No limit on stupid

freehold wrote:
My biggest disagreement with mccambi's post is more nuance. I don't think we should ever refer to teachers as saints. Saints (and martyrs, for that matter) endure terrible things in their lives, and their mission is what drives them. I would rather preserve the dignities of the profession of teaching. Quit calling them saints. Call them professionals. Pay them more to work in more challenging environments. That's what the private sector does, right? Got the brains and the drive to work 80-plus hour weeks on Wall Street? I'm guessing there's a bonus in your future. Got the brawn and the guts to labor in a coal mine? You can out-earn a whole bunch of liberal arts grads slinging char.

No objections, your honor.

mccabemi · Post by **mccabemi** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:46 pm

i77cat wrote:
Why shouldn't your standards be higher than the NC standards? I know a teacher who taught AP Calculus and was extremely tough. He'd finished all the material for the AP exam fairly early in the year. There were students who failed his class and made a 4 on the exam. One of his students was my daughter. She made a 5 on the AP exam but made less than an A in the course. He was among her favorite and most-respected instructors.

I will say that AP tends to get a pass on state standards; AP has had an exalted status for the last two decades, although that may be coming to an end. But there tends to be politics associated with setting your own standards, including things like, and you may or may not be surprised by this, how much homework you can assign. Principals don't like to field questions about too much homework. Seriously. However, it seems like your daughter ran into a true 5 star teacher. I've run into enough of them in my time to realize I'm not one of them.

AndroCat · Post by **AndroCat** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:12 pm

And PJ Hairston is at it again. The Hornets need to cut ties, he can't play basketball at the level they need and he can't follow the law either.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports ... 35881.html

Post by **i77cat** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:01 pm

Hairston and the Hornets are perfect for each other. They were dumb enough to draft him. They should be forced to keep him.

citycat · Post by **citycat** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:47 pm

Jeremy Lin announced he is signing with the Hornets. If he can't play, he can drive PJ around town.

stevelee · Post by **stevelee** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:11 am

Green Hornet reference?