[ale] Am I the only one that is laughing out load at this question?

[Scott Castaline]

Jim Lynch wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>   
>> Thompson Freeman wrote:
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>>   
>>     
>>> FWIW, and knowing that little has changed in the past 150  
>>> years (perhaps longer) in the general school environment,  
>>> it is amazing to realize how pathetic schooling is, until  
>>> compared to the situation of no schooling.
>>>     
>>>       
>> 90% of the problems with today's youth is the lack of parenting, not the 
>> schools.  Teachers are expected to be parents, nurses, psychologists, 
>> referees, friends.
>>
>> Full disclosure, yes, my wife is a teacher and a damn good one.
>>
>> For the most part, it's not the teachers, it's the system and the 
>> bureaucracy.  Sure, there are bad teachers, but the percentage is no 
>> worse then in any other career path.
>>
>> Give them what they need to get the job done and they'll do a better job.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Amen to that.  I guess the good lord (or whatever power controls life on 
> this planet) saw fit to punish me for my wicked attitude by having me 
> marry a 4th grade teacher.  ;)  She does know the difference between 
> phases of the moon and an eclipse by the way.
>
> Jim.
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I'm not implying anything bad about teachers in general, I just find it
interesting in the timing of this FoxNews article with the way this
conversation is going.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337014,00.html

I had originally sent this on 12th and it bounced, and it appears that 
the list server was down so here it is. Again no offense to those of you 
that have people that are in the teaching profession. It was just the 
timing of all of this, also bear in mind the source, I did not see this 
in any other news buckets.