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Demeter

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7. Paper: the barrier to prevent any actual, personal contact

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 09:04 AM

May 2014

Paper prevents Administration and really bad teachers from having to deal with real people in real situations....esp. little people, who are so annoying....

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Education Without "Stuff" [View all] Smarmie Doofus May 2014 OP

Great observation! All the work of teaching has become about teachers proving to administration Squinch May 2014 #1

Which brings up the question of whether this is really necessary at all: Smarmie Doofus May 2014 #2

Absolutely! But now we have this situation where there are so many Squinch May 2014 #4

No. They'll never do it. In the first place they *can't*. Smarmie Doofus May 2014 #12

Eh. I think it's an arc. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #3

You haven't been in a classroom for a while, have you? Squinch May 2014 #5

I've barely ever left. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6

This is an interesting wording. Are you currently a teacher or not? And if so, are you a teacher Squinch May 2014 #8

I am not currently a teacher. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #9

So, you are unfamiliar with what is going on in the k-12 setting. Squinch May 2014 #11

I don't think that I 'dismissed the concerns' Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #13

The OP is about the Common Core and education reform. Squinch May 2014 #14

Eventually. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #15

And, btw, Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #10

Paper: the barrier to prevent any actual, personal contact Demeter May 2014 #7