Level in TD so I guess he knew what he was doing.Roue le Jourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099318677226041054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30586077627431746502011-07-23T11:39:26.164+01:002011-07-23T11:39:26.164+01:00I can't remember if it was from ancient Egypt ...I can't remember if it was from ancient Egypt or Babylon but a teacher somewhere several thousands of years ago came to the conclusion that: "A boy hath two sets of ears, one upon his head the other on his bum."<br /><br /><br />Wisdom Of The Ancients....normally the Guardinistas would be lapping it up with added crystal rubbings.<br /><br /><br />(to be historically accurate, the quote said 'back' not 'bum' but you get the point).Shinar's Basket Casehttp://nospam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-22299160169319890942011-07-23T11:25:29.523+01:002011-07-23T11:25:29.523+01:00@ Ivan ..
"When I started teaching the headm...@ Ivan ..<br /><br />"When I started teaching the headmaster gave me a 1 metre length of very flexible bamboo and I was expected to use it if necessary" ..<br /><br />That just reminded me of my old headmaster, Alf "Jumbo" Mitchell .. our school had a stick (bound with zinc oxide sticky tape) & a punishment book, which the miscreant was obliged to fetch from the school office ..<br /><br />"Jumbo" always referred to it as his "Snickersnee" .. (anyone unfamiliar with the term, check your "Mikado" for reference) .. ;)Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61537243607014941802011-07-23T11:19:14.457+01:002011-07-23T11:19:14.457+01:00Absolutely MD .. my parents didn't own a car u...Absolutely MD .. my parents didn't own a car until 1968 (by which time, I'd been in the Armed Forces for two years) or a telephone until 1977 .. <br /><br />I also knew that if I was punished at school (and I was, though not very often) & ran home telling tales, I'd recieve scant sympathy and probably stoppage of pocket money to boot .. and, potentially be stopped from the two things in the week which I enjoyed most .. going to Cadets ..<br /><br />It paid to do as you were told, when you were told, without any backchat ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-10233878897471055922011-07-23T11:16:00.179+01:002011-07-23T11:16:00.179+01:00When I started teaching the headmaster gave me a 1...When I started teaching the headmaster gave me a 1 metre length of very flexible bamboo and I was expected to use it if necessary. There were rules set by the school and If any child over stepped the line - swish...<br /><br />We had one caning, in front of the whole school, of three boys that had gone on a rampage through the school - it never happened again and we heard that those three got worse at home. <br /><br />The parents even came round to the school to apologise for their children. Could that happen today - I doubt it.ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53472875279121125472011-07-23T10:46:46.994+01:002011-07-23T10:46:46.994+01:00"I "respected" my teachers, because..."I "respected" my teachers, because I knew damned well what would happen if I dared show disrespect and I listened more to teachers who controlled the class, took no shit & taught what was required, than I ever did to the very, very few who couldn't .."<br /><br />Seconded, CH. I found that the better ones tended to give the class a certain amount of rope with which to hang themselves, each term. But when the limit was reached all hell broke loose. The entire class would get detention - even if only one or two were being disruptive. And in those days detention was <b><i>that day,</i></b> not "by arrangement" at some later date. So if you missed your bus home it was bloody inconvenient! And there was virtually zero chance of getting your parents to come and get you - NO mobile phones, and many households didn't have a landline or a car...microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-21324186639850335222011-07-23T10:27:30.397+01:002011-07-23T10:27:30.397+01:00Kids, like errant puppies need rules .. and they n...Kids, like errant puppies need rules .. and they need to know that those rules WILL be enforced ..<br /><br />When the puppy craps on the carpet .. it gets its nose rubbed in it ..<br /><br />When the kid misbehaves or disrupts lessons, it gets punished .. not exactly rocket science is it ?<br /><br />All this twaddle about "Classroom Managers", earning kids "respect", building "relationships" is just a smoke-screen for ineffectual teaching and a lack of discipline ..<br /><br />Teachers are not there to "build relationships" or win popularity contests etc .. They're paid to teach, to try & hammer in sufficient knowledge for pupils to pass an examination based on how much of that knowledge has been absorbed & retained .. nothing more .. nothing less ..<br /><br />I "respected" my teachers, because I knew damned well what would happen if I dared show disrespect and I listened more to teachers who controlled the class, took no shit & taught what was required, than I ever did to the very, very few who couldn't ..<br /><br />They were ridiculed by pupils and, I suspect disowned by colleagues .. (which probably explains why I still know sweet FA about Technical Drawing) .. ;)<br /><br />The only question any kid needs to ask when told by a teacher to "jump" is "How high Sir" ? ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45128474420908983142011-07-23T09:59:30.798+01:002011-07-23T09:59:30.798+01:00It's NOT acceptable in airports. Unfortunately...It's NOT acceptable in airports. Unfortunately, we can't just choose a different airport but parents can send their children to a school with a different policy if they want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59277622057781443862011-07-23T09:50:35.521+01:002011-07-23T09:50:35.521+01:00that’s less than 0.001% of all students.
Unfortu...<i> that’s less than 0.001% of all students.</i> <br /><br />Unfortunately it fails to mention the disproportionate effect that the behavior of the 0.001% has on the education of those that actually want to learn and aspire, when 1 arsehole can disrupt the learning of a class of 30 everyday, every time. <br /><br />But hey lets focus on the minority, that's what we do these days. <br /><br />oh and BTW <i>and earning kids’ respect.</i> <br /><br />Do fuck offPavlov's Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162563403722211352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26702479937510717862011-07-23T09:46:28.589+01:002011-07-23T09:46:28.589+01:00"teachers who are not good classroom managers..."teachers who are not good classroom managers – and who are confrontational with pupils"<br />Thus, without a shred of research, evidence (even anecdotal) or citation of a respected source, the one trait is equated to the other in the unwary reader's mind.<br />And confrontation, even to challenge unacceptable behaviour, is now such a bad word isn't it.PTnoreply@blogger.com