tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post1051351004786759510..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: I Attended a Fort Bend ISD Candidates' ForumHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-11465220442050304802007-05-08T23:02:00.000-05:002007-05-08T23:02:00.000-05:00Hey Bob.Thanks for leaving the comment and you kno...Hey Bob.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving the comment and you know that you have my support vis-a-vis the fact that your first name isn't Lisa. My friend relayed to me that you had heard about my oblique recommendation. You've got my vote, Bob. Literally. It's already recorded. I early vote.<BR/><BR/>On a further communication I think it unwise. I don't want to know too much about someone who I endorsed who is from the Dark Side.<BR/><BR/>That and the fact that I am too close to the situation to have a personal conversation. Let's just let the voters decide. I uncharacteristically think they will make the correct decision.<BR/><BR/>Either that or I need to start looking for another line of work. I can't take too much more of this.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-45304990605555966742007-05-08T22:39:00.000-05:002007-05-08T22:39:00.000-05:00Hal - - I would love the opportunity to talk. If y...Hal - - <BR/><BR/>I would love the opportunity to talk. If you will email me at info@bobbroxson.com we can work out a way to meet. Looking forward to hearing from you.<BR/><BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-46068342571062674892007-04-20T23:29:00.000-05:002007-04-20T23:29:00.000-05:00Absolutely, Van. You have it exactly right. The ac...Absolutely, Van. You have it exactly right. The academic level, to me was a true heartbreak. But completely necessary. Where else can teachers help the LEP students who flood our schools? The true GT kids who don't fit into the rigid formats that chafe them so? The incredibly brainy students who have such horrendous social issues at home that they can barely function. Van, you are too right.<BR/><BR/>Only when the district finally goes back to a 3 tiered system will we teachers be able to serve the needs of ALL students. FBISD did these students such a disservice that I am still wondering why a lawsuit has not been filed.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-64136406023968007822007-04-20T22:05:00.000-05:002007-04-20T22:05:00.000-05:00It is so sadly significant to me that those (other...It is so sadly significant to me that those (other than me) who want to go back to the three-tiered system, want to do so to save the "really smart kids". Like I've said a million times: no one in this district cares about the students who fall in the cracks because they have different learning styles, need extra help, need mentoring/counseling/more encouragement by the teachers, a different learning environment, etc. These students have been treated like crap and they know they are outcasts in the teachers' eyes because only the GT/Honors/AP students and teachers have any clout or respect by the administration and other teachers. When IN FACT, it is the students in the academic level who need the teachers trained in GT techniques and know how to use them. Whereas we have so many who have been GT trained and don't use the techniques in their GT classes (they mostly just give harder assignments and more homework). Those kids who fall in the cracks we lose and eventually pay our tax money to feed and house many of them later because their lives were not given the proper foundation in school. Those students didn't fail, we failed those students. But boy howdy, our famous GT/Honors/AP students did all right! And everyone knows that in FBISD, all of our children are GT, right? They are ALL going to college, right? Every last one of them.<BR/><BR/>Academic level is not for special education students. Many of my SE students should have been in GT or Advanced classes. But their parents wanted them in my classes because they knew I would work with their children and honor their Individual Education Plans (which by federal law is what EVERY teacher is to do). A great number of my academic students would have qualified for GT/Honors but they had a mild learning disorder or alternative learning style that kept them out of the program. Or they couldn't keep up the pace because the teachers just made it more work to do not more in depth conceptually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com