Teaching - August 2006

2006-08-14 15:37:53 · 12 answers · asked by justwondering 1

2006-08-14 15:33:47 · 3 answers · asked by Vince_mvp 1

2006-08-14 15:25:40 · 2 answers · asked by Joe 1

2006-08-14 15:23:49 · 2 answers · asked by VESNA N 1

Teachers are some of the most needed but yet lowest paid people in our society and there are quite a few who have gone on strike or quit because of the conditions under which they have to work. Why then, should people be making it harder to enter a profession where there is already a high demand and a decreasing supply?

2006-08-14 15:22:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

any web sites that you can recommend? thanks.. this is for educational reseach..

2006-08-14 15:20:02 · 2 answers · asked by ella17 1

I'm trying to figure out an art activity to do with a group of high school students that touches on the issues of race and the importance of brand names, jewelry, fancy cars and that all too important Dom Perignon in hip hop culture. Any suggestions? SO appreciated. I'm drawing a blank. I was thinking of working with magazines somehow, but ... I don't know.

2006-08-14 15:19:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Teachers, do you even accept late work? How many points do you dock? How much time do students have before you won't accept work? How has your policy worked for you?

Students (and former students) did being able to turn late work in help or hurt you, and why?

2006-08-14 10:22:04 · 8 answers · asked by Huerter0 3

This was posted in the "Best of Craiglist" It was not written by me.

"I am posting this (and it is long) because I think our society needs a huge 'Wake-up' call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, this is a forum to for adoption and/or rehoming as clearly stated in the rules. All of you breeders/sellers on craigslist should not only be flagged (and I hope the good people on craigslist will continue to do so with blind fury), but you should be made to work in the 'back' of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know, that puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore.

So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are 'owner surrenders' or 'strays', that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; 'We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat).' Really? Where are you moving to that doesn't allow pets? Or they say 'The dog got bigger than we thought it would'. How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? 'We don't have time for her'. Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! 'She's tearing up our yard'. How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me, 'We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her, we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog'. Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off, sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy; if it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the 'Bully' breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed, it may get a stay of execution, not for long though. Most get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression, even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles, chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment.

Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being 'put-down'. First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash, they always look like they think they are going for a walk, happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to 'The Room', every one of them freaks out and puts on the breaks when we get to the door; it must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process, they will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the 'pink stuff'. Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just 'go to sleep', sometimes spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed, waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind, it was just an animal and you can always buy another one right?



I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head. I do everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes.


My point to all of this: DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE!


Hate me or flag me if you want to, the truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say 'I saw this thing on craigslist and it made me want adopt,' that would make it all worth it."

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2006-08-14 09:50:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been doing Broadway Jr's for the last 5 years and I am looking for something new.

2006-08-14 09:43:12 · 8 answers · asked by robin p 1

2006-08-14 08:14:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-14 08:03:25 · 4 answers · asked by 123xyz 1

2006-08-14 08:02:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am accepting an 8th grade special ed position as resource room teacher. I have spec/ed cert as well as english/social studies add-ons. Any tips regarding what I should focus upon right now before the year starts?

Also (maybe separate question), the principal hired me over objections of spec coord, who did not like my priv school exp. Any tips for gaining her trust/confidence when I am fairly new to PS teaching?

Thanks for all real replies.

2006-08-14 07:09:46 · 5 answers · asked by Wondering 4

I noticed answer like(ur english is horribl , take class of eng. see ur gram. and spell.and so on ..) ithink in yahoo not all people the english lan. is mother tongue so they try to commenicate this is not class of english!

2006-08-14 06:46:24 · 9 answers · asked by am amin 1

It seems like the punishments at school are not appropriate.
examples:
Jimmy misbehaves....he can't go to PE...so now he misses a class....you would never tell him he has to miss math class!!
Jimmy misbehaves on the bus...he gets kicked off the bus...now he can't come to school at all!!!!!
Jimmy really misbehaves and gets suspended/expelled...now he can't come to school at all for a week-whenever....he gets really behind and he will more than likely have to take this grade over again...he becomes discouraged and thinks he will never be able to do well
Jimmy misbehaves...you send him to the hall.....now he misses the rest of the lesson


Isn't the point of school to provide each child with an education? to get ALL children to learn?
How can they if they aren't allowed in the classroom??
comments.....please give best one wins 10 pts

2006-08-14 06:45:55 · 8 answers · asked by hambone1985 3

I've been thinking about becoming a teacher, but I can't decide if I would prefer elementary, middle school, or secondary (English/language arts) education. Could teachers out there please describe their typical days? I'd like to get as well-rounded a picture of what being a teacher is like.

Salary is not a concern, and I will probably not be teaching in an inner city school. I've used my vacation days to spend time in schools, and I had fun with all three age groups. I get the feeling that hanging out in a classroom for a day or two is a lot different than facing that classroom every day.

2006-08-14 06:26:33 · 9 answers · asked by Pink Denial 6

LA is looking at following you down this path. I'd like to hear your take from the inside.

2006-08-14 06:02:59 · 1 answers · asked by Arrow 5

The teachers 2 x 2 = 5.

2006-08-14 03:36:46 · 9 answers · asked by tonyflair2002 4

I've known some education students who dropped out of their program because they found the classrooms to be intimidating during their student teaching. Did they make the right decision, or is this normal and lessen with time and experience?

2006-08-14 02:46:51 · 19 answers · asked by Pink Denial 6

2006-08-14 02:22:11 · 7 answers · asked by MO'NAUGHTY '34' 1

I have an extemporaneous speech competition tomorrow. I know it's extemporaneous but my nervousness won't allow me to think on stage.
I don't have a good memory. The speech is 6 minutes long.
Flash cards are not allowed
Please give me advices that could allow me and my school victory.

2006-08-14 01:00:38 · 10 answers · asked by Vie 3

2006-08-13 23:29:43 · 4 answers · asked by ayesha b 1

As a freelance translator I get both simple and complex texts. There may be various methods of translation. I get background information from the books, Internet etc. Then I try to find online resources for the work. Then I start translation. Google helps me a lot in clarifying the context.

I hope to know about other methods. It will be definitely interesting and helpful for me to get suggestions from other persons.

2006-08-13 23:27:58 · 5 answers · asked by suyash 1

when they are really not interested to sit during a training..........

2006-08-13 22:40:42 · 7 answers · asked by Just one Baby is all I need 2

2006-08-13 20:42:29 · 3 answers · asked by my34890 1

2006-08-13 20:18:27 · 2 answers · asked by missboricua14 1

please give details about the topic and its connective topics are also welcome ...help me ...

2006-08-13 19:54:26 · 1 answers · asked by durai n 1

and what do u do

2006-08-13 17:26:00 · 5 answers · asked by keyshia w 2

2006-08-13 16:29:23 · 9 answers · asked by marcos h 2