User profile: teacher

Our military seems to be going the same way as our schools. Forget trying to use common sense or basic discipline, because you might offend somebody, who will then bring a lawsuit and cost you time and money that will be your loss, not theirs.

I think it's ironic that this ultra-liberal-stance newspaper with often soft-thinking editorials now wonders why, after the fact, somebody didn't do something.

If this guy had been kicked out of the army, your editors would be writing about his religious rights being trampled, and him being discriminated against, and let's all give a Muslim a hug.

Warning signs missed? Look in the mirror.

Since the moment I moved here I wondered why there wasn't more solar and wind power. (Not to mention, why aren't there more swamp coolers?) Small minds, poor education, lack of leadership, political corruption, and a city that doesn't attract enough of the intelligent, creative type -

By the way, I don't appreciate the Sun editorial stance that teachers should be sold out for the federal money. How about a little more depth?

It's a shame that teachers and school integrity are being held hostage by our new administration. I won't be voting for Obama next time around.

The state/union are absolutely right in not evaluating teachers by student test scores. STUDENTS are not held accountable for their behaviors in school (and doing homework) and PARENTS are not, either. Kids have different IQ's, they have learning disabilities, they come into the classrooms deficient, which is not the fault of the teacher - and on and on.

Teachers have very little power or control or influence over the system they are stuck in. Blaming us for poor performance is stupid. Let us run the system, and you can count on seeing improvement.

"Plenty of freshmen with strong track records of academic success, and who do well on SAT or ACT college-admission tests, struggle at the college level."

I would like Emily Richmond to tell us the source of this comment. As far as I know, SAT and ACT tests are actually a pretty good indicator of academic ability and college success. That's why they're used, and that's why standardized testing is enormously important - because it's standardized. Teachers can grade all over the place. Teacher grades tell you little. I have kids in my class all the time who are below grade level, but who came in with A and B grades in my subject. Now, if some kids choose to drink beer in college instead of studying, don't blame it on the standardized tests.