Obama Says Teachers, Not Snooki, Need to Be Idolized

Good teachers should be admired and respected. But there are not enough good teachers out there.
As a parent of 2 kids who went to public
schools rated as “school of excellence”,
if these were considered “excellent”,
then our standards for schools are too low!
We need more male teachers; we need programs in high schools where students can get practical experience in the workplace along with study in their areas of interest.
High schools are not challenging enough,
and we need to be teaching high school
student more “life lessons” to prepare them better.

A President complaining about pop culture in society while taping an episode of The View!!! As he skipped the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts! Is he kidding? How can he not see the idiocy of that statement!
A President who has gone on Letterman, Leno, ESPN and etc. has the gall to lecture the country on what’s important. The emperor truly has no clothes.

President Obama is right on! People like Snooki are nothing but two bit chumps. I’m really more concern about all the people that watch and support that crappie kind of TV.
As a past teacher, I can tell you, teachers will never get the respect they deserve.
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Ideally, teachers should be looked up to. That is, if we are talking about teachers who, in all aspects, have the quality to be looked up to by our students. I think it depends on the experience of the one talking. If Mr. Obama experienced really great teachers, then I understand him encouraging that teachers be looked up. But as for those who had really awful experiences with their teachers, oh man…surely they wouldn’t wanna hear that….Bottomline: subject first all the teachers to QA before asking us who to idolize…

Kinda funny he is dissing celebity culture the day after his Paul McCartney concert aired, and just hours from a fundraiser at the Vogue editor’s house.

i agree with obama that we admire snooki rather than teachers.when you look at the last generation however, our education system has failed us miserably. the youth of today have been indoctinated into the great hand out society and largely are incapbale of holding real jobs. we have put all our resources into little johnny and nothing into the best and brightest..why? we probably all know some of the answers and teachers unions have alot to do with it.

Did anyone ask Obama what he thought about this?
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“A President complaining about pop culture in society while taping an episode of The View!!! As he skipped the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts! Is he kidding”
Ya know I wondered what this hubbub about Boy Scouts was especially since Bush stood up the scouts one year, leaving 300 to fall ill in the wilting heat waiting for him to show up.
Then I watched Colbert last night and he did a segment on how FoxNews was pushing this.
Sure enough Nephron, JR and a copuple of other regulars repeated their outrage over and over.
What lemmings…..

Foghorn Leghorn SAID “50 years of increased federal involvement in education, 50 years of declining results.”
Comparing education to education 50 years ago makes no sense. I guarantee that the old “readin’, writin’, and ‘ritmatic” you are talking about would not cut it in the 21 century. Most kids 50 years ago did not need to go to college to make a living. Their limited knowledge sufficed and they could still support a family. No longer true. I’m old and remember 50 years ago well- there were segregated schools, most good jobs were for ‘men only”. As a matter of fact that is why teaching is so low paying. It was a women’s profession for years and still has not caught up as far as wages go.

Yes indeed. Everyone should see teachers are heroes because they make
23K for sucky work. Get used to it, being chickenfeed pay is the new patriotism.

You mean we should have children worship the teachers that are encouraged by the NEA to celebrate communism, the Chinese revolution where communism gained power, and the teachers that have been encouraged to read Alinsky?
No thanks, Mr Obama. You can keep your ideology. We will home school.

You know, Carter made a huge mistake when he formed the Department of Education.
Education is way too important to have the federal government involved.
It’s much much better to keep it local that way our nation is assured that at least some kids will be taught the truth and not dogma. We know how a standardized everyone gets taught the same thing has worked out in places such as Cuba and North Korea.
Our nation should push to get rid of the Department of Education or at least keep it out of K-12.
Besides that it hasn’t worked out.
Foggy was right when he said
“50 years of increased federal involvement in education, 50 years of declining results.”

Education has failed our country.. one room schools taught better reading and math skills than the modern edifices. Of course, this is just my opinion. I think FLOTUS and POTUS have been good role models for education and upward mobility.. we need more like them.
We are raising a new generation of semi illiterate and math challenged children without marketable skills.. it is worse than healthcare, wars and economic recessions. It is a tragedy. I am watching my grandnephew struggle with his future.. it is not just the system, but parenting issues and broken families and drugs..

Snooki challenged Obama on the tanning tax.
She must be destroyed.
Engage the Left Wing outrage machine!
lol

Obviously not a Christian, as Christians only have one God and no idols before us.

This current bashing of teachers from the far right is just another attack on the middle class. They’re scapegoating a group, after economic greed caused the current woes. I would like to know how much the NJ GOV makes, how much wealth he has and if he has healthcare. BTW, he’s Republican and agrees with Obama about that Jersey show.

So, like everyone else, anyone, as long as they have a high school diploma, sometimes even less, should be a teacher? Because teachers are educating themselves throughout their career, as required by the credentialing system. That is of course, after having 5-8 years of college and graduate school, depending on degree level. All teachers pay taxes including social security which they will NOT COLLECT, unlike “everyone else”.
Unlike homeschoolers, thanks to no money, teachers are working at a ratio of 1 for every 35-40 students in a classroom. Specific grades are targeted for smaller sizes ranging from 24-28 kids and up to 15 in special education classes. I’d say, they are pretty much worth more than their pay for a days work, which is never really done, they have a lot of paperwork and training/planning. Teachers are under constant scrutiny by district, county and state administrators to practice specific standards in teaching, which in part relies on the teachers connection with and ability to teach students, knowledge is a must. So not everyone has what it takes to be a teacher. Most of the teachers just have what it takes to deal with everything known about kids and behavior, with at least 15 kids or more in one room and teach them academics as well. Why are the republicans so obsessed with bashing on teachers having a union? Are they going to pick on all public employees and their benefits? Or did the they decide all teachers are evil or something? What is up with going after teachers? Why are they doing that?

Why are the republicans so obsessed with bashing on teachers having a union? Are they going to pick on all public employees and their benefits? Or did the they decide all teachers are evil or something? What is up with going after teachers? Why are they doing that?
Posted by: Hmmm | Jul 30, 2010 11:15:37 PM
I guess they love teachers, but would wonder why so much money spent on public education produces such poor results…
In the end, the only thing that counts is the educational abilities of the graduates… can they really read and figure at grade level? If not, the system is failing… and not worth the money invested…
But no matter the failure of the system… the employees (teachers) always get raises… Unlike any other enterprise…

I worked in sales most of my life. At age 31, I became a teacher. I found out that even though I paid social security during those fifteen years, I will not be able to collect any of it. I’m okay with that. I paid from my own pocket to become a teacher. The fee was worth it even though it caused severe financial stress. I knew teaching was for me.
I don’t understand why Republicans are insisting that teachers are in some protected bubble? Most teachers buy most of their own school supplies for student use. We are supplementing the needs of students because school budgets have been drastically affected by this economy.
I see teachers investing just as much time and energy regardless of the fact that class size is back up, stress for supplies and test scores are UP, stress regarding job security is UP and now we’re being thrashed by Republicans?
What is wrong with your party? They seem to have it out for everyone except those who HATE Obama.
Is it because of the unions that protect us from being treated unfairly?
I am proud of our public education system. We take ALL kids, rich or poor, varied physical and intellectual abilities and we all train–specialize in specific areas so that we may improve education for ALL STUDENTS. These days there are a variety of negative factors affecting test scores, including the test itself.
BTW, teachers can’t become teachers without passing rigorous tests beyond grade twelve. Those who are complaining the most about teachers, seem to have no idea about what is really going on with public education.