Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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When's the last time you sat in on a school committee meeting? Spoke to a teacher or to a principal?

Let me tell you something, the single biggest problem with American schools is shitty parents. Many parents expect the school to teach their children manners. There are so many spoiled little shits around it is not even funny. These same parents ignore the school, get pissed when one program they are interested in changes or gets cut, and ignore every other program or initiative. They ignore the performance of the school. Ignore requests for feedback, make no effort to objectively evaluate their local schools performance.

Instead they just complain about bad teachers and bad administrators, kind of like you. They refuse to get involved. Are you involved?

How do you eliminate a bad superintendant? Any ideas? Well unless you can make a criminal case against him or the school there's only one way - get the school board to fire him. How does one do that? Well your local bylaws will tell you that.

I'm not affiliated with any school system. I am, however, involved in three areas with my local schools. I'm' not on the school board, I'm pissed about the performance of certain people, and I have meet a good number of good teachers in my 2 years in this town. I can tell you that the teachers mostly are concientious people, and I find it reprehensible that you generally lambaste teachers. By and large teachers are people - average people. Some are smart, some are not. Most love kids. Some are old. The good ones are frustrated by low pay, a few asshole kids and lots of asshole parents. If they stick with teaching they get tired of fighting the good fight and just do their job.

It's because people bitch and don't offer to help. And it's because most people suck as parents, don't teach their kids manners, don't teach them patience, and don't teach their boys to respect the girls. They don't pay attention to their kids, leaving their kids affection starved.

I see this every time I'm on a field coaching a kids team and every time I'm in the school donating my time.

I have a problem with our superintendant, but he has done good things for the schools. Really good things. Our Middle School principal is a saint, really trying to make a difference.

PLEASE DO NOT GENERALIZE. GET YOUR ASS INTO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND HELP THEM. STOP BITCHING!!!!!!!