Education

Buzz Clik

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11. Good point.

Thu May 9, 2013, 04:54 PM

May 2013

My concept of "packet" was a bunch of crappy busy work -- fill in the blanks from reading the book, define a bunch of works, what happened on this date, etc.

When I was in high school, I went to the inner city school. The American History teacher adjacent to my class was a retired colonel with a booming voice. He had the bottom rung kids -- those on the edge of dropping out. He was the most inspired teacher I have ever seen anywhere at any level. Stories from WWI, stories from Korea, etc etc. I would sometimes sit close to the door so I could listen to his lectures rather than the lecture in my class. I think that's the inspiration the kid in the video was seeking.

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"You want kids to come to class? You want them to get excited?" [View all] Addison May 2013 OP

Righteous rant, dude! Wait Wut May 2013 #1

GOOD KID! elleng May 2013 #2

he's an idiot. First off, regardless of whether the teacher uses 'packets' or not, his approach HiPointDem May 2013 #35

Agreed proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #36

And part of that, is the school system needs to make the teachers want to do that Scootaloo May 2013 #3

Well stated. femmocrat May 2013 #4

Actually, a few facts need to be added. mbperrin May 2013 #5

Hm. Buzz Clik May 2013 #7

Ever known a dentist to let a patient be in total agony in the chair? mbperrin May 2013 #12

No. I've never known Novacaine to wear off in the chair. We disconnected on that. Buzz Clik May 2013 #14

I can't believe everyone is seeing a kid ranting at a teacher, with NO context, and everyone here Squinch May 2013 #8

Yes!!! Context!!! sadbear May 2013 #16

+1. And notice which posters. HiPointDem May 2013 #31

Yes. I noticed that too. Squinch May 2013 #33

It's basically just a kid acting up in class. proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #37

Thank you. It seems *everyone* thinks they can do the teacher's job better ... eppur_se_muova May 2013 #10

I'm sorry, I didn't realize a degree means you're immune from criticism Addison May 2013 #15

You really never have taught adolescents, have you? mbperrin May 2013 #18

+1! Squinch May 2013 #28

Not that, but people who aren't teachers don't really know what they are talking about duffyduff May 2013 #21

Its funny how they all think they do, though, isn't it? You could cut the ignorance - and the Squinch May 2013 #29

It takes a teacher to know something about education duffyduff May 2013 #19

He ought to go to adult school with more age appropriate classes. Starry Messenger May 2013 #22

Teacher is on admin leave for the duration of the investigation. knitter4democracy May 2013 #25

On leave because a kid went nuts in her classroom? proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #38

Supposedly, it's in hoping the story will die down. knitter4democracy May 2013 #39

+1 proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #34

Packets. Wow. He has a great point, and I hope this teacher learned. Buzz Clik May 2013 #6

On the other hand, the best history class I ever had in high school used solely packets. Squinch May 2013 #9

Good point. Buzz Clik May 2013 #11

Yes, but this video has no context whatsoever, so we don't know whether the Squinch May 2013 #13

+1 sadbear May 2013 #17

I find your last point especially compelling. knitter4democracy May 2013 #26

+1 HiPointDem May 2013 #32

In reality, LWolf May 2013 #40

Good analysis. I have no issue with anything you said. However,... Buzz Clik May 2013 #41

I know those kinds of packets exist out there. LWolf May 2013 #42

This reply *makes* the thread. Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #44

Thanks, Smarmie. LWolf May 2013 #45

The kid is a potential failure and wants to blame it on everybody but himself. duffyduff May 2013 #20

The kid failed once and is trying to succeed. He feels the the teacher doesn't care. Buzz Clik May 2013 #24

But we have no reason to assume that he is. Squinch May 2013 #27

Or he may be full of shit. Goblinmonger May 2013 #46

during the days in which this topic has been discussed... Buzz Clik May 2013 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author savebigbird May 2013 #23

Double Bind. no_hypocrisy May 2013 #30

Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club. That and.... Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #43

This is the reality kids will have to learn bluestateguy Jan 2016 #48