tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post2937470254911900802..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: “It’s two claps and then a sizzle.”reality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-66454285225663502062013-08-28T13:54:54.989-04:002013-08-28T13:54:54.989-04:00Trained seals who will work for minimum wage or th...Trained seals who will work for minimum wage or thereabouts, follow orders and leave the premises judiciously when escorted out on their final day after being let go.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-20019667618337234442013-08-28T13:53:42.996-04:002013-08-28T13:53:42.996-04:00Thanks for the Giroux link. As usual, he provides...Thanks for the Giroux link. As usual, he provides a lot to think about.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-46503067341783640722013-08-27T12:58:51.457-04:002013-08-27T12:58:51.457-04:00As if we needed more proof that these schools and...As if we needed more proof that these schools and the so-called educators that lead them are about training, as in training seals to clap and bark for their food, and obedience, rather than education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-39525476713268930682013-08-27T12:53:00.587-04:002013-08-27T12:53:00.587-04:00http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18133-when-s...http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18133-when-schools-become-dead-zones-of-the-imagination-a-critical-pedagogy-manifesto. <br /><br />Full Giroux article above. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-35741383220797181972013-08-27T12:46:02.907-04:002013-08-27T12:46:02.907-04:00True that the paperwork supervisors now must do se...True that the paperwork supervisors now must do seems to triple their workload. This term, teachers should realize that they will be under constant observation , due to increases in required observations.<br /><br />Henry Giroux in clip below nails it all...<br /><br />http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18371-truthout-tv-interviews-henry-a-giroux-when-schools-become-dead-zones-of-the-imaginationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-42026638413312968022013-08-27T11:46:43.009-04:002013-08-27T11:46:43.009-04:00Even now in my school, supervisors teach at least ...Even now in my school, supervisors teach at least one period a day, except for the principal. In fairness, with all the mandates, there is less and less time for supervisors to teach classes themselves. But it should be a requirement - ap's and principals should be able to SHOW how it's done as well as TELL how it's done.<br /><br />The supervisors in the Times story can do neither.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-38528101923788901122013-08-27T11:32:54.919-04:002013-08-27T11:32:54.919-04:00I remember when supervisors , in large schools wit...I remember when supervisors , in large schools with large departments, were REQUIRED to teach two periods a day. Now, we see mini-schools of 250 students, with an A.P. and Princial, each who teach ZERO classes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com