Comments on: Dear TIME: The rotten apple image is a bit played out. http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 By: Suzan Harden http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/#comment-801 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:47:32 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4333#comment-801 Thank you for writing this. I have had a dead feeling in the pit of my stomach ever since I read the TIME article. If I’m not smart enough, if I don’t have a diverse enough arsenal of tools, if I don’t “get it,” it’s because administrators want me to be that way. The lack of goal-setting is appalling, the lack of planning is appalling, the lack of team-building is appalling. I realize that the true desire to help children succeed does not come naturally to school administrators. The only reason we have made any “progress” is due to initiatives forced on us from the outside. But teachers have hung in there through everything, working miracles in classrooms every day. Giving up their time, money, social lives, and opportunities for prestige because they believed their efforts were appreciated. Articles like the one in TIME let us know have been made fools.

In my next life, I hope I’m smarter than to choose a life of public servitude ( word usage intended). I want to be the know-it-all billionaire.

]]> By: Brent McConnell http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/#comment-799 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:50:13 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4333#comment-799 A well written piece on the same Time Magazine article you are referencing…

http://leading-by-example.blogspot.com/2014/11/dear-time-magazine.html?m=1

]]> By: Linda http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/#comment-783 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:26:34 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4333#comment-783 I do not agree with his statements that:
“Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment classes. These are the classes full of well-behaved, high-flying, college-bound students. These are the easiest classes to teach because the students are self-motivated and intrinsically driven to achieve.” Self-motivated and driven they are, but often incredibly diverse and challenging. It is, however, very true that he can’t do as much damage there, and that on norm-referenced, standardized tests they will test well. But no population is well served by keeping that teacher; not even the sports teams.

]]> By: Kafkateach http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/#comment-782 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:33:34 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4333#comment-782 Thank you for writing this! It’s everything we all know is true but never gets to see the light of day thanks to our national media discussion over education being controlled by billionaires who have never stepped foot in the classroom.

]]> By: Katrina http://conversationed.com/2014/10/26/dear-time-the-rotten-apple-image-is-a-bit-played-out/#comment-781 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:45:57 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4333#comment-781 Thank you for this post! Every word you wrote validates everything we know as hard-working educators.

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