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spritzerJ · 09-27-2012, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Martina

Good news re discipline in our district. I just heard that they are going to jettison the zero tolerance policy.

Halleluja!

I think I posted this before. The ACLU talking points on the school to prison pipeline. It's old but, unfortunately, it still describes what is happening. http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/s...talking-points

Did anyone see the PBS show last night called Dropout Nation. I haven't yet. It's online now. I am a little afraid to. I heard an excerpt on the radio, and it sounded too obvious to be interesting.

Having been a teacher in so-called drop out factories for five of my seven years of teaching in California, I am kind of sensitive on the subject.

I am glad the zero tolerance policy is going away! I liked the talking points memo from the ACLU that you posted.

Funny for me, I work in a zero tolerance school, that doesn't really do consequences. And that drives me crazy. Both parts. Have policy, don't follow it. What? Well I should ammend that to say follow it only if the student is poor or non white. grrr!

bkisbutchenuff · 09-27-2012, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by spritzerJ

I am glad the zero tolerance policy is going away! I liked the talking points memo from the ACLU that you posted.

Funny for me, I work in a zero tolerance school, that doesn't really do consequences. And that drives me crazy. Both parts. Have policy, don't follow it. What? Well I should ammend that to say follow it only if the student is poor or non white. grrr!

Zero Tolerance = Maybe - Maybe not....

lusciouskiwi · 09-27-2012, 04:25 AM

bkisbutchenuff · 09-30-2012, 04:55 AM

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Chancie · 09-30-2012, 12:41 PM

I teach ninth graders and seniors one week, and tenth graders on the alternating weeks, and this upcoming week I teach two sections of tenth grade geometry and one section of a pre-engineering class.

Even though my young and excited/excitable colleagues chose a new geometry book, that class is very easy for me to teach, but the pre-engineering class is a challenge every day.

I've never taught the class before and I am barely one day ahead of the kids, and possibly one day behind a geeky kid or two.

We finally got the laptops we need, with the software installed, and we have most of the supplies we need to start designing and building circuits.

I am demonstrating several new skills and new technologies this week, and (most of) the kids will love it, and it's pretty exciting.

I always tell the kids, if you never try anything you don't already know how to do, you will never learn anything new, and I guess that's true for me too.

lusciouskiwi · 10-01-2012, 03:22 AM

Well, the good news, sort of, is that I'll have a different batch of schools next year. Closer to where I live but I'll have to deal with local traffic rather than highway traffic (not my idea of a good time). Plus, teacher from these schools warned that I was a "spy" for the state board of education officer for primary school English.

Oh yeah, and I have to go halves on a new phone to replace the one that I lent to my colleague (an American elementary school teacher) and she returned in shit condition without the battery recharger.

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lusciouskiwi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme lesbian feminist Preferred Pronoun?: Anything except for "aunty" Relationship Status: Happy with my butch. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Aotearoa New Zealand Posts: 2,681 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 25,494 Thanked 9,096 Times in 1,899 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Well, the good news, sort of, is that I'll have a different batch of schools next year. Closer to where I live but I'll have to deal with local traffic rather than highway traffic (not my idea of a good time). Plus, teacher from these schools warned that I was a "spy" for the state board of education officer for primary school English. Oh yeah, and I have to go halves on a new phone to replace the one that I lent to my colleague (an American elementary school teacher) and she returned in shit condition without the battery recharger. __________________ happiness is a form of courage. George Holbrook Jackson Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield Motivate yourself or be miserable. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Wayne Dyer

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Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,774 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,518 Thanked 14,541 Times in 2,744 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I teach ninth graders and seniors one week, and tenth graders on the alternating weeks, and this upcoming week I teach two sections of tenth grade geometry and one section of a pre-engineering class. Even though my young and excited/excitable colleagues chose a new geometry book, that class is very easy for me to teach, but the pre-engineering class is a challenge every day. I've never taught the class before and I am barely one day ahead of the kids, and possibly one day behind a geeky kid or two. We finally got the laptops we need, with the software installed, and we have most of the supplies we need to start designing and building circuits. I am demonstrating several new skills and new technologies this week, and (most of) the kids will love it, and it's pretty exciting. I always tell the kids, if you never try anything you don't already know how to do, you will never learn anything new, and I guess that's true for me too.