tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3682431785631815407..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: What Should A Teacher Do?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-38624953233949470712014-08-06T13:47:24.727-07:002014-08-06T13:47:24.727-07:00Jaime got results. so props for that ... but he a...Jaime got results. so props for that ... but he apparently was also an a-hole to his staff. I guess I was, too maybe that's what works ....maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-26333074359876753722014-07-28T15:47:38.606-07:002014-07-28T15:47:38.606-07:00My superintendent is a true believer in this guy&#...My superintendent is a true believer in this guy's work. He has the idea that all children inherently want to learn. It's like that book Summerhill-where "children will learn when they feel they are ready to learn." Hogwash. There are some kids who would spend all 12 years in public school playing video games given the chance. This year kindergartners through grade 11 will all be issued iPads. I'm not sure where the money for this is coming from-we used to have a surplus, but nobody talks about that anymore.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-31014742732554887332014-07-28T06:17:28.217-07:002014-07-28T06:17:28.217-07:00Sounds like this Wiggins guy is a purveyor of a ne...Sounds like this Wiggins guy is a purveyor of a new flavor of edu-crap and he's trolling for edu-gourmets in the hopes they'll develop a taste for his new flavor.<br /><br />Well, hope springs eternal and it is true that there are precious few ways for someone associated with the teaching profession to distinguish themselves and even fewer if you choose to simply be a good teacher. It's unfortunate that the structure of public education places a premium on the unsupported promise of exciting modernity rather then demonstrations of the relevant skills but that is how the public education system's is built.<br /><br />Too bad.<br /><br />But since it's an ill wind, etc. it's gratifying that Dr. Wiggins (EdD) will find diminishing opportunities to peddle his snake oil. allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.com