tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post2325172091293271044..comments2024-01-17T07:50:03.381-07:00Comments on Building Castles on the Beach: How Does it Feel?Brent Wescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-42132843454924152582011-06-26T20:24:15.640-06:002011-06-26T20:24:15.640-06:00Thanks Nicki. I don't often feel strong or inc...Thanks Nicki. I don't often feel strong or incredible. But generally I do like what I do.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-7276007891408686062011-06-23T15:30:04.873-06:002011-06-23T15:30:04.873-06:00I'm ashamed to say that stories like these are...I'm ashamed to say that stories like these are why I didn't go into teaching...I'd get burnt out. You're a strong, incredible person. Thank you.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830994879944216241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-58884837223403840702011-06-07T16:27:29.826-06:002011-06-07T16:27:29.826-06:00I guess out students have a point, then, when they...I guess out students have a point, then, when they say school is like a prison. That's sad. A little scary.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-41707327996880392032011-06-07T10:23:47.577-06:002011-06-07T10:23:47.577-06:00As much as I would hate being a teacher (for one I...As much as I would hate being a teacher (for one I suck at it and have very little patience with dumbassery), if given a chance I think I would enjoy certain aspects of it. I'll bet very few of the smart-asses would come back for a second semester. Unfortunately, schools have become as permissive and lily-livered as our prisons. No discipline. No consequences. And teachers have very little power to back them up. Me, I'd lean in close and in my very best Dirty Harry voice say "Put that crap away now or your phone and your ipod and your whole fu**ing purse go out the window into the parking lot." I'd be so fired, I think.JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-2288422253413184472011-06-07T09:25:18.688-06:002011-06-07T09:25:18.688-06:00Bryan: I have to tell myself that we were all dumb...Bryan: I have to tell myself that we were all dumb teenagers once, but sometimes it seems like they are getting dumberer.<br /><br />Chanel: a couple of years ago, students were not supposed to have phones or headphones out even in the halls. We teachers were supposed to take those phones away, even when we didn't know the students in question. The admin gave up on that rule, but we are still supposed to take them away in the classroom, the idea being that you wouldn't have the conflict if they were your own students.. I used to be a stickler for these rules, but in order to avoid the fights I would still literally have every day, I started just asking them to put the phones away. It's a fine line to walk to pick your battles.<br /><br />Doug: It's funny, but the more lenient the admin gets about rules, the more dictatorial I feel like I have to get.<br /><br />Julie: I was a little depressed when I originally wrote this. Now it just seems like par for the course. This is the generation of entitlement. Youngsters really believe they shouldn't have to work for anything. It is scary.<br /><br />Michael: You're comment is ironic because I am known for being somewhat of a hardass. I am an ornery, mean, and sarcastic teacher. Some kids get it, some don't. And that's okay with me.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-39601874063583335982011-06-07T08:42:28.915-06:002011-06-07T08:42:28.915-06:00Kids these days can be disrespectful, assanine, kn...Kids these days can be disrespectful, assanine, know-it-alls. The problem is they grow-up and maintain these traits and then vote. Oh world...how I love working with people.<br /><br />To be honest sir, I think you are too nice. You really shouldn't be challenged like this and if you were more onery, I think that these miscreants would respect you more. Nice in "America" is a license to squash you.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-68292171739692422712011-06-07T08:18:13.177-06:002011-06-07T08:18:13.177-06:00I taught a bit of junior high and high school. And...I taught a bit of junior high and high school. And I agree with you, the worst part is the power struggle. Why do kids feel so entitled and think they have the right to get away with being disrespectful and downright rude? The lack of respect for teachers and parents is one of my biggest worries about the next generation. <br /><br />Good post...but a little depressing. :)Julie Daineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350205936357263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-53330832302312525882011-06-06T18:19:19.330-06:002011-06-06T18:19:19.330-06:00That is a pretty good time commitment you put into...That is a pretty good time commitment you put into a blog post. Mine tend to vary. Some take two to three hours, and some I throw together in about 15 minutes. I'm not usually going for the essay style you've got going, though.<br /><br />I could not be a high school teacher. Not unless they authorize some Inquisition-style corporal punishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-25417743019516853762011-06-06T13:57:24.909-06:002011-06-06T13:57:24.909-06:00What kind of school do you teach at where the stud...What kind of school do you teach at where the students feel entitled to having their iPods and phones out during class? At my school if a teacher so much as saw a cell phone in your purse, and it didn't matter if you were using it or not or if it was off, it got taken away and you had to pay ten dollars to the front office to get it back.<br /><br />And people honestly look at me like I'm out of my mind when I say I don't like children and teenagers. Seriously? There's something wrong here.Chanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159248995263246944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772006307472464943.post-23496666967876784702011-06-06T12:28:24.720-06:002011-06-06T12:28:24.720-06:00I thought that the title was from "Like a Rol...I thought that the title was from "Like a Rolling Stone"<br /><br />Those kids have some real attitude. It would almost be funny that they act so smug when they're walking right into obvious trouble, if it wasn't so sad. Clearly there is some dumb teenagers out there, in training to be future dumb adults.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.com