Comments on: To Shut Up Or Not To Shut Up? That Is The Question http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/#comment-2389 Joel Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:52:34 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/07/20/am-i-wrong/#comment-2389 <a href='#comment-2387' rel="nofollow">@Julie</a> - Eeyore as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model" rel="nofollow">role model</a>? I would agree that he could be used as a character example. Something like "these are the kinds of people you don't want to be," but a role model? I would hope not... @Julie – Eeyore as a role model? I would agree that he could be used as a character example. Something like “these are the kinds of people you don’t want to be,” but a role model? I would hope not…

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]]> By: Juliehttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/#comment-2387 Julie Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:07:54 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/07/20/am-i-wrong/#comment-2387 Actually, I think that Eeyore IS a good role model to use in teaching children. Eeyore can be used as an example of someone who is a fatalist. Discussions can be brought about as to what a fatalist is, and whether or not being a fatalist is a productive way to live! Actually, I think that Eeyore IS a good role model to use in teaching children. Eeyore can be used as an example of someone who is a fatalist. Discussions can be brought about as to what a fatalist is, and whether or not being a fatalist is a productive way to live!

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]]> By: Erichttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/#comment-96 Eric Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:55:30 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/07/20/am-i-wrong/#comment-96 Oh, one thing and then I really will shut up! In the military we had a saying that had an element of truth in it, "A complaining soldier is a happy soldier." Oh, one thing and then I really will shut up!

In the military we had a saying that had an element of truth in it, “A complaining soldier is a happy soldier.”

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]]> By: Erichttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/#comment-95 Eric Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:53:35 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/07/20/am-i-wrong/#comment-95 I have to agree with you Joel. Although not a teacher yet, I seem to hear nothing but gripes and complaints about everything from administrators to parents to students to NCLB. I know it's easy to stand on the sidelines and be an armchair quarterback and I may regret what I say in three years, but crying in a bucket - teach teacher. Stop being so politicized and simply get out there and do your job! I know, I know - shut up Eric, you're no teacher yet. But I don't come to the table without something to say. In the military we had those types too. They always wanted to complain about everything in the military - the new uniforms, the new regulations, the pay, the training, the bosses, the general, the way physical training was ran - everything! It really got your nerves (particularly as a supervisor) and eventually you would just tell 'em, "shut up and soldier!" Don't worry about all that other stuff and just do your job. I know teaching is not like the military but there are similarities whether many teachers like it or not and I see more and more everyday. I suppose I should go through the similarities over at my blog someday just to highlight them. Good post Joel. I hope it does start a discussion on it. I'll get off my soapbox before I really start! I have to agree with you Joel. Although not a teacher yet, I seem to hear nothing but gripes and complaints about everything from administrators to parents to students to NCLB.

I know it’s easy to stand on the sidelines and be an armchair quarterback and I may regret what I say in three years, but crying in a bucket – teach teacher.

Stop being so politicized and simply get out there and do your job!

I know, I know – shut up Eric, you’re no teacher yet. But I don’t come to the table without something to say. In the military we had those types too. They always wanted to complain about everything in the military – the new uniforms, the new regulations, the pay, the training, the bosses, the general, the way physical training was ran – everything! It really got your nerves (particularly as a supervisor) and eventually you would just tell ‘em, “shut up and soldier!”

Don’t worry about all that other stuff and just do your job. I know teaching is not like the military but there are similarities whether many teachers like it or not and I see more and more everyday. I suppose I should go through the similarities over at my blog someday just to highlight them.

Good post Joel. I hope it does start a discussion on it. I’ll get off my soapbox before I really start!

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]]> By: Miss Profehttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/am-i-wrong/#comment-94 Miss Profe Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:56:09 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/07/20/am-i-wrong/#comment-94 Joel, like it or not, NCLB is the reality for the foreseeable future. Re: Invoking the Reverend Dr. MLK: I think it's a desperate stretch. I don't see the two situations - fighting for the rights of an entire race of people to be elevated from second-class, sub-human citizenship and NCLB. It is what it is, and we teachers have to do the best they can with what they have. Yes; I teach at an independent school, and so I am not dealing with the day-to-day realities of NCLB, but I am dealing with many situations which don't make life easy for kids or teachers. I might vent to my family, but then I need to decide, "What is the solution?" Joel, I still maintain that your original post, "Shut Up and Teach" is on the money. Joel, like it or not, NCLB is the reality for the foreseeable future.

Re: Invoking the Reverend Dr. MLK: I think it’s a desperate stretch. I don’t see the two situations – fighting for the rights of an entire race of people to be elevated from second-class, sub-human citizenship and NCLB. It is what it is, and we teachers have to do the best they can with what they have. Yes; I teach at an independent school, and so I am not dealing with the day-to-day realities of NCLB, but I am dealing with many situations which don’t make life easy for kids or teachers. I might vent to my family, but then I need to decide, “What is the solution?”

Joel, I still maintain that your original post, “Shut Up and Teach” is on the money.

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