[blparent] sheer terror (Teachers)

Fri Mar 4 06:11:53 UTC 2011

Besides, someone could be hurt if they happened to get in the way of a 
tipping desk.  I would have been humiliated, and furious too, if a teacher 
had dumped my desk over when I was in school.  I'm not sure I would have 
respected a teacher who did that enough to give him my best work.  Which 
would have hurt me and not him in the end, but as a kid, I wouldn't have 
thought it through.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never 
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Dianna Alley" <dianna24 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror (Teachers)

> I think I would have an issue with that.  That teacher don't need to be 
> teaching children if he is throwing desk around.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror (Teachers)
>
>
>> Wow, I'm not sure I like the sound of this teacher.  The reenactments of 
>> history and the Jeopardy are awesome and creative, and the best kind of 
>> learning that we can hope for, in my opinion.  But tipping over desks? 
>> So then, it's okay to throw furniture around if you havve a reason you 
>> think is good enough?  I wonder what he would think if a bunch of kids 
>> got together and dumped his desk over ... see, that was why I got myself 
>> in way too much trouble in school.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that 
>> never were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:55 PM
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror
>>
>>> I have mixed emotions about this teacher.  There are many things he does
>>> that I am not happy with, this topping that list.  When school started I 
>>> was
>>> hahppy my daughter was put into his class.  He is a hard teacher and 
>>> demands
>>> a lot of stuff from his class.  Much more than other teachers and since 
>>> Gab
>>> needs to be challenged, I thought it was a good thing.  My opinion has 
>>> since
>>> changed.  He is for sure, the home-work king.  Way too much for my 
>>> likes,
>>> but my daughter is thriving and still making straight A's.
>>> One of the things that upsets me about this man is when a child has a 
>>> messy
>>> desk, notebooks where  books should be and vise versa, he flips the 
>>> desk,
>>> throwing all onto the floor.  The tipping teacher is what he is known 
>>> as.
>>> Well, this just teaches a child that is okay to vandalize other people's
>>> property if you don't like what it looks like.
>>> School work disappears left and right and gab has had to do her work 
>>> over
>>> and over again.  I asked him if the basket was eating the work?  He 
>>> didn't
>>> like this and scolded the kids for not putting their names on the 
>>> papers.
>>> He also dings them if parents don't sign the papers he sends home.
>>> Like I said, I could go on and on.  I try not to complain too much as
>>> everytime I do, gab's desk get thrown over or another paper disappears.
>>> Grrrrrrrr!
>>> He also is one of the funnest teachers, he has the kids perform 
>>> inactments
>>> of history.  Gab was a General in the  Spanish American war, a wagon 
>>> leader
>>> on the Oregon trail and now a spy for the civil war.  He plays jeopardy 
>>> with
>>> the  kids once a week and gives out prizes and he gives lots of 
>>> compliments
>>> and gold tickets  for special assignments.
>>> Bitter sweet! V
>>>
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Brandy W
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:21 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror
>>>
>>> That is unacceptable, and I'd be demanding what goal he had by showing 
>>> it.
>>> Also an apology is one thing, but he should have never shown it and 
>>> there
>>> for never upset her, or needed to apologize. What a mess and as a 
>>> teacher
>>> I'm mad for you.
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:46 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror
>>>
>>> Why in the world would a teacher need to show a video like that to 
>>> school
>>> age kids anyway?  I mean, for what educational purpose?  Usually movies 
>>> like
>>> that have ratings that restrict the viewing audience to adults and
>>> teenagers.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that 
>>> never
>>> were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:40 PM
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>>> Subject: [blparent] sheer terror
>>>
>>>> Gab came home in tears yesterday.  At first I thought someone had hurt
>>>> her on the way home from the bus, then I thought the boy up the street
>>>> was being mean again.  She cried and cried and I couldn't understand a
>>>> thing she was saying.  Finally, she mumbled something about a video at
>>>> school.
>>>> Finally after she calmed down, we got out of her that her teacher had
>>>> shown a realistic video that a grim reaper appeared to jump off the
>>>> screen into the classroom.  Well for some kids it might have been a
>>>> funny video, but to my child it was terrifying.
>>>> The teacher called me shortly after Gab got home.  He said all the
>>>> kids were laughing and then he looked at Gab... sheer terror.  The
>>>> bell rang and she darted quickly from the room.  He knew that he had
>>>> made a giant mistake showing it to the sensitive kids.
>>>> He apologized over and over to me and then talked to Gab for some time
>>>> on the phone until she finally calmed down.  It took some time.
>>>> V
>>>>
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