What does tact and diplomancy and protocol mean to you???

Question

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Answer 1

these are politicians methods of fist fighting.

Answer 2

Apparently they don't mean much to me. I have lost at least six jobs in my 66 years because, according to my employers, I was not tactful, diplomatic, nor did I respect corporate hierarcy. My stance on employee rights, integrity of my profession, and my disdain for "tact, diplomacy, and protocal", "speaking out" against what I considered "injustices" has not endeared me to employers.

I have lost some well-paying jobs; but, I will continue to "stand my ground", speaking out for issues I consider important. One of those issues is the No Child Left Behind Act, initiated by Laura Bush and signed into law by her husband, George Bush. This Act is one of the most detrimental Acts ever fousted upon the American education system.

To legislate that "no child be left behind" is ludicrous; a slap in the face to every public school educator in the United States. No teacher wants to "leave" anyone behind. We are trying out best, and always have been, to "educate" every child who comes into our classroom.

Unfortunately, there are some children who are not mentally capable of succeeding in a class of "average" or "above average" mental students. For Laura Bush to demand that mentally challenged students be given the same instruction as those students is ludicrous. The mentally challenged deserve more than the "regular" classroom can give them. They deserve teachers who have been extensively trained and prepared to educate that segment of the school population; not teachers who have just been "thrown" these students because of the "No Child Left Behind Act".

I am also against Bench Mark testing, testing students for Math proficiency and Language Arts profiency.

I blame this gross misconception of proficiency on the colleges and universities who are granting Bachelor's degrees in Education. Grants are forthcoming to colleges and universities who are eligible for State grants through Federal funds if they support government supported programs.

Tact. diplomacy, and protocal mean nothing to me. I am not averse to speaking out about what I believe in; the issues most important to me. Learning, which even the least of us can do, is more important than "education".