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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mr Gates- I am very impressed…
Mr Gates- I am very impressed with the work that you and your wife have accomplished through your foundation. And because of this I was amazed at your comments that were made at the National Governor's Conference. In the Dayton Daily News it was stated that you believed class size caps should be removed and the best teachers should have more students in their rooms. With the money saved by having fewer personnel, these teachers could be paid more. As a teacher of 19 years this goes against what we know works. With smaller class sizes I can give my students more individualized attention. Many students need this one on one help. As a chemistry teacher, I cannot imagine having more than 24 students doing a lab. In terms of safety, this would be unacceptable. I read on your website, your comparisons to China's educational system. I do not think this is a valid comparison without also pointing out the external motivation that students in China have. If our students had to achieve a certain score to attend college-that would definitely be a motivation. But do we want our children to feel this overwhelming pressure? Yes there are areas in our educational system that needs improvement. But increasing class sizes will not do this.
I am a National Board Certified teacher and that process was one of the best things that I did to improve my teaching- watching myself and analyzing my teaching was very beneficial. But as a teacher in Ohio, there is no longer an incentive to renew my certificate. Why would I personally pay $1100 to renew this certification when there is no incentive?
In the article it also stated that teachers should not be paid for years of experience and graduate degrees- before we start dismantling this system, why don't we have system established for merit pay.
I am a National Board Certified teacher and that process was one of the best things that I did to improve my teaching- watching myself and analyzing my teaching was very beneficial. But as a teacher in Ohio, there is no longer an incentive to renew my certificate. Why would I personally pay $1100 to renew this certification when there is no incentive?
In the article it also stated that teachers should not be paid for years of experience and graduate degrees- before we start dismantling this system, why don't we have system established for merit pay.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
infoGalaxyTw: Check this video out -- Online Forum on Small Business: President Obama on Jobs of the Future http://t.co/mvYjxdd via @youtube
infoGalaxyTw: Check this video out -- Online Forum on Small Business: President Obama on Jobs of the Future http://t.co/mvYjxdd via @youtube
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8 Movies That Inexplicably Got Cartoon Spin-offs (w/ VIDEOS)
Cartoon spin-offs make good financial sense -- hell, you can squeeze more merchandising and brand recognition if kids are watching your characters everyday after school than if they just see a movie once. But what sense is there in making a kid's cartoon from a film that kids are never going to see? Would kids be clamoring for a Taxi Driver toon where Travis and Iris travel the world in their magical cab? Or would they adore one where Hannibal Lector, Clarice Starling and a talking lamb solve mysteries? Sure those are ridiculous, but is it any more crazy than expecting kids to want to watch animated stories about a gunned-down cop? And yet, back in the '80s and '90s, they cranked out a bunch of cartoons based on properties that never should've been expanded into kid's shows. Here are the ones that we can't believe ever made it to screens.
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