I keep seeing this pop up on blogs and then people complain about participation ribbons and telling kids they're unique and great. I don't see the two issues as connected. These articles are all about how praise for things that kids can't control is bad. Saying wow you're so smart is pretty much the same as saying wow you're so strong, it isn't motivating and while he student might be smart for a 4th grade or a high school student they aren't real world grown up smart and they are guaranteed to come up against something that'll humble them at some point so praise should always be for effort. As far as participation ribbons and praise for doing your best why not? Getting kids to do stuff is harder than ever with all the amazing toys they have competing for their attention why not say hey just trying is worth a thank you.

I think gassing the cat a second time was cruel

Is this the definition of irony?

I think you also have to look as the support tool they offer instructors. Often students have books forced on them that come with some fancy extras for the instructor such as pre made tests and online content that makes grading the class easier.

Its what that guy from saw uses to eat Chinese food.

Heart Breaker size large pls

Anothertim, I'm talking about job security not physical security. The scenario I am envisioning is more like I make a parent mad they complain I get fired because without a union my career is just in the hands of one principle. I know you want to say "well thats the way most jobs are" but teaching shouldn't be that way. Teachers serve a community not a customer base so we might be unpopular sometimes but that doesn't mean we aren't doing our job correctly.

Another Tim, I think I should be allowed to live where I work. Teachers are community leaders. To answer your question about what I need protection from, I'm going to be teaching social studies. ideas in history like race, class, genocide and war are all pretty hot button issues. Like it or not what parents want for their kid and what society wants for its next generation are divergent. We need to be able to teach the truth without fear and unions help us do that. I also want to add that one of the things we're trying to teach kids is how to be responsible citizens. This includes participating in democracy and collective bargaining is part of that. I'll admit that in a better world we wouldn't need unions but getting rid of them now will just make things worse.

Catherine, I'm not sure where you're from but here in Oregon there is a lot of competition for entry into a master's program for education and the perquisites for admission are quite high (it would have been easier for me to get into law school than my graduate education program). Also, Say what you will about unions but teachers are placed in a precarious situation. we're forced to balance a private and public life all while having to expose truths that some people are vehemently against. We need the extra protection a union provides.

Its an old timey heating vent. Open light and presto instant heat.

Heart breaker in a size large pls

It's a memorial to the pig that build his house out straw.
Heartbreaker in a size large pls

I'm going to go ahead and say that California's safest for workers statues might come from the fact that their workers compensation is just awful.

I thinks is a carrying case for the bottom half of a vandergraph generator

Yeah go ask a wrestler about how permanent your ear shape is

I think its a deearor I think I spelled that wrong but after you kill a deer you insert that into the anus and twist so you can pull out the intestines and feces without having to worry about nicking while butchering the animal