tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post5795435222031475009..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: Buzz WordsMr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-60881887720303876542007-05-14T12:51:00.000-07:002007-05-14T12:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting on my blog (Discourse about Dis...Thanks for posting on my blog (Discourse about Discourse). I think that you are right about looking to the parents for their purpose in inciting or increasing panic. It is hard for me to imagine a parent being completely malicious, but when it comes to their children, their instincts can be right when the methods are all wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321830892721496687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-89019129746554259622007-05-12T08:29:00.000-07:002007-05-12T08:29:00.000-07:00I once had a student go straight to the race card....I once had a student go straight to the race card. He was talking in class, I asked him to not talk in class--nothing out of the ordinary--his response "You're picking on me because I'm black." How does one respond to that statement when the student is absolutely serious? "Yes, you're right?" Race is certainly another buzz word.Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-10341291615880517442007-05-12T03:44:00.000-07:002007-05-12T03:44:00.000-07:00Mr. McNamar, you have had some outstanding posts l...Mr. McNamar, you have had some outstanding posts lately. Congratulations!<BR/><BR/>I think you know that I had two incidents in which kids did something blatantly wrong, then they turned to me and said, "If you hit me, I'll sue you." <BR/><BR/>It's no accident that this happened in my early years at my present school and it hasn't happened since. The worst kids have a sense about which teachers are the most vulnerable--new teachers, substitutes, or any teacher who seems to have any weakness. The worst kids are also the best kids at knowing how much they can get away with, because they've spent their school careers pushing the limits. In the process, they've learned that the limits are mush.Dennis Fermoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066942564308377074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-56465837975274363272007-05-11T08:56:00.000-07:002007-05-11T08:56:00.000-07:00This is such a serious problem. I have seen stude...This is such a serious problem. I have seen students group up against a teacher and do and say things to make the teacher miserable. Students routinely threaten to have teachers fired if they don't like them or decisions they make. I have even heard parents say, "My child would never lie." My response was always, "Gee, that's funny. Mine sure do."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com