docramie

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Have you ever felt that you've failed your students?

milfea @milfea (519) • Philippines 24 Nov 07

I have felt this, not only once, but a couple of times already. I have been teaching college kids for five years already. Through all those years I have thought of ways on how to make every subject that I'm teaching to be...

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docramie I guess we are all feeling this way, and I think it's even worst for the high school teachers. How many of them cannot pass the exit exams from high school? How many of them go off to college and not finish? This generation of students do not want to read, do...

26 Nov 07

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Is teaching is a noble profession?

Verity @Verity (851) 19 Nov 07

Since all of us who have achieved our goals to finish our studies, all of these endeavors were properly mentored and guided not only by our norturing parents but most likely by our teachers or professors. Do you believe or agree...

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docramie Yes I love the students too, but with society the way it is today, teachers should be receiving combat pay. We are in jeopardy every moment of the day at school. so many teachers are being hurt while on duty.

21 Nov 07

teacher is in demand all the time..

beybidoll @beybidoll (10) 21 Nov 07

I'm a teacher now and i observed that teacher is really in demand all the time.. There are lots of schools who need teachers. You can also apply regardless of your age... as long as you can teach effectively...

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docramie The demand for teachers are there because new teachers who come aboard quit after being in the class room a few days. There are no respect given to the teachers by the students and sometimes by the parents. Not only are they leaving, but the starting salaries...

21 Nov 07

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Allowed to have smoke breaks at school!! What next!!?

fawcey @fawcey (926) • Australia 21 Nov 07

I heard this on the radio the other day and I can't get my head around the logic behind it. I mean they have recently here in Australia banned smoking inside pubs and clubs, but a 16 year old in Canberra I think is allowed to have...

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docramie Smoking should not be allowed on school property by students regardless of their ages. I am not a smoker, but do believe that some accommodations be made for the teachers in a far remote open place on campus. Recently, two teachers were shot when they went off...

21 Nov 07

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