Nobody Gets A Trophy

[Unkotare]

You do realize that your experience is anecdotal, right?

You mean my experience is direct and immediate every single day, and yours is decades old. You're being manipulated by the media, just as they want.

 

[j-mac]

It means you are basing your "certainty" about what goes on in schools every day on nothing but sensationalist media stories.

You realize that just because you read a story about some lady finding an airplane part in her back yard that it is not raining airplane parts in everyone's back yard, right?

How is that different from you basing your argument on only your experience in your school?

I understand you want to defend education, but that’s why I posted the study.

 

[j-mac]

You mean my experience is direct and immediate every single day, and yours is decades old. You're being manipulated by the media, just as they want.

So, your school is how all of them are? Nah.

 

[Unkotare]

How is that different from you basing your argument on only your experience in your school?

I understand you want to defend education, but that’s why I posted the study.

My experience in many schools over many years.

 

[Unkotare]

So, your school is how all of them are? Nah.

And your school? Oh, that’s right...

 

[j-mac]

My experience in many schools over many years.

Which is why I posted an article from a PhD educator talking about the problem...Does your experience trump theirs?

And your school? Oh, that’s right...

Why so defensive?

 

[Unkotare]

Which is why I posted an article from a PhD educator talking about the problem...Does your experience trump theirs?


Why so defensive?

Do you think a PhD sitting at a university writing for academic journals spends a lot of time in public high schools?

 

[Dragonlady]

Piss poor parenting and public education

People became socially inept during lockdown. Of course student athletes have always acted like entitled jerks, even when I was in school, so it's hardly surprising that this has happened.

I'm actually impressed that the school is doing something about this kind of behaviour. I'm sure the parents of the "star athletes" are probably suing the school for making their precious children "feel bad about themselves".

 

[Dragonlady]

Do you think a PhD sitting at a university writing for academic journals spends a lot of time in public high schools?

I think a PhD who writes research papers does a LOT of field research before writing the papers, so yes, he probably did spend a lot of time in high schools. He has to back up his research papers with data, interviews and studies.

You seem to think that researches just pull the stuff they write of out their asses - like Trump does.

 

[Unkotare]

... Of course student athletes have always acted like entitled jerks, even when I was in school, ...

In other words, you were a clumsy, unathletic wallflower. Still resentful, it seems.

 

[Unkotare]

I think a PhD who writes research papers does a LOT of field research before writing the papers, so yes, he probably did spend a lot of time in high schools. He has to back up his research papers with data, interviews and studies.
...

 

[Dragonlady]

In other words, you were a clumsy, unathletic wallflower. Still resentful, it seems.

I was a member of the volleyball, basketball, badminton and swim teams. All the tall people sports. I was a championship member of our local swim team when I was a kid. During the recent Olympics I dug out all of my old swimming medals and ribbons while watching swimming with my grandkids.

As an adult, I trained and showed horses, skied, and played tennis and squash. I was a member of the Mayfair Club in Toronto - the headquarters of Squash Canada and played into my 60's. I also trained with an adult swim club in Toronto. I still swim and ride a bike, although arthritis slows me down.

Of course girls weren't supposed to be athletes in the 1960's when I grew up, so our sports got little attention, and girl jocks were frequently mocked. We didn't care.

 

[Unkotare]

I was a member of the volleyball, basketball, badminton and swim teams. All the tall people sports. I was a championship member of our local swim team when I was a kid. During the recent Olympics I dug out all of my old swimming medals and ribbons while watching swimming with my grandkids.

As an adult, I trained and showed horses, skied, and played tennis and squash. I was a member of the Mayfair Club in Toronto - the headquarters of Squash Canada and played into my 60's. I also trained with an adult swim club in Toronto. I still swim and ride a bike, although arthritis slows me down.

Of course girls weren't supposed to be athletes in the 1960's when I grew up, so our sports got little attention, and girl jocks were frequently mocked. We didn't care.

And yet you're resentful of student athletes to this day. Suspicious.

 

[j-mac]

Do you think a PhD sitting at a university writing for academic journals spends a lot of time in public high schools?

No, I think that PhD's tend to fly off the handle alot, and not know what they're talking about.....Come on man....

 

[my2¢]

I was curious and I came across this:

SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) — A South Bend Principal is calling a time-out for after-school sports and activities for the next 3 weeks because of frequent fighting at Jackson Middle School.

On Friday, the school was on lockdown after a student was accused of assaulting an employee.

According to an email from the principal, South Bend Police detained the student, and the employee is receiving medical attention.

After-school sports & activities suspended at Jackson Middle School

A South Bend Principal is calling a time-out for after-school sports and activities for the next 3 weeks because of frequent fighting at Jackson Middle School.O

wsbt.com

 

[Unkotare]

No, I think that PhD's tend to fly off the handle alot, and not know what they're talking about.....Come on man....

You don't seem to understand how it works. These academics are under pressure to publish all the damn time. They throw together some jargon and keep pumping out the journal mills.

 

[j-mac]

You don't seem to understand how it works. These academics are under pressure to publish all the damn time. They throw together some jargon and keep pumping out the journal mills.

Yeah ok....You the public educator is totally more competent to tell us the trends in violence within our public school systems, and the PhD, and all of the news reports are just lying....Really? that's what you want to hang your hat on?

You ask me, I think your teaching license should by under review....You are officially part of the problem...

 

[Superbadbrutha]

I read this and it's sad. It's probably a minority but overall it effects students that don't want to be involved.

South Bend's Jackson Middle School suspends all sports for three weeks due to student behavior

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend Community School Corporation confirmed on Friday that no students at Jackson Middle School will not be allowed to participate in athletics for three weeks due to student behavior.

www.abc57.com

Yes, because little darling white kids would never act like this.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Exactly where did I mention race?

Don't run, Jackoff. Show everyone you stuttering jackass

It's probably a minority

 

[Unkotare]

Yeah ok....You the public educator is totally more competent to tell us the trends in violence within our public school systems....

You mean the guy actually IN the public schools every day?