“I’m a NYC high school teacher. Hey, I’ve got a great idea! I’ll have my students beat the crap out of each other in class! I’m sure I won’t catch a world of shit for this…”
WTF?!? How is it possible to become certified as an educator, and yet still be so obviously bereft of any sense whatsoever??
From the New York Daily News
Of course, you know what needs to be said:
The first rule of Math Class is “You do NOT talk about Math Class”
I’m guessing before long this will be blamed on Bush and the education bill he co-sponsered with back-stabbing shitty-escort Ted Kennedy. copyright, trademark, all rights reserved
Well, see, most states require their prospective teachers to pass a standardized test to get their credential, but its really only basic math and English skills. They really need to start adding questions like:
I’m thinking test questions like that could clear up a lot of problems.
Yeah, before long, someone will drag this way off-topic and into the political arena. Probably by post #2.
What the fuck was this teacher thinking?
Um, it involves education. And anything involving education that pisses people off is Bush’s fault. Do you really want me to cite it and link? I’ll have to include all of the SDMB threads which will eradicate all hampsters for eternity if I post them here.
I’ll trust you know what I meant without spelling it out. You’re smarter than that, tdn, even if you’re wrong. 
This message is subtitled for the clue-impaired:
It would make a lot more sense to complain about people bashing Bush in a thread if people had actually done so, and your mentioing of Bush will have no other effect than to turn this thread into one bashing Bush or the subject of whether they are or not. It’s especially dumb since you decided to do so as the second post of the thread. In short, just say no to pre-emptive bitching!
I guess you do need to post the links, because I haven’t noticed many. Or even any. Maybe I just spend time in the wrong fora.
But you’ll notice that in this particular thread, the only person that made that connection was you. Apparently it occurred to no one else.
Yeah, that teacher is a fucking tool.
How in the hell could someone like this even get to the rank of educator in America? Oh, I know the answer. I’m sure we all do. It’s Bush. Bush and that education bill he signed into law. Leave no children behind? What the heck was Ted Kennedy thinking when he helped work on that? If it wasn’t for those two, this clearly wouldn’t have happened.
You’ve got a lot more faith in our educational system than I do.
Does anybody know what is required to become certified as an educator? Probably not much, I would guess.
does Project Mayhem count as extra credit?
Depends on the state, I think, but around these parts it takes at least a master’s degree. Evidently, it’s not impossible to get a master’s and still be dumb punk.
"He then instructed the students, ‘This is kept here. This better not get back to the deans,’ " the police official said.
Or else what? I’m really having trouble understanding how not one of a whole class of 16-year-old kids got up and said, “Mr. Murray, you are nfbsking nuts, and I’m going to the principal right now.”
Maybe someone caught on when he asked maintenance to install a steel cage?
I bet he’ll end up just requiring a few hours of sensitivty training like that other asshat.
Duffer, you’re a fool, but that’s for another thread.
It’s a shame that innovative teaching techniques are so unwelcome these days.
Don’t you see, he really was teaching them math? They were learning angles (where to hit, how far to lean to avoid a punch), practicing geometry (square fist imparts more pain than just a finger, they had to calculate how much room they had to fight in). They were introduced to the concept of variables (if I block the punch, it will hurt less). Hypotheses and proofs (I hit him in the nuts, therefor he will crumble). I bet there’s even some calculus going on in there somewhere.
Like fun you have to have a Master’s. If we all had to have masters’ degrees, we’d be edging our way into the universities and junior colleges instead of putting up with all the Bushcrap in the public schools.
As much as I would like to blame idiocy in the public schools on Bush, I’m pretty sure he had nothing to do with this. Stupid is as stupid does.
It is entirely possible to earn an advanced degree while being a dumbass, folks. I’m always amazed when I learn about one of my colleagues who has been merrily porking one of his or her students. Don’t these people realize that not only are they now “sex criminals,” but they’ve pretty much thrown away their careers, lives, and everything that goes with it, even if they’re acquitted?
Well, some people either don’t get it, or are willing to take the risk. Teachers should know better? Sure. Doesn’t mean they all do.
Plainly, we could do away with this sort of idiot in the classrooms if they’d just double all our salaries… 
Finally, someone else who understands my brilliant plan to save the world.
If only Bush and Kennedy weren’t involved in a conspiracy against humanity!
Really? Around 12 years ago I was dating a schoolteacher, and she was trying to talk me into becoming one. She urged me to hurry up, because soon it would be mandatory to get a masters, and even tenured teachers had something like a 5 year window to get one. She was happy because she taught in a private school that didn’t have that requirement. This was in MA, by the way.
Maybe that was just proposed legislation that didn’t pass. Or maybe it was a UL passed around teaching circles. Or maybe I made it up.
But it’s true!!!
As far as New York State (not the city, they have different requirement I think), you have to :::
Get your Bachelors in a subject that is taught in the level of teachingyou want to persue … elementary (K-6) or secondary (7-12).
Go through an accredited program for teaching with student teaching as the last and final test to see if you think you are fit for the field. Then, get your teaching certificate by sneding NYS money, your transcript, and an application.
6 weeks later you have a teaching certificate!!
(And because of new standards):::