tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post2660522064980435950..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: STRINGER SURGES IN NEW EMERSON-PIX 11 POLLJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-25178082323462628442021-05-23T19:42:05.210-04:002021-05-23T19:42:05.210-04:009:33 were you referring to me?please reread...i wo...9:33 were you referring to me?please reread...i worked with juvenile delinquents and found it rewarding.i was referring to others.i agree that kids have to motivated.but some teachers are feeling beaten down. Personally, I find it rewarding to reach the hard to reach.but I never taught in the boogie down Bronx where there are many stressors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-23665160536015358302021-05-23T13:12:38.912-04:002021-05-23T13:12:38.912-04:00I don’t have to be a great teacher in nyc. I just ...I don’t have to be a great teacher in nyc. I just have to speak the woke language and teach woke lessons and my woke AP gives me highly effective which keeps me employed since our school’s test scores are shit. These people are so easy to play. If you think being a shitty teacher or the best teacher in the world matters to me, think again. It’s just a job. My job is irrelevant to my self worth. So are the opinions of strangers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-8932154493119068912021-05-23T12:40:25.179-04:002021-05-23T12:40:25.179-04:00Behaving badly? Anyone who routinely assaults and ...Behaving badly? Anyone who routinely assaults and sexually harasses is a scumbag. Period. End of story. I don’t care if they’re 7, 17 or 70. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-44314871123034601572021-05-22T21:33:25.554-04:002021-05-22T21:33:25.554-04:006:04: Maybe you're not such a great teacher, i...6:04: Maybe you're not such a great teacher, if you want to teach only students that have internal motivation and want to be reached. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-32355191389603621702021-05-22T18:04:56.625-04:002021-05-22T18:04:56.625-04:00I hate that word.but they can work remotely if the...I hate that word.but they can work remotely if they can't be respectful.how about that?will they?doubtful.often times, you can earn their trust and respect one to one.i worked with juvenile delinquents for more than 3 years.some were hardened beyond help.but many are very nice when you get to know them one on one.peer pressure is at play.if u try to have power struggles, u will be worse off.i also had disturbed middle schoolers who should have been in reform school.nothing I did helped.i get it.it depends on the families...we have a tough job the general public would never do our jobs.everyone games the liberal system with low expectations.just because teachers prefer kids they can reach doesn't make them racist though.maybe they just want to feel like they were useful. Who among us wants to be insulted?don't we all want to know that our work was not in vain?the city has no answers for troubled kids.their woke policy will deprive those are hard working.then perhaps they will go to private school.blame the policy makers who demoralize us.not racist.just don't want to beat my head against the wall for 30 years!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-70359567725174644682021-05-21T20:02:00.212-04:002021-05-21T20:02:00.212-04:00@4:59pm...Exactly brother. Exactly!@4:59pm...Exactly brother. Exactly!waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-76977653252334513272021-05-21T16:59:00.541-04:002021-05-21T16:59:00.541-04:00I posted a response yesterday that seems to have g...I posted a response yesterday that seems to have gotten lost?<br /><br />@6:55 - I get it and I think we would agree on some issues(?). Racism is baked into the system, and I mean the whole system even before we talk about education - an economic system that perpetuates poverty and alienation in whole classes of people from people of color to poor whites. It disproportionately affects people of color for obvious historical reasons and the sad fact that poor whites are reluctant to find common cause with people of color for their mutual benefit. Divided and conquered. The education system as set up exacerbates the disparity. Whether by conscious design or historical accident doesn't matter - the effect is racial inequity. <br /><br />@1:43 - check.<br /><br />@1:19 - It is offensive. We can agree that children are capable of behaving badly without relegating them to subhuman status. <br />Michael Gattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439084701518904958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54215796459991955982021-05-21T13:43:06.694-04:002021-05-21T13:43:06.694-04:00119. You should not be working with children. 119. You should not be working with children. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-11628871051509177492021-05-21T13:19:07.030-04:002021-05-21T13:19:07.030-04:00I used riffraff in response to the original riffra...I used riffraff in response to the original riffraff user, Riffraff offensive? Please. Any kid who takes pleasure in assaulting peers and teachers as well as sexually harassing them ( “suck my dick”) is what then? Troubled youth? I call them scumbags because that’s what people who behave this way are. I stand by riffraff and scumbag to describe any kid or adult who assaults and sexually harasses. But you libs feel free to call them anything you want. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-25565615071219457352021-05-21T06:51:58.652-04:002021-05-21T06:51:58.652-04:00I always laugh at the ‘everyone flees to the subur...I always laugh at the ‘everyone flees to the suburbs’. Do you know how hard it is to get a suburban teaching job? <br /><br />You have to be related to a superintendent or have dirt on them. They get hundreds and thousands of electronic resumes. <br /><br />As for the city, I will admit that I am definitely part of the rank and file that ‘goes along to get along.’ Sometimes, I feel bad. However, most times I just get over it and move on to planning my next trip or golf game. <br /><br />To the ones who ‘fight the good fight’, I ask why? Besides stress and high blood pressure, what do you get out of it? <br /><br />I’m probably in the wrong profession, but I just don’t see making myself nuts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-47039903758154627042021-05-20T20:50:20.834-04:002021-05-20T20:50:20.834-04:00@6:55 - Yes, the racism is pervasive and baked int...@6:55 - Yes, the racism is pervasive and baked into the system, and way before we even start talking about education. But it perpetuates itself in part through the educational system. People's individual motives for leaving troubled schools aren't necessarily racist (but they can be), yet the effect is racist - students most in need, usually students of color, get poorly run schools that lack leadership, resources, and personnel to address their needs - to the extent schools can even do that. The fact that there exist schools with high percentages of challenging or struggling students is itself a product of our racist history. Anyway, the students corralled into these schools are just children caught up in the grind. Too big a topic to say much more about in a blog comment section. Cheers/.Michael Gattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439084701518904958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-55272289002761216832021-05-20T20:29:10.179-04:002021-05-20T20:29:10.179-04:00655 pm, i admit it. The bosses also admitted it, ...655 pm, i admit it. The bosses also admitted it, that's why they dropped standards, suspensions and let the undeserving into certain schools. How can there be school with no merit? We know why. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-76960750902117744642021-05-20T19:13:41.690-04:002021-05-20T19:13:41.690-04:00As long as I get 130k plus per session. Thanks th...As long as I get 130k plus per session. Thanks though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-34320100733157028642021-05-20T18:55:20.746-04:002021-05-20T18:55:20.746-04:00Sorry if anyone was insulted by the term rif-raf, ...Sorry if anyone was insulted by the term rif-raf, or however it's spelled, but at least I am willing to teach these students, unlike other teachers who flee to other schools and the suburbs to avoid them. Nobody is going to admit it openly, but the main reason teachers want to teach at specialized high schools and screened schools like Townsend Harris is so they can avoid these students. If you ever go on open market, see which schools always have multiple openings in the same subjects: Long Island City, Bryant, Flushing, Bowne, Richmond Hill, Van Buren, Cardozo, August Martin (and that school only has 300 students), and look how much trouble the Bronx has retaining teachers. Go to Inside Schools to see the racial breakdown of these schools and these are only schools in Queens. Bottom line is teachers that teach in the top schools may not seem racist on the surface, but there is an underlying layer of racism there. Let's not forget all the schools for Asian Studies too that teachers flee to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13683960534416862772021-05-20T18:21:39.973-04:002021-05-20T18:21:39.973-04:00Hah. Everyday I can bet that a commenter speaks th...Hah. Everyday I can bet that a commenter speaks the true feelings. Rif-raf is how these commenters describe children and rif raf is how Mulgrew Diblasio treats teachers. A boat load of rif-raf...children and adults. waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-34828927067676895252021-05-20T18:03:13.606-04:002021-05-20T18:03:13.606-04:00Would you call them model students? What school d...Would you call them model students? What school do you teach such wonderful children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-86194724523878779362021-05-20T16:03:15.595-04:002021-05-20T16:03:15.595-04:00Could we not refer to children as riffraff?
riffr...Could we not refer to children as riffraff?<br /><br />riffraff<br />[ rif-raf ]<br /><br />people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless: a pack of riffraff.<br /><br />the lowest classes; rabble: the riffraff of the city.<br /><br />trash; rubbish.Michael Gattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439084701518904958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58653609708653378332021-05-20T15:52:36.441-04:002021-05-20T15:52:36.441-04:002:58. Put all the riffraff in their own schools, p...2:58. Put all the riffraff in their own schools, pay those teachers double so the rest of the kids and teachers stand a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-77998770956781296892021-05-20T14:58:02.560-04:002021-05-20T14:58:02.560-04:00It's about time the lower level students were ...It's about time the lower level students were spread out to different schools. THey expect the lower level unscreened schools to take kids reading on a 3rd grade level to meet 12th grade standards before they graduate. How come of these schools can do it, the screened schools can't? Aren't they supposed to be highly effective schools with a highly effective teaching staff. Maybe the teachers there aren't so highly effective. We need to bring equity to the school system. That means all teachers not just some should have to teach the riffraff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50450109512069896792021-05-20T13:26:25.380-04:002021-05-20T13:26:25.380-04:0012:00 PM. Are you new? Who’s going to force them? ...12:00 PM. Are you new? Who’s going to force them? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87448765138570715562021-05-20T12:12:20.543-04:002021-05-20T12:12:20.543-04:00If all the school suck, then the doe will be force...If all the school suck, then the doe will be forced to change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29259692301651825592021-05-20T05:55:42.468-04:002021-05-20T05:55:42.468-04:00None of the candidates has the guts to clean house...None of the candidates has the guts to clean house at the DOE. The DOE will continue to get worse, more corrupt, and increase the size of the money pit. <br /><br />If they do manage to get rid of the SHSAT, then all the schools will suck. I will still be waiting for all the sports teams to adopt the same philosophy of greater representation from every race and culture on each team!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58004488456199847432021-05-19T17:26:35.266-04:002021-05-19T17:26:35.266-04:00The DOE administrative bloat needs to be cleaned u...The DOE administrative bloat needs to be cleaned up. Someone need to clean house at the DOE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88511663274995174692021-05-19T16:29:02.390-04:002021-05-19T16:29:02.390-04:00Sliwa is a cartoon character like Mulgrew.
Stop i...Sliwa is a cartoon character like Mulgrew. <br />Stop it please ! Not will to die yethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654991056889418739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-27288523765256431562021-05-19T16:23:40.661-04:002021-05-19T16:23:40.661-04:00Curtis Sliwa calls us the Union of Failed Teachers...Curtis Sliwa calls us the Union of Failed Teachers. I don't think we do too well under Sliwa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com