tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post2596160198950836235..comments2024-03-26T05:56:59.938+11:00Comments on THE PSYCHOLOGIST : Dunce teachers to be weeded out with tough testJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-76716710995800755892020-12-19T02:14:59.544+11:002020-12-19T02:14:59.544+11:00I do not have experience as a teacher and made up ...I do not have experience as a teacher and made up my mind years ago that it was not an viable option for me. In my mind there was nothing good about kids/students increasingly doing as they please. Part of the purpose of discipline is to learn about self-discipline, is it not?<br /><br />The teacher that has made the most impression on me was my English and gym/swimming teacher. He made sure we were disciplined if needed. He would regularly make every student speak English in front of the class, the dreaded mini-talk. Group discipline was not common but it was not out of the question either. On the other hand he could joke around and be reasonably friendly with students, but of course what was most important was order so that he could teach and so that we could learn.<br /><br />“Self-discipline begins with the mastery of thought. If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control your needs. Self-discipline calls for a balancing of the emotions of your heart with the reasoning faculty of your head.” – Napoleon HillNorsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-39676114025081913142020-12-18T14:39:24.325+11:002020-12-18T14:39:24.325+11:00Yes, the lefty teachers love to wreck the schools ...Yes, the lefty teachers love to wreck the schools they teach in. When I ran programs for year 10 boys (about 16 years old) in schools across Victoria most schools were a pleasure to work at. A couple though were awful and the programs I taught were of no benefit to the students so I soon left those schools. At one of them, the mad leftist principal thought I was a lefty too, and she boasted to me that it had taken her a few years but she had finally gotten rid of all the old school disciplinarian teachers and now had all progressive teachers and creative self-paced learning throughout the school. I could only describe the "teaching" there as negligent and psychologically abusive. Believe it or not, I stood at the door of a classroom and witnessed about 20 sad and confused looking boys seated on chairs in a circle, dressed in women's dresses and wigs, and several female teachers walking around the circle, one on the inside and a couple on the outside, calling the boys names such as slut, mole, tart, fatty, ugly, dog, whistling, etc, etc. Then telling the boys that is what it is like to be a woman. I retrospect I wish I had broke up the session but at the time I was so shocked by what I witnessed that I could hardly believe my eyes. Following their session of psychological abuse, I had the same group of boys for an anti-bullying program. Several weeks later while in the town's public library several of the same group of boys entered the library and made trouble, abusing the public and the female librarian. They repeatedly call the librarian a dog and whistled her like a dog. I ordered them to cease their behaviour or get out. One of them elbowed me in the head from behind, then danced when I looked at him. I told the librarian to call the police, she refused, saying that will make the boys come back later and cause more trouble. The town has a high crime rate, violence and drug use, and I think the stupid leftist "progressive" anti-discipline school principal is a significant contributor to that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com