Johnston County Schools out after MLK

When they start taking more advanced math classes they are allowed to used the calculators. My only problem is when my daughter uses it for simple, basic, math. Just wait and the school will ask you to purchase a high powered portable calculator. Believe me, it is needed. I did not take Algebra until I was a senior in high school and my daughter took it in 8th grade. We are well aware in my house that when it comes to help with math she must go outside the house.

One time she Posted on 4042 for some help and was responded to very well. I can handle French (maybe), but she seems to have forgotten what she learned in Biology early on in the year. We have been going over it and over it. She called today and stated that English is over and she feels real good about it as she was holding onto an A in that class. Algebra II, Geometry oh...lordy...shoot me.

I just don't have patience for this stuff. My hats go off to each teacher who has and will have my daughter.

Grace

 

I think mine wish they would have had them way..back..then.

Grace:mrgreen:

 

I do understand him. And he is an honorable person, the same as the rest, who want to make a better nation. Whether D or R or I or other/no party, it takes something special to make someone want to place themselves and their families in the line of public life as they do.

I'm gonna wait until I see who's on what ticket.

 

I certainly understand. I, too, think he is an honorable man and he would have made one hellva president 10 years ago. At some point someone needs to say slow down and enjoy life. He has been through a lot in his life and has sacrificed much for this nation but we need some young, new blood.:neutral:

Grace

 

Let me tell you the story about Papa Bull and baby Bull...standing on a bluff surveying all the cows below. Baby Bull says, Hey Pop, let's run down and pleasure one of those cows. Papa Bull says, wisely, No, son! Let's walk down and pleasure 'em all.

It ain't always about youth. Granted that 10 years ago would have been better. And even the brightest of ideas,-without consensus, adoption, and execution-are merely dreams..

 

I understand exactly what you are saying. I just think we need new ideas and fresh blood. Remember...I'm a mama cow, myself.

It should be interesting either way. Maybe Bloomberg will join in and we will get a good race going.

Me:lol:

 

You're teasing about Bloomberg, right?

 

If teachers think the rest of us have cush jobs and great pay and hours, then maybe teachers should go get the training we have to do our jobs and then go out and give our jobs a try.

Funny how that road travels both ways, eh?

 

KD, I absolutely did not designate you to speak for me today. Check your roster. Your day to speak for me is Thursday.

Now get with the program.

 

I did a little research. I was pretty darned close. A teacher with the WCPSS that has a Bachelors after 10 years gets $44, 226.
http://www.wcpss.net/salary-schedules/teachers/a.html

You'd be surprised, Hat. There are plenty.

Gotcha.

 

I remember reading in the local news in 2000, that WCPSS promoted 75% of the kids that didn't pass the EOCs after the 3rd try.

That's shameful. They sure didn't do any favors for those kids.

 

Wake Co. school teachers get $44,256 after 10 years. Perhaps Johnston Co. teachers should go apply at Wake Co schools...I hear they are hiring.

I don't recall any teacher being forced to teach. Just as no one has ever had a gun held to their head to make them do my job.

People rushing home to do their homework? It's not homework, it's just plain work. Salaried folks in the private sector have a job to do. If that job cannot be done within the 8-5 work day, it goes home with you. There is no overtime, there is no "Sorry, couldn't get it done in the alloted time." You take it home and get it done, or they will find someone else who will do it. I repeat again: We aren't protected by tenure the way teachers are. Teachers can do a sloppy, lazy, terrible job and they still get to keep that job. And there are many that do just that. If I performed my job the way some of these teachers do, and treated the customer with the arrogance that some teachers treat parents, I'd be canned in a heartbeat.

I do? How, pray tell, do you know what I make? Or are you being arrogantly presumptive here?

Some do, many do not. Teachers are not martyrs. They chose a career in teaching, just as everyone else chooses their career. They were not forced to choose that career nor are they forced to continue working in that job.

If teachers love to nurture kids more than they love money, then what is with the gripes about the money?

Sounds more to me like teachers are looking for adulation. Those who earn it will get it. Those who don't are in no position to demand it.

The arrogance of your statement above, is the attitude that we parents see in teachers these days, and the attitude that has caused a change in the way parents see some of the teachers that our teaching our kids.

The "holier than thou" syndrome. Teachers work for us. We are the consumers. We pay the taxes that pay their salary. We have a right to demand they do the job right, that we are paying them for, just as any paying customer has the right to demand someone else they hire do the job they are being paid for. They seem to have forgotten that. Many of them demand respect, rather than earn it. It doesn't work that way in any profession.

And actually, there aren't a lot of people vying for my job. We had a position on our team open for 3 months before we found a qualified candidate. And while you arrogantly presume to know what I make, I can tell you that it's not as much as you apparently think. The work is high-pressure, there is no room for brain exhaustion because if you miss something...it could bring the whole house of cards crumbling down. The deadlines are at times agonizing. But I love what I do, so I don't Enlightened person about the money. I'd rather get by and get a sense of accomplishment at what I do the majority of my waking time...then get paid more to do something I hate spending time doing.

And yes...my job does compare to a teacher's job. It compares to many other professional positions. I work just as hard, I deal with just as much crap and pressure, and what I do contributes to society.

 

What grade is she in? Mine was required to have an expensive $100+ dollar calculator starting in 8th grade. And of course, each year they change what kind you need: Scientific, graphic, etc.

If she's still young, you might want to start a "calculator" savings account. LOL!

 

They may want you to buy those calculators, but they do have some in school the kids can use. I cannot afford one of those expensive calculators they want students to have. Heck, I can barely afford the school suppliies, clothes, lunches, etc. Never had to have one of those $100 calculators when I was in school.....ok so it was back in the stone age, but still.

 

Yes!

:mrgreen:

 

Yeah...they do typically have some at the beginning of the year, but apparently they have a tendency to walk out of class, and by the middle of the year, the teachers never have enough.

When the time came for her to get a graphic calculator, we got it from Ebay. It was still $63.00, but it beats paying over $100.00.

Since we all have kids of varying ages, perhaps we ought to schedule a calculator swap once a year! :mrgreen:

 

This is the first good argument I have heard. I completely agree that as long as some people are using cursive that our students should at least be able to recognize it so they can read it. Your second paragraph about how most people use a combination is very true. People eventually write in such a way that is quickest for them to write. Thanks for making these points.

 

I'll have to see what my handwriting analysis book says about cursive/print mix.

 

You are BEYOND welcome. I spent almost 10 of my 12 years in my career focusing on fine motor development and handwriting, and it makes me feel happy in my heart that you get it....wish more people would....but thank you, you have made my day!

 

You'd have a field day with me! I've kept a journal over the last month and it looks like at least three different people have written in it. :shock: