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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:15 PM Original message |
Bill Gates to use in-ear wiring for TFA teachers to speed development as teachers. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's corporate welfare for the 'educational technology' industrial sector |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
81. He looks like a monkey. So, don't mentor them with veterans. Just |
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ctsnowman (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
100. As long as they use Windows. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have great concerns about this for class privacy. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. We send those release forms home at the beginning of the year now |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
115. "anywhere in the world" That sums it up. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just last night I was thinking |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
90. More likely big screens... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm surprised he's not using an animated paper clip to help them. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. LOL, that should really be helpful. I was never more confused after |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Yeah! n/t |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's worth a try. It might help. If it doesn't, then it doesn't. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It actually depends on who's on the other end of the earpiece |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
80. Maybe they'll try to hire the laid-off experienced teacher to be ~minimum-wage radio coaches |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Oh, yes, most certainly one has to do with the other. |
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traceydouglas (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
116. OMFG!!!! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. "some of the teachers laid off were probably not very good teachers." |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
112. How do you determine who's |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. As one of my DU teacher friends said, it's the 22-22 plan |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
150. yes until out sourcing or robots cut that down to even less$$$ |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. wtf? bill needs to go live in his antarctic seed vault & quit ruining this country. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
102. Bill Gates needs to be paying much higher taxes. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. So will someone also tell them how to handle discipline problems |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. And TFA has yet to address classroom management |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Everyone is an idealist until they step into a classroom and |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. That is exactly what I was taught in education classes in college. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. My TFA friends would be the 1st to admit that. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Those weekly meetings are all about deeper understanding |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. McSchools to turn out McPeople. nt |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Closer than you think. Entire US public school model was engineered to turn out low wage workers. nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Entirely accurate, IMHO. nt |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
73. "We need one class of persons to have a liberal education" |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
111. True, but even at that it worked a lot better than any scheme to replace teachers with robots. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. See, it's unions that are holding back innovation of this sort. /sarcasm |
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DaisyDeedles (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. What is it about teaching that makes people with no experience in it think they're experts? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Rich people imagine themselves to be experts on every conceivable topic. |
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DaisyDeedles (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. True dat. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Yes, he dropped out of Harvard, and had to make it on his own, |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. Bill Gates never attended public school, IIRC. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
63. in a way he's kinda right. workers pay into a pension, now bastards are trying to steal it. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
98. I hope that's what he means, but I doubt it. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. oh, i agree, that's not how *he* meant it |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Probably because they rant and pontificate a lot, and then people do their bidding. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. it's so laughable. it's rich people who are responsible for all that corporate-speak |
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DaisyDeedles (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. And they can't fire students like they can employees |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. No, they can't. I bet Bill Gates has never dealt with a drunk student he can't fire. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
151. prof I know dealing with that right now and scared |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Because everyone has been in 3rd grade |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Welcome to DU! |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. It's not just teachers. It happens to cops all the time |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. They second guess Nurses too..... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
124. It's that they've been students. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hell, why not just issue earbuds to the kids and let them teach themselves. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. lol |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Maybe Disney has a few Animatronic figures to spare. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Just stay home. "Algebra? There's an APP for that!" |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why not? It worked great for George W. Busch during the debates |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
152. yea i worry who is on the OTHER side of the ear bud more than |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Classrooms to be like "The Truman Show", with teachers spied on and instructed. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
99. Good thought...I had forgotten that movie. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Years ago I attended some classes where they used cable TV to teach 5,000 students a |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. College lectures are both a different animal and GIVEN to different animals (as it were). |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I've always enjoyed interactive learning with a real person. IMO that is the best |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. As someone who lectures for a living, this is the craziest idea I've ever heard. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. "creating lunacy in the classroom"...yes, indeed. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Obviously they shouldn't be in the classroom. Poor kids. n/t |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. I see that Bill is facilitating the smooth transition to EduBots that... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yep, sadly all part of the grand plan. n/t |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. We lost that battle when this country embraced Ritalin. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
76. many children are able to focus and learn because of |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Why Not? He's Already Done It With So Many Other Professions |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. That is the real end goal. |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
88. And the EduBots can train the NEXT group of EduBots... |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. Who's going to be on the other end of the wire? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Excellent question and goes to motive. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Memphis ordered 11 180-degree cameras at $4,500 each. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. They just put cameras all over one of our problem high schools |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
84. The Technology comes from a company in Salt City area |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #84 |
137. Holy crap, that's one overpriced webcam. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
128. Geometry FAIL. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. Schools as we know it are going. Before long we will all have to pay as you go schools. The |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. Indian PhD's are going to be doing the coaching? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Indian PhDs work a lot cheaper, an d that's what "reform" is really all about. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yep |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I knew that |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
126. What they really want are Indian PhDs teaching the kids on giant TV screens. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. Help TFA teachers with "the painstakingly slow process of teacher development" |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. there was a great study here at PItt that talked about |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I can't imagine being in charge of a classroom and depending on remote support. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #78 |
104. a lot of what you post about is correct, mf- I find the |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. I like this idea. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
95. The only place I can see audible feedback as being useful in teaching |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #95 |
129. I agree. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
61. billionaires dishonestly pretending to know what's good for us all |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
62. the absolute worst teachers I've had |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. So....when do we start doing this for surgeons? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. I am concerned for the kids. That is a scripted environment... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Scripted, but not permanent. I think it's intended to be used in a very limited fashion. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I am thinking of the teachers they are replacing. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. They need monitoring like that for a few reasons. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. "absolutely determined, once and for all, the One True Way to teach." |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #68 |
82. I'm going to check into this |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
105. I think the Gates envision it as being used in an ever-increasing fashion. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #105 |
120. Outsourcing? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #120 |
141. Having read the article, I think that's what they ARE thinking. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. ventrilidummies run by real teachers? wHAT THE HELL!!! |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
79. Let's just skip the teacher |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #79 |
96. That is the goal of this movement. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
83. Yeah, that's going to make managing children so easy!!! What a joke. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
85. Will someone answer a couple of questions for me? ... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. They are all college grads. Well-educated. Very hard to be chosen. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #86 |
157. Thanks for the response, madflo. I still don't get it, though... |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
87. these people are nuts |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
89. This needs to be a comedy skit. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. That's a fantastic idea... |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
91. Love your ideas!! Now if we could just wire them into Bill Gates' ears... |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
93. From the article |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
153. next big breakthrough will be a cheaper burger |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
94. One nation under billionaires. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
97. This seems to fly in the face of human psychology. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
101. Please tell me this article is from the Onion. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. I would like to tell you it is a joke, but it does not seem to be. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
106. Good ideas aren't the point, are they? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
107. Nice. Human robots. Just what we need. Way to go, Gates! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
108. On second thought, here's why they KNOW this will work. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. heh heh |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
113. I'm surprised he is not trying to out source all teaching to India. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
114. This is the worst fucking idea I've heard in a LONGTIME! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
117. You can't wire them for empathy and you can't wire them... |
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jonthebru (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
118. I was actually a big supporter of the "Gates Foundation "; |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. They do good things. But they do NOT need to control education. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
154. You need to read more - cuz there is alot more than this about Gates!!!!! |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
121. Un-fucking-believable! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
122. Why don't they just go ahead and put telescreens in the classrooms?! |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. No joke. That is EXACTLY what they want. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #122 |
131. Don't forget the two Discipline Enforcement Officers on either side of the classroom, with... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #122 |
136. Seriously, some are. Turns out to change discipline issues. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
123. Memphis is mixed up in this?! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #123 |
142. I think Memphis, like the Tampa area, has received millions from Gates. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
125. This is totally consistent with America's lack of respect for educators (and education). nt |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #125 |
140. You are right about that. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
130. After reading all the responses, I'm not getting the outrage. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Getting tired of that sig pic. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. "any of us"? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. No, he is not nice to public school teachers. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Oh, so it isn't teachers, as a profession, but a subset. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. You should try teaching in a public school sometimes. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. BTDT. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. Don't ever expect that to happen. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #138 |
155. Bill deserves to be punched hard in the neck for UAC nt. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #130 |
146. It's interesting as a concept, but I seriously doubt it will work in practice. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. I have my doubts as well. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. That's a good point. |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
143. This is waaay too 1984ish |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
145. could a virus give you an ear infection |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
149. with 5 weeks training all they are qualified to do is teach another Frigg'n TEST.!!! |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #149 |
156. Don't worry, the 5 week training will be shortened to |
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