The Integrity of our School System

[Orbiter]

Normally I don't have a lot to say around here, but I just can't sit quiet on this one.

Apparently a teacher in Kansas tried to fail 28 students for plagiarising their final paper in her biology class. The parents complained to the school board, and the school board tried to force her to change the way she graded her class, so the students would not fail. She was forced to resign because she would not give in to the parents or the school board.

Here is a link to the story:
http://fyi.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers...sm.dispute.ap/

I cannot believe that there exists such a lack of integrity and ethics in the school board and the parents of those kids. The kids deserve to fail, unfortunately we can see exactly where their notion of integrity (or lack of) came from, the parents. I really hope that this is an isolated incident, but am afraid that it happens all the time. This is just another example of people not wanting to take responsibility for their own actions. In this case, they don't have anyone to sue, so they just complain as loud as they can for as long as they can until the others give in.

I applaud the teacher (and many of her coleagues) for resigning and holding true to her principles. I hope that we can find more people like her to teach the children of the future what integrity is, and why it is important.

Orb

[korgul]

I agree 100% with what she did. In this day and age you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. I just wish there were more teachers like her.


korgul

[KAknight]

That is outrageous! I cannot believe that the school board had the gall to do that. America needs more teachers like her.

[Gibbo]

I hope she's not snubbed from getting a job by any other schools

Teachers need that kind of integrity & need to be stubborn about it.

Parents should let the teachers get on with their jobs & support them in doing so.

If they think they know how to do it better they should try to train to become a teacher & teach their kids themselves, not put them in a school & then complain

*I know, 'rant' *

WTF? Who runs that school board over there?????

Ill tell you over here in Yorktown,va if you are caught doing that YOU FAIL. What the hell is that administration thinking? copying someone elses work is alright?

[Kuasimodem]

Originally posted by Gibbo
I hope she's not snubbed from getting a job by any other schools

Teachers need that kind of integrity & need to be stubborn about it.

Parents should let the teachers get on with their jobs & support them in doing so.

If they think they know how to do it better they should try to train to become a teacher & teach their kids themselves, not put them in a school & then complain

*I know, 'rant' *

I'm sure that she will be able to find a quality PRIVATELY run school that will be very PROUD to have her as one of their educators.

One of the biggest problems with "parents" today is that they are too busy with their career to be "bothered" with actually raising their children properly. If you want any more proof, just look in your local paper for the police blotter (if your paper has it). Count the number of truancy, trouble with minor, and underage drinking calls and compare it to the other calls.

[KAknight]

I had a teacher once who was really hard on students she caught cheating. She would not only give you a 0, but then subtract the number of pints that the grade was worth from your total points in the class to date. Every student knew this policy. The ones that cheated did so at their own peril.

These are the kids that will be running the country someday. Does the school board actually believe that the are making these kids ready for the world?

If I don't get promoted at work I am going to have my mommy call up and complain to my boss untill I get what I want.

[MegalosSkylaki]

Good post Orbiter.

But you brought up an important issue--Integrity in Education--but unfortunately it's not one Teacher who got shafted here.

It's the whole Taxpaying community, the Parents--and of course, the Children which what Education is supposed to be about.

And by the way the Teachers--if you read my Post (which I bumped) on how little control the Teachers have when they lose the right to decide whether they want tp pay dues to a private organization or not.

Everybody, please look to who really is controling Education where you live.

DOOOG

[cadetstimp]

Hmmm..lack of support for the teacher from the district level. This seems to parallel the fact why money never seems to make it to the classroom.

...errrrr I hate the way School District offices are run. Just another building to house more politics. How about the District Offices be abolished and have the accountability and budgeting run from the school level? If anything, at least that moves the problem closer to the solution.

I guess the kids have learned that irresponsability and lack of legwork is acceptable in society ..... boy are they in for a lesson after high school!