"I Wasn't Taught Than in School" (Page 5): If you go to the bank and cash a check and the teller short changed you $20.00 who would you blame? Granted people who are supposed to do...

traderjohn Loc: New York City

samantha90 wrote:

My Mother was a public school teacher and administrator for 30+ years. She has seen and heard it all. It is much easier to blame someone else for your shortcomings and ignorance.

If you go to the bank and cash a check and the teller short changed you $20.00 who would you blame? Granted people who are supposed to do their jobs(teachers) and don't, share in the blame. However, the parents also should be included in the reason why their child is not at grade level. If there is even a standard anymore for what grade level is.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes! The cashier finishes the order, and the woma... (show quote)

That's why I always use self-checkout.

Toby

Collhar wrote:

Well than it's up to the teacher to motivate and explain the rewards of a good education. That followed up by two parents.
By the by do you think that was the first check that person wrote? Ever.

You have the right idea but with the roles reversed. If the parents don't provide the motivation and support at home it's really tough for the teachers to keep them motivated although some do. These are the ones that should be paid extra for their value. Schools need a system not based on seniority to pay motivated teachers.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Collhar wrote:

How many uneducated people are there because of bad schools/teachers?

Very few, I’m sure. Uninterested/unengaged or downright bad parents, poverty, hunger, are all much more prevalent issues at the root of poorly educated people. Also, personal responsibility has to play a huge role - if you are uneducated, there are many avenues for adult basic education just about anywhere you live.

Stop bashing teachers and schools. During my school days I never knew a bad teacher, but I knew plenty of bad students.

Stan

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

LDB415 wrote:

When the majority of administrators and school boards and increasing numbers of already indoctrinated teachers are leftists whose only real interest is indoctrinating mindless leftist voters it's no wonder there are problems such as this.

Studies have shown that highly educated people are more progressive leaning. The corollary also holds true. The less educated among us are more conservative leaning. Draw from that any conclusion you may.

Stan

retiredsgt Loc: Red Lion Pa.

Not sure about the rest of the Good Old U.S.of A., but here, in Pennsyltucky, they DO Not teach the kids how to write. Print, yes, but not write. So----How do you "sign" your name.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

StanMac wrote:

Studies have shown that highly educated people are more progressive leaning. The corollary also holds true. The less educated among us are more conservative leaning. Draw from that any conclusion you may.

Stan

California must be full of Rhodes scholars.... Their progressiveness defies the avg. mind.... I guess thats why we don't understand their ridiculous policies.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Scruples wrote:

It seems there may be a communication misunderstan... (show quote)

So, someone is parked illegally in a handicap spot, depriving a real handicapped person of a convenient place to park. You flatten the illegal parkers tires, which is quite the bold act especially in broad daylight. Now the bad person turned victim by their own arrogance, can't move their vehicle. Now who is depriving handicapped drivers from a convenient parking spot?!
Didn't they teach you in school, two wrongs don't make it right?!

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

StanMac wrote:

Very few, I’m sure. Uninterested/unengaged or downright bad parents, poverty, hunger, are all much more prevalent issues at the root of poorly educated people. Also, personal responsibility has to play a huge role - if you are uneducated, there are many avenues for adult basic education just about anywhere you live.

Stop bashing teachers and schools. During my school days I never knew a bad teacher, but I knew plenty of bad students.

Stan

Consider yourself lucky. Bad teachers do exist and many are hired for dual reasons. First to be a sports coach because few schools get good press on how well their students are doing academy, but win a sports tournament or championship, it's a big deal. Second, to teach.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

retiredsgt wrote:

Not sure about the rest of the Good Old U.S.of A., but here, in Pennsyltucky, they DO Not teach the kids how to write. Print, yes, but not write. So----How do you "sign" your name.

Maybe they do things differently in Pennsyltucky, wherever that is. I know for a fact they teach cursive writing in some schools in Pennsylvania. I have young grand children in both public and parochial schools and they, the schools, both teach cursive writing.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I have noticed that many retail places, like eateries, have “no checks” signs at the cash registers.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

StanMac wrote:

Very few, I’m sure. Uninterested/unengaged or downright bad parents, poverty, hunger, are all much more prevalent issues at the root of poorly educated people. Also, personal responsibility has to play a huge role - if you are uneducated, there are many avenues for adult basic education just about anywhere you live.

Stop bashing teachers and schools. During my school days I never knew a bad teacher, but I knew plenty of bad students.

Stan

I had more than one bad teacher. I still remember in math class when negative numbers were introduced I asked how something could be less than nothing. The teacher ridiculed me for asking. She never answered my question. That was in elementary school. In high school I was assigned to an ordinary class for ordinary kids instead of a class for the smart kids. The first day I walked in early and rested my foot on the rung of the chair in front of me. The teacher screamed at me in a high pitched voice. Right after that class I went to my advisor and asked to be changed to the smart section of that course. I was changed immediately.

charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.

jerryc41 wrote:

The person ahead of me at the store was paying by ... (show quote)

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I have been told that schools are no longer teaching cursive writing anymore.
I have been wondering just how the kids will be able to sign checks anymore.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Blurryeyed wrote:

Well in the days of plastic, Paypal, and online bill pay you would be surprised at how foreign writing a check can become to some, that and they never give you enough room to write out a large check on the little line..... One thousand three hundred forty three and....... as an example, things get a little cramped on that little line.

Not everyone writes checks for such complicated (and large) amounts. I do, sometimes, and I actually include "and seventy-two/one-hundredths" written out. I, however, write fairly small.

I'm not sure just who it was who taught me how to fill out a check, but I suspect it was my parents when I opened my first account as a youth (or maybe the bank itself).

AlColter Loc: Michigan

Bigmike1 wrote:

As I recall one of my teachers in elementary school taught us how to fill out a check. Somebody taught me because I never had a problem doing it and I still have a checkbook in a drawer in my office, which I use occasionally. Anyone with a little common sense should be able to look at a check and figure out how to do it.

What's common about common sense??