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[E7]

Maybe this teacher will actually be honest about such topics; wouldn't that be novel?

Maybe they'll also know the difference between "their" (possessive as in their coat their hat etc.) and they're, contraction meaning "they are".

Then there is your (possessive, as in your coat, your hat, your car) and you're (contraction for you are). We are doomed by a bunch of texting IDIOITS!

The sad point is the guy who is bitching Lovelaced their and they're!

[rogruth]

In my 43 years of teaching there were many gay and/or lesbian teachers with whom I had contact.
I don't think most students had any idea of the teachers orientation.
I admit that I did not ask them or take a poll. I taught in small school systems (8) in small towns
and I am sure most know the reputation of small town gossip.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In my 43 years of teaching there were many gay and/or lesbian teachers with whom I had contact.
I don't think most students had any idea of the teachers orientation.

No reason that they should or needed to - a good teacher is a good teacher and we have few enough now that are actually teaching vs. just jumping through the required hoops of meaningless metrics.

I admit that I did not ask them or take a poll. I taught in small school systems (8) in small towns
and I am sure most know the reputation of small town gossip.

Sadly, yes.

[rogruth]

I did not mean to imply that they should have.
I retired 20 years ago and much has changed since then.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I did not mean to imply that they should have.

I was not implying that either; in fact, it shouldn't matter at all....

I retired 20 years ago and much has changed since then.

All too true......

[HONDO74]

I thought this was amusing so I put it in Seen In Print

College student Ella Martine from Orange, Calif., recently texted a picture of her new bedroom to her mother, who had reportedly been asking to see it for a while. Unfortunately, Martine forgot to remove a specific item on her headboard — one she preferred her mother not see.

[robert.]

My wife has horror stories from the bus depot everyday. Parents of school age children have no respect for anybody. That includes no respect for teachers. When a parent does not get their way. A simple $100 certified letter from a lawyer gets what the want. Most school superintendents don't want to be help responsible. They cower in fear.

[rex desilets]

My wife has horror stories from the bus depot everyday. Parents of school age children have no respect for anybody. That includes no respect for teachers. When a parent does not get their way. A simple $100 certified letter from a lawyer gets what the want. Most school superintendents don't want to be help responsible. They cower in fear.

They might have to eliminate an administrator or two to pay the legal costs.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My wife has horror stories from the bus depot everyday. Parents of school age children have no respect for anybody. That includes no respect for teachers. When a parent does not get their way. A simple $100 certified letter from a lawyer gets what the want. Most school superintendents don't want to be help responsible. They cower in fear.

They might have to eliminate an administrator or two to pay the legal costs.

If only.....

[rex desilets]

Yeah...priorities...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yeah...priorities...

And only a small component of the associated problems....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

... Parents of school age children have no respect for anybody. That includes no respect for teachers. When a parent does not get their way. ....

Hasn't there been a "rule" around for a very long time (Rufus can assure us its longevity) that states, more or less, You can't tell anybody about their kids or their dogs. I haven't met the exception to that concept yet.
Not that I need to. I learned to keep my mouth shut, a long, long time ago, and to just be supportive, when invited and welcomed to do so.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

... Parents of school age children have no respect for anybody. That includes no respect for teachers. When a parent does not get their way. ....

Hasn't there been a "rule" around for a very long time (Rufus can assure us its longevity) that states, more or less, You can't tell anybody about their kids or their dogs.

A "rule"? Perhaps an axiomatic saying of supposed wisdom. And it did not used to be that way at all for when I was in school, teachers and the school were in charge and there was no debate.

I haven't met the exception to that concept yet.

You've not met my SiL,

Not that I need to. I learned to keep my mouth shut, a long, long time ago, and to just be supportive, when invited and welcomed to do so.

There are times for that strategy to be followed and then there are times to intervene; the problem is knowing which is which and when.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

"Axion," that's the word I was going for, but couldn't bring it up. An axiom.

Coincidental to this mini-conversation, a couple days ago, I received an e-note from a fellow-parishioner. She explained her son was about to enter the 9th Grade, and that he was still having difficulty with reading and writing skills.

She stated that she asked based on an interaction between the boy and me at Mass several months ago, when he was very unsteady about having to read an Epistle from the pulpit, which I had perceived when the boy and I were preparing before the Service began, in the Sacristy, and I offered him some unsolicited advice, which he took, to great effect when he later mounted the steps and did his part of the Reading. He was very happy with the results.

So, his mother and I, when I phoned her yesterday in reply to her e-note, have set a date for today at 2pm for me to see what I might be able and willing to do to help him.

I'm looking forward to the adventure of it and, of course, at the chance to be helpful.