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Post by jeanne on Jul 6, 2008 13:22:19 GMT 1
Beyond the discussion about the school's policy in this matter, I'm happy to see that the Queen was acknowledging the family owned dairy farm! Family owned farms are greatly in need of any kind of support they can get to help them stay in business. This would include even just acknowledgement from the Queen which brings awareness to the public. ;D
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Post by franciszek on Jul 6, 2008 15:44:04 GMT 1
yes the dairy has been very successful over the many years it has been going i am 45 and its been there ever since i can remember and has given generations of people employment over the years
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Post by jeanne on Jul 6, 2008 21:11:01 GMT 1
yes the dairy has been very successful over the many years it has been going i am 45 and its been there ever since i can remember and has given generations of people employment over the years Do they sell their products locally, and if so, do you buy your milk, etc. there? |
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Post by franciszek on Jul 9, 2008 10:49:15 GMT 1
Yes they have their own shop i dont buy from there but people who use it say it is very good
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 16, 2008 18:19:20 GMT 1
Some do...but your question reminds me of Pres. Bush's inauguration day for his second term. There was a protest arranged for during his inaugural parade. It was called 'Turn Your Back on Bush.' Many people lining the parage route turned their backs to Bush in protest as he rode by! Were their backs bare?  |
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Post by jeanne on Jul 16, 2008 21:09:00 GMT 1
Some do...but your question reminds me of Pres. Bush's inauguration day for his second term. There was a protest arranged for during his inaugural parade. It was called 'Turn Your Back on Bush.' Many people lining the parage route turned their backs to Bush in protest as he rode by! Were their backs bare? Since Inauguration Day is January 21st, I don't think so...they would have gotten nipped by the frost! ;D |
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 24, 2008 23:39:54 GMT 1
Our kids must learn English, says Kwasniewski, Walesa
thenews.pl
21.07.2008
Fifty four politicians and academics have written an open letter to
PM Donald Tusk to make English obligatory for Polish first formers.
The letter, signed by former presidents Lech Walesa and Aleksander
Kwasniewski, is a reaction to an unexpected decision made recently by the Education Minister, whereby English as a foreign language would not be compulsory for seven year old first formers in Polish schools.
Instead, pupils will be able to choose one of a variety of European
languages, including French, German and Spanish.
"Learning English from the first form is the only chance for our
children to face the future as citizens who will be able to shape
Europe, instead of merely catching up with it…", the 54 politicians
write in the letter published on the Dziennik daily web site on
Sunday.
If the Ministry of Education changes its decision, as a result of the
appeal, Polish first formers would be obliged to learn English as of
September 1, 2008.
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Post by jeanne on Aug 25, 2008 2:53:56 GMT 1
Our kids must learn English, says Kwasniewski, Walesa
thenews.pl
21.07.2008
Fifty four politicians and academics have written an open letter to
PM Donald Tusk to make English obligatory for Polish first formers.
The letter, signed by former presidents Lech Walesa and Aleksander
Kwasniewski, is a reaction to an unexpected decision made recently by the Education Minister, whereby English as a foreign language would not be compulsory for seven year old first formers in Polish schools.
Instead, pupils will be able to choose one of a variety of European
languages, including French, German and Spanish.
"Learning English from the first form is the only chance for our
children to face the future as citizens who will be able to shape
Europe, instead of merely catching up with it…", the 54 politicians
write in the letter published on the Dziennik daily web site on
Sunday.
If the Ministry of Education changes its decision, as a result of the
appeal, Polish first formers would be obliged to learn English as of
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 25, 2008 6:57:53 GMT 1
Hmmm...what's your opinion of this Bonobo? The choice of European languages is a purely abstract thing in Polish elementary schools. There are simply not enough teachers, e.g., of French, because masses of them ran courses, got papers and today they teach English instead of French. More profitable. Such a teacher is in my school. But there are still not enough teachers of English. Estimates say about a few thousand. So, if English was obligatory, I wonder where they would find those 5000 English teachers to work with first graders. In China?? ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by jeanne on Aug 25, 2008 11:44:10 GMT 1
Hmmm...what's your opinion of this Bonobo? The choice of European languages is a purely abstract thing in Polish elementary schools. There are simply not enough teachers, e.g., of French, because masses of them ran courses, got papers and today they teach English instead of French. More profitable. Such a teacher is in my school. But there are still not enough teachers of English. Estimates say about a few thousand. So, if English was obligatory, I wonder where they would find those 5000 English teachers to work with first graders. In China?? ;D ;D ;D ;D This sounds strangely like the US government...mandating programs that do not have the means to operate! I hope Poland does not fall into that trap! If it does happen, however, it looks like you would never lack employment! ;D |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 28, 2010 21:15:17 GMT 1
In my oldest son`s school the biology teacher gave him an F for not doing home assignment. She told him it was the third time which is punishable with an F according to her own rules. My wife was surprised because she usually checks his homework in the evening and she didn`t remember the previous undone ones. This last one he didn`t have had remained beyond my wife`s attention as he hadn`t written it down during the lesson. She went to the teacher today and requested to see the information about 2 previous undone home assignments. The teacher couldn`t find it but said that the mark put in the class register can`t be removed which is a nonsense to me because in my teaching practice I correct my own mistakes in class registers and nothing happens. Polish school definitely requires deep reforms. First step - dismiss incompetent teachers. Or at least reduce their earnings. Yes, I know, I am an idealist again. Perfectionist.  Now, what can you advise? Should I go to school and start a brawl about my son`s mark and teacher`s going back on her own words? I can do it easily - complaining to the head teacher, calling the biology teacher for confrontation is a piece of cake. Or should I remain silent not to harm my son`s career in his school? State school? I will do as you advise me. |
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Post by tufta on Sept 29, 2010 8:37:21 GMT 1
There is an intermediate way in my opinion. You can go to the teacher personally and have a friendly talk with her, use your charm, good manners, and respect for her as a human being. And tell her that your son is very demotivated towards biology as he feels unfairly treated, even if it is most of all him to blame for not doing his homework (not your wife!). And if there is some way to 'overwork' this bad note.
And as to the general rule of improving the level of teachers. As you know and better than me! there is no way to fire the lousy ones in state schools. So the only realistic way to me is the way contrary to the method of acquiring so many lousy teachers into the system. This method was underpaying the teachers. And the opposite and correct method is raising their basic salaries to three times the average pay. It will cause miracles, with all those bright, wise people wanting to work the the schools again. But unfortunately it will take some 10 to 15 years for the complete change to occurr. The competition will make from our schools the nests of wisdom, good manners and justice. We still do have 10 to 15 years, but no more...
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 29, 2010 9:03:10 GMT 1
There is an intermediate way in my opinion. You can go to the teacher personally and have a friendly talk with her, use your charm, good manners, and respect for her as a human being. And tell her that your son is very demotivated towards biology as he feels unfairly treated, even if it is most of all him to blame for not doing his homework (not your wife!). And if there is some way to 'overwork' this bad note. Yes, it is a very good piece of advise. I thought about it too and am against. Lousy teachers shouldn`t get more money. There were two rises recently - do you think anything has changed in schools? No. Teachers are still sitting in their staff rooms, waiting for the bell to ring, only then they move their asses and go to lessons. 3 minutes of the lesson are lost. With such an attitude there is no hope for bigger improvement. |
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Post by tufta on Sept 29, 2010 9:41:11 GMT 1
Lousy teachers shouldn`t get more money. There were two rises recently - do you think anything has changed in schools? No. Teachers are still sitting in their stuff rooms and wait for the bell, only then they move their asses and go to lessons. With such an attitude there is no hope for bigger improvement. Of course the lousy teachers shouldn't get the money. But there is a cathegory of teachers (I don't know the English name) which... simply cannot be dismissed even if they are obviously lously. So there is a choice . IOne way is to make a revolution in the society, cause major social unrest by taking back the privilages - and I'm not sure if it's even possible according to law. The other way is to quitely 'outpay' them. |
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Post by pjotr on Sept 29, 2010 20:58:43 GMT 1
Polish school definitely requires deep reforms. First step - dismiss incompetent teachers. Or at least reduce their earnings. Yes, I know, I am an idealist again. Perfectionist. Bonobo, First there is nothing wrong with perfectionism, if you are able to make your students enthousiast and motivated to be achievers, learners and perfectionists. I quote an old saying of you in the beginning of this threat, which I read with great enthousiasm this evening: You have to have good teachers to get good students, and you have to have motivated and eager students, to raise the level of a school or class. What kind of reforms do you want? You want to dismiss incompetent teachers. That's okay, but where do you get new and good teachers. I was reading this thread as if I was reading about the Dutch situation. The quality of the teachers schools deteriorated during the last decades. Like in Poland you have in the Netherlands teachers with lack of education, knowledge, psychological skills to handle pupils and students, and to much bureaucracy. Like the Polish kids the Dutch kids are raised with Television (MTV), Youtube, MSM, SMS, Chat, Mobile phones, Twitter, Play station and other computer games, the Hip Hop and skater culture, lack of discipline and concentration (due to the information overload, the distractions of todays society - they live in -), new youth cultures (subcultures), and the diversity and pluriformity of the Modern 21th century. There is a differant moral and ethics than in the time of our grandfathers and fathers. In the Netherlands the * collectivisation (since the sixtees) and constant changes (political, official, short term trends based, empty multi-media, social experiment kind of nonsense developments) damaged the level of education. The standard dropped dramatically in the eightees and ninetees. The rediculous idea that kids should not have to learn anything, but that they can look up everything on the computer (Google, Wikipedia and etc) appeared on stage. It is a huge problem that a generation grows up who will have difficulty of selection of reliable sources, the ability to learn things from repeating things and having an empirical process towards achieving knowledge and information. Ofcourse you have a minority of smart intellectuals, dedicated teachers, professors, smart and responsabel and honest politicians (The Bonobo's and Tufta's of this world). The Modern media and technology world is impatient, and want only short, fast, soundbite resolutions. The pressure on new generations of pupils, students and future Young Urban Professionals ( Yuppies) is big, due to our Modern societies who keep developping themselves with advanced techniques, a lot of new knowledge and information, reforms, exchanges and Research & Development based economies who are innovative. The education system of today is not fit for that ' New World' in which only the survival of the fittest is important. Whether we talk about Modern Capitalist market economies or advanced, automatic, technological, sophisticated state systems people have to adabt to changing conditions and progression. Examples. Our world today is made of larger Multi-national corporations, an international labour market, high tech companies, complicated institutions, legislation, sophisticated social codes (which destinguishes between haves and haves not), the European Union, the National states, regional and local bodies of Provinces, towns, cities and villages). Are the new generations ready for the time they are born in and living and working in? The older generation is toughened by life, by changes of systems and by the school of life. The new generations did not have that autodidactical life experiance of the people who experianced the 20th century and understand the technological and digital revolutions (the introduction of Compact Cassettes, Video, the CD, the digitalisation of society - from analogue to digital -, the appearance of the Personal computer in the eightees and the internet in the ninetees). Ofcourse the New Generation is stil very close to my Generation X, but this is the first generation who is digital and has software or a computer minded mentality in their genes. This generation has automatic elements incorporated in it's being. The internet, modern media and faster means of transporation changed people and societies for good. With good education and reforms we can work on improving the Human Capital of our societies. Pieter  |
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Post by pjotr on Sept 29, 2010 21:43:23 GMT 1
Education in Poland szkoła podstawowaSince changes made in 2009 Education in Poland starts at the age of five or six for the 0 class (Kindergarten) and six or seven years in the 1st class of primary school (Polish szkoła podstawowa). It is compulsory that children do one year of formal education before entering 1st class at no later than 7 years of age. At the end of 6th class when the students are 13, they take a compulsory exam that will determine to which lower secondary school (gimnazjum, pronounced gheem-nah-sium) (Middle School/Junior High) they will be accepted. They will attend this school for three years for classes, 7, 8, and 9. They then take another compulsory exam to determine the upper secondary level school they will attend. There are several alternatives, the most common being the three years in a liceum or four years in a technikum. Both end with a maturity examination (matura, quite similar to French baccalauréat), and may be followed by several forms of upper education, leading to licencjat or inżynier (the Polish Bologna Process first cycle qualification) , magister (the Polish Bologna Process second cycle qualification)and eventually doktor (the Polish Bologna Process third cycle qualification).  GimnazjumHistoryThe Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej) formed in 1773 counts as the first Ministry of Education in the history of humankind. During partitions of Poland and Second World War, much of Poland's education was carried on in secret (see Education in Poland during World War II and Flying University). The education in the People's Republic of Poland had on one hand vastly improved the literacy of all students, on the other hand some sciences (especially history and economics) have suffered from communist preference of propaganda over facts. Polish education system was reformed in 1999. Primary school was shortened from 8 to 6 years, and high school was changed from 4 year liceum into 3 year gimnazjum and 3 year liceum. GradingThere are a few slightly incompatible grading systems used in the Polish education. Lower educationIn the lower education the old system used up to the early 1990s was: * 2 ( niedostateczny, insufficient) * 3 ( dostateczny, sufficient) * 4 ( dobry, good) * 5 ( bardzo dobry, very good) The grades were used to rate each student's performance at the end of a school year and getting a 2 meant that the student would have to repeat the class (in all subjects) or correct the grade by taking an additional exam (egzamin komisyjny) before a specially assembled committee. Grades 3 and higher were passing grades. The grades given for individual assignments, exams etc. during the school year were based on the same scale, but allowed also intermediate grades, made by adding a plus, a minus or, in case of some teachers, a double minus, to the base grade. These " fractional" grades had no official recognition in the system of final grades, but the common practice was to base the final grade on the average of all the grades accumulated over the year. Fulfilling all the expectations usually meant a 5, with 5+ being occasionally given as an " exceeds expectations" grade. The full scale was therefore: * 2, 2+ * (3=), 3-, 3, 3+ * (4=), 4-, 4, 4+ * (5=), 5-, 5, (5+) (where " =" did not mean " equals" but was a common way of writing " a double minus" by those teachers that used such grades) In the early 1990s the system was extended by introducing new grades, 1 and 6. * 1 ( niedostateczny, insufficient) * 2 ( initially mierny, poor, later renamed dopuszczający, passing) * 3 ( dostateczny, sufficient) * 4 ( dobry, good) * 5 ( bardzo dobry, very good) * 6 ( celujący, excellent) In the new system, 1 is the failing grade, 2 to 5 are normal passing grades, and 6 means that the student exceeded the expectations. The system is used like the old one. Adding minuses to a 6 is extremely uncommon. The performance that is better than 5 but does not deserve a 6 is usually graded 5+. So the full scale is: * 1, (1+ is rare) * (2=), 2-, 2, 2+ * (3=), 3-, 3, 3+ * (4=), 4-, 4, 4+ * (5=), 5-, 5, 5+ * 6 (6- is rare too) Grades below the lowest official passing grades, that is 3=/3- in the old system or 2=/2- in the new one, in case of some teachers mean that an extra examination is necessary before passing the student. Most commonly the lowest possible passing grades were given as an indication of barely passable performance. Because getting a 1 (2 in the old system) in any subject means that the student has to repeat the year, including all subjects that were passed, the teachers are very reluctant to give a failing grade and usually allow some form of special examination in the last weeks of the year to correct the grade to 2 (or 3 respectively). For the same reason, the failing grades are usually only given in the subjects deemed the most important (such as the Polish language or mathematics). [edit] University-level education The university-level education uses a numeric system of grades from 2 to 5, with grades every 0.5. * 2.0 – failing grade * 3.0 – lowest passing grade * 3.5 * 4.0 * 4.5 * 5.0 – highest grade There is in grade 2.5 5.5 or 6.0 is sometimes given as an " exceeds expectations" grade, but this differs among various universities and may be equivalent to 5.0 for some purposes. " 3-" is occasionally (but very rarely) given as a " barely passing" grade, but for all official purposes it is equivalent to 3.0. The grading is done every semester (twice a year), not once in a school year. Depending on the subject, the final grade may be based on the result of a single exam, or on the student's performance during the whole semester. In the latter case, usually a point system, not the 2–5 scale is used. The points accumulated during the semester are added and converted to a final grade according to some scale. As a failing grade means merely having to repeat the failed subject, and can usually be corrected on a retake exam (and in some cases also on a special " committee exam"), it is used much more liberally, and it is quite common for a significant number of students to fail a class on the first attempt. Foreign languagesStudents in Polish schools typically learn one or two foreign languages at schools. Generally, in 2005/06 the most popular obligatory foreign languages in Polish schools were: * English – 67.9% (Exellent, could be more) * German – 33.3% (Suprisingly high!) * French – 13.3% (Could be more, French is a lovely language, and France and Poland have old ties. There is a large Polish diaspora in France) * Spanish – 10.2% (Good!) * Russian – 6.1% ( I am not suprised  ) * Italian – 4.3% (It's a shame, Poland has so much Italian renaissance and Italian painters at the royal courts ;D ) * Latin – 0.6% (Polish laready has latin gramar ;D ) * Others – 0.1% (Dutch ;D ) In 2005/06 there were 49,200 students in schools for national minorities, most of them in German, Kashubian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. You can compare the Polish education with that of other countries:  A scheme of the Dutch Education Systemen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Czech_Republicen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Hungaryen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Lithuaniaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Netherlandsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Belgiumpl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%9Bwiata_w_Belgiien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germanyen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Denmarkpl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%9Bwiata_w_Daniien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Englanden.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Francepl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%9Bwiata_we_Francji
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 29, 2010 22:06:40 GMT 1
What kind of reforms do you want? You want to dismiss incompetent teachers. That's okay, but where do you get new and good teachers. Yes, it is a good question. Certainly, free talented teachers are not crowding in front of schools, waiting to be accepted for vacant positions. So this is a universal problem. Or at least European and American. Maybe in Japan it is a bit better..... ;D ;D ;D Update There is an intermediate way in my opinion. You can go to the teacher personally and have a friendly talk with her, The problem seems resolved for a while. The teacher came to her senses and informed my son he was marked only for two missing pieces of homework in her records, that is why she decided to give him one more chance and if he doesn`t fail throughout this term again, she will overlook this F. |
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Post by pjotr on Sept 29, 2010 22:29:08 GMT 1
What kind of reforms do you want? You want to dismiss incompetent teachers. That's okay, but where do you get new and good teachers. Yes, it is a good question. Certainly, free talented teachers are not crowding in front of schools, waiting to be accepted for vacant positions. Maybe a solution lies in higher standards for teachers, and in the same time in better teachers of teachers. I mean better Teacher education, more psychological, didactic methodical training. Teaching teachers creativity, how to use their communicative skills, assertiveness, preponderance and how to give appealing lessons. Without being autoritarian or despotic, teachers should be disciplinairy, encouraging, stimulating, inspiring, charismatic or even solicit for their subject. The problem today in the Dutch education system is that from one side you have to soft, overly tolerant, weak, uneducated and even submissive teachers, while on the other side you have indifferant opportunists or stressed teachers, who live in a situation of hold sessions with colleages (the school and education system bureaucracy) on one side and giving lessons on the other side. They are overworked and have to less time to actually teach. The pupils and students as a result of that have to much free time and therefor time to spend on things which have nothing to do with education. That lost time will damage their future chances in general. The good teachers are held hostage of the forced bureaucracy in the education system. I heard teachers complaining a lot about it. They were and are furious that they are forced by the state (education ministry) and their schools to spend so much time on filling files and spending time on hold sessions. They see it as lost time, which they could have dedicated to their pupils/students. |
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Post by uncltim on Sept 30, 2010 22:12:14 GMT 1
I'm glad that your son was given another opportunity. I hope that he does not waste it. Is there any chance that he could complete the missed assignments and turn them in for partial credit? The thought occured to me that you could make him do the missed assignments and turn them in even if no grade is given, This would teach him that neglecting to do his homework on time does not relieve him of the responsibility to do the work. It would also ensure that he has learned the subject matter, It may even impress the teacher that you are fully engaged in his education.
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Post by tufta on Oct 1, 2010 6:46:31 GMT 1
The thought occured to me that you could make him do the missed assignments and turn them in even if no grade is given, I think it is a great idea. In fact that's what I always advice my children to do in similar circumstances. Bo, it is great the teacher has resumed senses ;D Maybe she is not that lousy after all. Pieter - how right you are! The better teaching of the teachers is one of the keys to the success! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2010 21:57:15 GMT 1
I'm glad that your son was given another opportunity. I hope that he does not waste it. Is there any chance that he could complete the missed assignments and turn them in for partial credit? The thought occured to me that you could make him do the missed assignments and turn them in even if no grade is given, This would teach him that neglecting to do his homework on time does not relieve him of the responsibility to do the work. It would also ensure that he has learned the subject matter, It may even impress the teacher that you are fully engaged in his education. The thought occured to me that you could make him do the missed assignments and turn them in even if no grade is given, I think it is a great idea. In fact that's what I always advice my children to do in similar circumstances. He immedietaly had done the missing homework and the teacher checked it. Maybe. But allowing such a situation to happen, so that parents are engaged, shows there is a problem. (Let me explain again, in case my emotional, on the spur of the moment posts were vague. The teacher had set the rule - 3 strikes and you are out. According to the teacher, my son scored the third strike and got an F, though my wife couldn`t trace the previous 2 strikes, neither could the teacher). Don`t get me wrong. Generally, I appreciate Polish school. My son`s is demanding, like most other Polish schools. To get an A or B, pupils have to learn, even swot/cram. But, being a teacher of high morale myself (yes, I can say that), I tend to judge other teachers` behaviour according to my values. I see and hear of things they do in schools and I am either amazed or scared. E..g, just today, a kindergarten teacher undressed a naughty boy in front of the group, sort of punishment and pacification method. She was immediately suspended and the boy as well as the children in the group received a professional psychologist aid. She is a teacher with 20 years` experience. Now she is going to go through disciplinary procedure. In Polish: wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/za-kare-rozebrala-przedszkolaka-przed-dziecmi,1,3709634,wiadomosc.html |
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Post by uncltim on Oct 3, 2010 17:38:25 GMT 1
I don't disagree with the teachers rule of limited tolerance for uncompleted work. I think the thing that makes your situation unique is that the documentation of your sons missing work was incomplete and could not withstand reasonable scrutiny. Hard rules are fine, but must be administered with great care. I give the teacher high marks for having a reasoned response to this situation. Its a bit like repentance. Your son has done all in his power to correct his err. I think the hard rule can be bent a little for this, assuming it does not become a habit. I am a bit suprised that the school did not contact you and your wife after the first missing work. Doing so could have avoided the problem in its entirety. I would expect more from a quality school. Just curious, does your son admit to neglecting these assignments? I assume he does because I didnt read that he claimed to turn them in. I have great respect for most teachers because it is a job that I could never survive! When one loses their mind on occasion I tend to be fairly sympathetic.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 3, 2010 20:41:54 GMT 1
I don't disagree with the teachers rule of limited tolerance for uncompleted work. Neither do I. I consider home assignment a very important part of teaching/learning process. I even was a shadow writer of two master-thesis on the importance of home assignment. In my classes I strictly demand doing it and do not refrain from giving an F if it is not done. Yes, and my wife who is a fair woman (not only her beauty I mean but also responsibility and sense of justice) claims he has always done his homework except for that last unfortunate incident. My wife sees to all our school boys` preparation. It is not practised in Polish schools. Parents learn about their kids` progress at school meetings every 3 months. He admits two times (first time - he forgot to take the activity book to school. Second time - you know which one- he didn`t take notes about the home assignment and didn`t do it). That makes two strikes, not three. Losing mind to what extent? |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 22, 2011 22:50:13 GMT 1
The nurses are protesting a new draft law on medical services adopted last Friday, which introduces labour contracts for staff instead of permanent forms of employment. Nurses went on a strike. Next year, or even this year, the same dilemma is going to concern teachers. The government is planning to introduce major changes into the so called Teacher`s Chart. No more permanent employment which allows a teacher to be an untouchable "holy cow" whatever he/she does or doesn`t do in school (except for cases of pedophilia etc). As a teacher, I am against. Certainly I don`t want to lose my priviliges and quite good state money (contracts with local authorities might be less profitable). I am not crazy! As a parent of 4, I am decisively for. It is high time that incompetent teachers are dropped from schools. In our school we have a few pathetic ones and I wouldn`t like any of my children come across any of them in the future. They spoil the school`s image in the neighbourhood and cause a lower influx/intake of students each September. So, I have a dilemma. What do you suggest? Should I go on strike when it is declared by unions? |
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 8, 2012 10:33:13 GMT 1
What do you suggest? Should I go on strike when it is declared by unions? There is no strike although teachers are losing jobs due to decreasing number of students. Some smaller schools will disappear or be merged into bigger ones. In our school English teachers are going to have fewer lessons. We will see after vacation but predictions about new school year intake weren`t too bright in June. |
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