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'Twas suggested I post a few episodes of my work in a pleasant spot. I've chosen here. Sadly, not everything I've written has y...
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Twice in the last eight years I've run the Santa Clarita 5k on Independence Day. Back in 2007 it was sizzling hot. Three years late... -
More memories from the boxes . Here's my life at Warner Bros. that year. Cleaned up my office after the Northridge earthquake rearranged...
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I have no idea how it is in the UK. But here in the U.S. you would have to be a pretty horrible teacher to be fired for incompetence. Especialy at my school. My old computer teacher lost my work on an almost weekly basis. Of course, he was a basketball coach too. Ironicaly he's the shortest teacher in the school. Don't even get me started on the history teacher, Mrs.Tilman. She holds the record for most biased teacher in existence. I consistently had a C in that class the entire year. I had an A or high B in every other class, that should tell you something (that I'm a nerd?). Lol, what did he do? Just sleep through his class periods? (my apologies for poor punctuation.?!;:)
Possibly the worst teacher I ever experienced, was simply known to the general student body, as Mrs.Benhaboring (Mrs.Benham) She filled in for the other english teacher second semester because that teacher filled in for the duel enrollment class because that teacher was sick (Don't worry, he's better now.) Bur Mrs.Benhaborring wasn't even qualified to teach. Everyday, we'd read, and read, and read, and read. She would never explain anything either! It was probablt the worst class I ever had, nice lady, but borring as heck. Atleast I kept a B in her class.
Who was your worst teacher John?
Luke,
I was educated in a different era when the default for teachers was competence and students could actually flunk if they didn't grasp the material.
That said, there were a few with hard edges that would belittle you if they felt you weren't studying up to expectations.
Though their names escape me in the mists of time.
I checked out of school at age 15, taking the California High School Proficiency Exam (which they weren't supposed to administer to kids under 16 but made an exception in my case).
I had stopped going anyway, as I wasn't learning anything. In those days, the early 1980s, the "No Child Left Behind" policy came into effect. I felt like they should rename it "No Child Goes Anywhere" given how every day involved going over stuff that had been covered in 6th grade...
I thought 'No Child' was a product of the 00's?
My mother-in-law was a teacher in LA and there were many "helpful programs" that only helped inflate budgets and educator's egos.
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