tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3770314888428524494..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Back to School specialUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23935194975040788762007-09-10T16:25:00.000-07:002007-09-10T16:25:00.000-07:00This post is not original with Oraculations, but, ...This post is not original with Oraculations, but, as Jewish Atheist says, is very similar to one of those much-forwarded words-of-wisdom e-mails that appears in everyone's inbox from time to time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76268705003959777602007-09-10T14:46:00.000-07:002007-09-10T14:46:00.000-07:00I wonder if webcams in every public school class r...I wonder if webcams in every public school class room would be a way to control student misbehavior and teacher incompetence? Currently it is exceedingly difficult to document cases of either, no matter how rampant.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33988415408767255652007-09-10T11:00:00.000-07:002007-09-10T11:00:00.000-07:00I agree with most of what mark seecof says, but wo...I agree with most of what mark seecof says, but would nuance it a bit. I'd say about half of teachers are overpaid and half underpaid, because pay is not linked to performance, but to seniority and education. <BR/>But I think the "cheap screed" does point out that teachers do far more than teach their subject. They are cops, social workers, parent-substitutes all rolled into one. It is certainly enough for me to consider homeschooling. Perhaps most teachers are qualified to teach their subject, but are they qualified to do all these other things that are demanded of them?Antioco Dascalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617669156986603638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67557966521066872082007-09-10T08:53:00.000-07:002007-09-10T08:53:00.000-07:00Not that it matters, because mandatory prayer is p...<I>Not that it matters, because mandatory prayer is perfectly unnecessary to elementary education. </I><BR/><BR/>How do you know that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5874048812814885352007-09-10T07:41:00.000-07:002007-09-10T07:41:00.000-07:00Steve, when did you become the dumb lady who forwa...Steve, when did you become the dumb lady who forwards every email about prayer to the whole department?Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4376096634435270642007-09-10T07:08:00.000-07:002007-09-10T07:08:00.000-07:00Am I right or wrong to believe that one reason the...Am I right or wrong to believe that one reason there is so much misbehavior in schools these days is that the courts and the feds have made it pretty much impossible for a school to kick them out.<BR/><BR/>I have a friend who is a public school teacher and she knows of kids in her high school who have been moved repeatedly from one school to another because of discipline problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88983661311223703632007-09-10T00:18:00.000-07:002007-09-10T00:18:00.000-07:00Oh, not again. There are two problems with this c...Oh, not again. There are two problems with this cheap screed:<BR/><BR/>(1) The prospective teacher can pray 'til his sides hurt, he just can't force his (public-school) students to repeat his prayers. Not that it matters, because mandatory prayer is perfectly unnecessary to elementary education.<BR/><BR/>(2) Teachers are not underpaid. They are very well paid (overpaid, most of them) on an hourly basis. Teachers' unions have won munificent pay for mostly incompetent teachers.<BR/><BR/>(Sometimes people suggest that the reason <A HREF="http://isteve.blogspot.com/2007/08/graduate-record-exam-scores-by-graduate.html" REL="nofollow">most new teachers are dolts</A> is that the pay is low. Wrong. The reason is that the working conditions are very unpleasant. The unions' strive relentlessly to keep them that way.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com