HS Student Tells Teacher How It Is

[PapaG]

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[magnifier661]

That teacher needs to stop the ctc and teach!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

white folks.

 

[julius]

I really hope she doesn't take credibility to teaching him English.

 

[PapaG]

I really hope she doesn't take credibility to teaching him English.

By the sounds of it, the packets are teaching him English, and he's frustrated about it while she sits there and paints her toenails. She probably has a great pension, though! I thought it was a pretty composed rant for a HS student, one grammatical error aside.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

[video=youtube;iflIOklflrg]

I loved him and his brother in the Matrix.

 

[julius]

By the sounds of it, the packets are teaching him English, and he's frustrated about it while she sits there and paints her toenails. She probably has a great pension, though! I thought it was a pretty composed rant for a HS student, one grammatical error aside.

Doubt she has a pension, she looked young.

Somehow i think it was staged. Notice that none of the other students said much of anything.

 

[blazerboy30]

Doubt she has a pension, she looked young.

Somehow i think it was staged. Notice that none of the other students said much of anything.

I don't think it was staged. You could hear his voice start to quiver like he was on the very verge of crying. If that was acting, he was pretty impressive.

 

[julius]

I don't think it was staged. You could hear his voice start to quiver like he was on the very verge of crying. If that was acting, he was pretty impressive.

I'm not sure that's always a good sign, but it could be.

It also could be that he someone with a disability, and it is not uncommon for their voices to quiver when they get agitated.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm not sure that's always a good sign, but it could be.

It also could be that he someone with a disability, and it is not uncommon for their voices to quiver when they get agitated.

Yeah. Probably Aspergers.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

I would love to know the back story on that. It seems like the kid might be new to the class or the school and very unhappy with that teacher using pre packaged material to teach the class...I know how un inspired I have been in situations like that..and yes,I am projecting a bit here..

 

[PapaG]

I would love to know the back story on that. It seems like the kid might be new to the class or the school and very unhappy with that teacher using pre packaged material to teach the class...I know how un inspired I have been in situations like that..and yes,I am projecting a bit here..

I'm guessing a lot of the posters here he should have just sat there like a dummy and let himself be indoctrinated with mindless printed propaganda.

 

[Eastoff]

I'm guessing a lot of the posters here he should have just sat there like a dummy and let himself be indoctrinated with mindless printed propaganda.

I think if the kid was getting frustrated and tired of the teaching method, it's good that he spoke his mind. Without knowing any of the back story, it may or may not have been the right path to present his problem. Calling out the teacher in class and not going to the principal or talking to the teacher after class is asking for conflict. I think it's good to see the video. Perhaps it's just me, but I can't help but feel a little "white standing up against the lazy black" is a motivation in showing this.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

this dude needs to read the Art of War. Fighting a useless battle here. :MARIS61:

 

[The_Lillard_King]

this dude needs to read the Art of War. Fighting a useless battle here. :MARIS61:

Maybe that is "the dude"

 

[speeds]

Would one of you Yanks be so kind as to tell me what a packet is?

 

[Eastoff]

Would one of you Yanks be so kind as to tell me what a packet is?

it's several papers stapled together. Staples are small pieces of metal wire which bind things.

 

[speeds]

it's several papers stapled together. Staples are small pieces of metal wire which bind things.

So it's notes or something stemming from standardization? I mean would the same high school course taught by multiple teachers all have the same packets?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

So it's notes or something stemming from standardization? I mean would the same high school course taught by multiple teachers all have the same packets?

Quite possibly. But I'm assuming he's complaining about the fact she just gave them packets to study while she sits there and diddles herself. Rather than, oh, I dunno.... teach.

 

[speeds]

I've never had a teacher hand out notes (presumably with questions) and sit down. If that's what she's doing that's atrocious. She's less a teacher and more a study hall monitor. Never mind the fact the student is a drop-out who came back who may have some issues.

Sounds like the teacher has been put on leave.

 

[Natebishop3]

Sounds like a cake job.... she could bring a computer and surf the web while her students do whatever they want to do.

 

[jlprk]

The teacher passively remained in her seat because she could see a student filming. In my day, the teacher would have either been in his face, or have left to get the Asst. Principal.

 

[Natebishop3]

The teacher passively remained in her seat because she could see a student filming. In my day, the teacher would have either been in his face, or have left to get the Asst. Principal.

Back in your day the teacher was wearing a corset and would slap the shit out of kids with a ruler.

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[speeds]

Sounds like a cake job.... she could bring a computer and surf the web while her students do whatever they want to do.

In my day I think that class was called desktop applications.

 

[jlprk]

In the 1st grade, my teacher whapped me with the highly visible paddle that hung from a nail near her desk.

In the 3rd grade, the teacher just talked about doing it but didn't.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I would have stood up and started clapping for this kid.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Agreed^. I kept waiting for him to drop F bombs. But he didn't. He dropped "bitching" in an okay form. He wasn't some upset kid that was intentionally disrespecting. He had a point to make, and he I thought, overall, he did pretty well.

Sounds like a cake job.... she could bring a computer and surf the web while her students do whatever they want to do.

That's what I do. Except I'm not a teacher.

 

[blazerboy30]

The video doesn't provide enough background to really take a side. Those that claim they would have stood up and clapped for this kid already have a bias that they're blindly hoping this video proves. And even if this video is an accurate representation of both sides of the story, I can agree with his point, but his way of expressing his displeasure shouldn't be applauded and is pretty stupid.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

The video doesn't provide enough background to really take a side. Those that claim they would have stood up and clapped for this kid already have a bias that they're blindly hoping this video proves. And even if this video is an accurate representation of both sides of the story, I can agree with his point, but his way of expressing his displeasure shouldn't be applauded and is pretty stupid.

hmm you are correct, in that it does not provide enough information...I thinkIwilldig into this and see what I can find out.

It does look like he just hit a "WTF" moment, clearly he was upset..I have to think that the fact we have camera phone video would lead me to believe that there was discourse before hand..

 

[VanillaGorilla]

He's a former drop out who probably went back to school because he wanted to learn, and he wasn't being taught anything. That's got to be frustrating for someone eager to improve their life.