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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090602/alta_law_090602/20090602?hub=TopStories Good god (pardon the pun), what a bureaucratic and logistical nightmare! I can't imagine the coordination that would require in the average school (we have 1250 students and 90+ teachers). I...

I love how everything gets pushed back; it was supposed to be out this Sept. Just got a forwarded email from Ben Levin, who is the Deputy Minister of Education, responding to the whole media criticism of no zeros, late assignments, etc. I only skimmed through it quickly, but I was going to post...

Good call  ;D

Hey, I've heard this before...oh ya  ::) Frick, it's spreading like the plague. Well, at least it won't just be Ontario graduating these pylons fine, upstanding citizens (or children of God... Catholic school version ;)).

I think I agree with some of the posts here. Some cool demonstrations and weapons, but a bit too much at times. I've seen these two episodes; the first I thought was like comparing apples and oranges. I know that's kinda the point of the show, but it can really skew the results. As I historian...

:rofl: I just looked this up on Youtube because I couldn't recall the name of the show I would watch when I was around 4. Ah, the memories... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiiRKWXQGP4

I don't know if it's fair, but it's sure as hell funny!  Thanks for brightening Monday morning :rofl:

Yikes! Holy minefield! Kinda glad I teach where I do, especially since we're okay with the whole evolution thing. From a teaching perspective, I don't think it's the subject that's the issue, it's the precedent it sets. Allowing parents to decide what their kids are exposed to is like opening...

Went to see the school production of Annie last night (very well done BTW), and now I have every song going roud and round. Tomorrow, tomorrow... :P

Hmmmm...interesting. While I totally agree with the petition, I doubt it will get anywhere. The province is currently revising the entire document covering assessment and evaluation (http://www.ocup.org/resources/documents/EDU_GS_binder_010708_BMv2.pdf already mentioned in a previous post), I...

It good to know I'm not completely losing it (for the time being anyway ;D)

Hey, my head might be spinning right now (no, I'm not possessed), but I don't think I'm confused  ;) After re-reading Greymatters post a few times I think I know what he's getting at.

Greymatters, I'm a bit confused by the comment...not sure where you're coming from. You're right though, a parent would be upset, but at who? My first reaction  as a parent is to question my child as to why they were kicked off and see what they have to say (this was how I was brought up). It's...

That's what happens when the "experts" in our society determine that things like failing are too detrimental to their egos, etc. Just like the parent who went ballistic on me for kicking his kid off the football team; I was going to scar him for the rest of his life. The first words out of his...

:rofl: Can I quote you on that? Seriously though, the whole late marks/zeros issue is probably one of the biggest hot-button issues in high schools today. Most teachers feel that they are being handcuffed by policy and are being prevented from teaching important "life" lessons ie. you need to...

This was sent by one of my colleagues to the entire staff. From Saturday's Globe. We pretend to teach 'em, they pretend to learn http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wcowent18/BNStory/specialComment/ Hmmmmmmmm...

Well, yes and no. I guess my point is that a student's grade normally reflects mastery of the subject material. 50% is not acceptable in many instances ie. the example In used with driving. In real life, we would keep repeating a task until we got 100%. This is assuming that the "bar" for your...

Signalman, thanks for the back up. You make some great points. Unfortunately my back gets up over some of these issues. I like you're comment about the 50% idea; it has become our societal menality that 50% is good enough in school to get by. As was pointed out to me at some PD I once attended...

Well it seems to me that your putting your own spin on what I'm saying. And no, if you read my response to that "called out" post, there might have been some confusion with the wording (which I thought was fine), but there was no contradiction. My response stated that there were lazy...

No, I have to argue with that somewhat. I remember going to school with my share of slackers (unfortunately myself on occasion) and kids with bad attitudes. It's different today; maybe it has a lot to do with attitude. Here's an example: when I was in school and you handed in garbage, there was...