[Rhodes22-list] teachers - Chris?

Fri Aug 24 06:29:13 EDT 2007

Elle & Slim,

Maybe I got really lucky but I had almost a handful of very dedicated and
proficient teachers in the very tiny public school I attended.  MY HS
science teacher was the one who inspired me to learn to fly between my
Freshman and Sophomore year.  I remain friends with my HS guidance counselor
and share e-mails weekly.  I was so bored my Senior year I convinced the
school board to allow me to drive my own car to the county vocational school
to attend Distributive Ed.  My DE instructor knew I working on an Airframe
and Powerplant apprenticeship so he didn't require me to attend class, but
enabled me to drive straight to the airport and work.  That later caused
some problems when my Principal visited the vocational school one day and
found out I didn't attend class.  He suspended me for three days, which was
hardly any punishment.  I later got suspended again, this time perhaps
justly, for buzzing an afternoon PE class at my HS low enough to have the
coach and his students lying face down in the dirt.  Then I got expelled for
taking off for three days on a flying expedition.  The Illinois State Board
of Education put the fear of God in me that I needed to beg my way back in
school (only two months to go) and failed to mention that my college
entrance exam scores were high enough to not even bother with graduating
from HS.  My boss came up with a better idea - we blackmailed two school
board members for some of their extra-curricular activities and they did my
bidding for me.  By the time I did start college I had been on my own for a
while and was paying my own way.  I didn't tolerate BS from college
professors and they sensed that.  Fortunately, the last 2 1/2 years I
attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, an adult oriented
commuter school with a much higher than normal average student body age.  My
oldest son is attending there now, working on a second undergrad degree in
Construction Management since his first degree in partying at the U of A
Fayetteville hasn't yielded too many job offers.

I love teaching but I doubt I'd last two days in the public school
environment.  The first time little Johnny's Dad came to complain about
something I'd rip his head off as well.  My hat goes off to anyone to can
survive those conditions.  Both of my sons attended Catholic Boys high
schools where parental input and interference was greeted by throwing your
little precious out.  Frankly, I liked that - spared me listening to a lot
of whining.

Brad

On 8/23/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Methinks your teachers may have had the same
> impression of you.
>
> Three months off? that would be between mid-June when
> school is out and mid -August when teachers return?
>
> How would you like working 12-14 hr days 6 days /wk?
>
> Walk a mile, bud, before you speak of what you do not
> know.
>
> Needing more rejuvenation...
>
> .elle
>
>
> --- Just bent <j.bulfer at jbtek.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > In the 12 years of public schools, I probably have
> > had about 35 different
> > teachers. I can't think of 1 that impressed me even
> > a little bit. They all
> > seemed to be on a power trip. I think they have one
> > of the best jobs, 3
> > months off every year. Great for planning long
> > vacations. I was going to be
> > a teacher but circumstances required plan B, get
> > married & have kids, (but
> > not in that order.) I've trained many adults, I
> > don't think that's anything
> > like trying to teach children. I agree, a very noble
> > profession but I think
> > it is abused by many, mostly in higher education.
> > Jb
> >
> >
> > Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> > >
> > > Slim,
> > >
> > > I'll throw my hat in the ring!  If I had to choose
> > any single point in my
> > > career as the best moment, it would be one while
> > instructing.  I had the
> > > pleasure of enduring an "education" class a few
> > years ago taught by a "no
> > > shit" General in the Airforce" and a Phd. in
> > Education.  He was "known" as
> > > the asshole on campus but it was one of the
> > richest days of learning in my
> > > career.  You know the old expression, "those who
> > can, do, and those who
> > > can't, teach?"   He fully debunked that theory.
> > If I have to choose
> > > between
> > > 'pilot' or 'teacher' on my tombstone, give me the
> > teacher label. What a
> > > noble profession!
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > On 8/23/07, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Ed,
> > >>
> > >> You mean to tell me that just because I have a
> > garage and some wrenches
> > >> that
> > >> does not make me a mechanic?  8-)
> > >>
> > >> Slim, former teacher, husband of teacher, brother
> > of teacher, son of two
> > >> teachers
> > >>
> > >> On 8/23/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Chris,
> > >> >
> > >> > Why the narrow point of view?  Teachers?  Has
> > Stan taught us about
> > >> > sailboats? sailing?  You best include this
> > forums premire teacher don't
> > >> > you
> > >> > think?  And another problem, because someone
> > has title teacher does not
> > >> > make
> > >> > that person a teacher.
> > >> >
> > >> > Ed K
> > >> > Greenville, SC, USA
> > >> > addendum:  "The reasonable man adapts himself
> > to the world; the
> > >> > unreasonable
> > >> > one persists in trying to adapt the world to
> > himself. Therefore all
> > >> > progress
> > >> > depends on the unreasonable man." --George
> > Bernard Shaw
> > >> >
> > >> > --
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> > >> >
> >
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> > >> >
> > >> >
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