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26645. Ms. No - 12/13/2011 6:47:16 AM I very nearly haven't --- stayed sane, that is. I had to take a week of release time because I was having panic attacks in my sleep.
Of course I was at school every day working on curriculum and lesson planning, but just to not have to be with the Freshmen for a week, and then following with a week off at Thanksgiving, kept me from literally walking off the job. 26646. arkymalarky - 12/13/2011 7:18:36 AM I hope next semester is better. I feel for you with your schedule and situation. 26647. arkymalarky - 12/13/2011 7:19:43 AM If I can help in any way or if you ever want to talk, holler at me. 26648. vonKreedon - 12/13/2011 5:21:04 PM Hey Cos - Congrats and way to hang in there. We need passionate, creative, dedicated teachers more than we need anything else. Thanks for you and Arky being there. 26649. arkymalarky - 12/13/2011 7:57:36 PM The system is driving them out, unfortunately, VK. 26650. iiibbb - 12/13/2011 8:34:49 PM Congrats Ms No good luck.
26651. arkymalarky - 12/16/2011 6:50:25 AM Another game suggestion for iphone or droid: quell. A solo casual game. I LOVE it. 26652. PsychProf - 12/16/2011 3:38:14 PM "I hope to god neither of my professors actually reads the thing. "
It is no wonder our MA-Education system, at all levels, is such a disaster. Straight A's and degrees for all, knowledge and performance be damned.
26653. iiibbb - 12/16/2011 4:34:43 PM The main source of mistakes in my dissertation were caused by a complete reformatting demanded by my committee the day of my defense and a week to get all materials to the graduate school. 26654. iiibbb - 12/17/2011 4:00:31 AM Bless my MiL's heart...
My wife bought B a book about X-mas and Chanukah called "my two holidays". Her mom said it made her want to vomit. My wife even let's fly with a few anti-Christian sentiments every so often. Mostly because talking about religion offends their sensibilities.
I've never said a peep about my Christian background to them and only support my son being Jewish. They are oblivious to the comments they occasionally make stinging a bit.
Ah well. 26655. thoughtful - 12/17/2011 4:41:05 AM Well of course you don't have to be jewish to have anti xtian sentiments...i was raised catholic, haven't been to church since i was 14 and still harbor many anti xtian sentiments.... 26656. iiibbb - 12/17/2011 5:06:38 AM Yeah... but it's ironic that their response is as bad as the traits they complain about. I mean I've got no love of X-mas marketing in October, but the boy is being raised in a family with one parent with a Christian background (although I am a non-denominational Protestant-agnostic who believes that one's relationship with God is personal and doesn't require external validation - and that Christian Doctrine is too buggered up to give anyone much to say about anyone else's standing with God).
But still, despite my seemingly weak convictions, to hear her mom say that a book like this makes her vomit feels a little harsh.
I respect Judaism. I respect it's longevity and adherence to tradition. I do consider it to be 1/2 culture and 1/2 religion. The culture aspect is the main reason I'd never convert. 26657. arkymalarky - 12/17/2011 4:18:51 PM It's too bad that Psychprof's observations of MAs is so bad. Mine at a very small university was rigorous, demanding, and excellent. The problem with most education programs is that the content is often on a weak or ninexistent foundstion and, since NCLB in particular, driven by agendas and big money, from the Waltons to Kochs to Bill Gates. Ironically, though, education programs are getting much harder.
Education has been one of the weakest departments in most universities for decades. There are a number of reasons for that, starting with the combination of low pay and high demand for k-12 teachers. It hardly transfers to anything about the university system as a whole. 26658. judithathome - 12/17/2011 7:12:30 PM but it's ironic that their response is as bad as the traits they complain about.
But don't you find that to be true of most of the "faithful" when they criticize other religions?
I agree it was an extremely distasteful remark but not surprising to me that someone claiming "faith" is blind to the sins they themselves commit. 26659. iiibbb - 12/17/2011 7:52:05 PM I mean I get that the season is downright oppressive ---
--- but don't take it so personal.
I don't agree with Mormonism, but I am never rude to the ones that wind up at my door. I just tell them I have a church and they've never bothered me further. Why the need to be rude to teach them a lesson? From they're perspective they're trying to share something they love.
It's like getting on someone's case for holding a door open. Or getting mad because someone says "God bless you".
Plus I'm sure it was different when she was younger. My grandmother had a lot of weird viewpoints that were related to the times she grew up.
My wife and I are on the same page so I'm not worried about it. 26660. arkymalarky - 12/17/2011 9:25:23 PM I used to call my brother a proselytizing athiest. Everyone is put off by someone who thinks they have all the answers and makes uninvited pronouncements of their superior nuggets of wisdom to the unenlightened. 26661. iiibbb - 12/17/2011 9:42:43 PM The proselytizing is something that Jews are particularly down on. And perhaps I'm hearing it only because I'm on the inside and their guard is down. 26662. iiibbb - 12/17/2011 9:43:12 PM So it's ultimately probably just poor situational awareness. 26663. arkymalarky - 12/17/2011 11:14:14 PM It's not about the proselytizing, it's about the knowing approach toward others' beliefs or lack of them. Calling my brother that is my way of calling him on it. 26664. PsychProf - 12/18/2011 12:11:01 AM Arky…I have seen no evidence that the educational system in USA I getting stronger at any level. We compare poorly with other industrialized nations in math and science, no less our own history, and yes, our own language.
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