tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post4114560485060323865..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: John Owens' "Confessions of a Bad Teacher" Making Wavesed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-71256027638643733482013-09-03T22:49:01.296-04:002013-09-03T22:49:01.296-04:00I am enormously excited to read your book Mr. Owen...I am enormously excited to read your book Mr. Owens. Thanks so much for bringing our worlds together, Mr. Scott. The answer to the above interview question gave me a knowing head-shake and resigned laugh. "I also couldn’t keep them from getting excited and boisterous when they were learning" is one of the most fascinating comments I've ever seen by an educator. Is it always a crime when students become boisterous? Must learning always be contained in some kind of acceptable and essentially muted form? It does seem to be a working assumption underpinning most of the ways in which we are asked to operate. David Don Millerhttps://twitter.com/WhyYouBeasting1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-9664882095702716932013-08-28T19:06:30.006-04:002013-08-28T19:06:30.006-04:00Would love to catch up and see the play. Saw your ...Would love to catch up and see the play. Saw your original post about it but couldn't get there. I hear you about the union issue--but you have the experience and perspective to bring me up to speed. Please let me know about the play, etc.John Owenshttp://www.thebadteacher.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-37770890952164293222013-08-28T14:06:37.844-04:002013-08-28T14:06:37.844-04:00Looking forward to it John. I would like you to me...Looking forward to it John. I would like you to meet the guy who wrote the play Why You Beasting. Maybe go see it at one of the upcoming performances. I will try to put a group together. I think for someone who walked into this system cold you "got it" amazingly quickly. I have to spend more time going through your recommendations - I sort of sped through it. I'm glad you called for people to take action. I think the reforming the union aspect is still the key to whatever we can change since the union has so much infrastructure in place.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-17645723052982071212013-08-28T13:33:38.281-04:002013-08-28T13:33:38.281-04:00Thank you!
I am eager to sit down and continue ...Thank you! <br /><br />I am eager to sit down and continue my "schooling" -- and talk more about your perspective! Unlike the know-it-all reformers, I<br />know that I have a lot to learn!<br /><br />Another pun -- sorry -- but let's talk "MORE."<br /><br />All best.John Owenshttp://www.thebadteacher.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-78740288529572891802013-08-27T09:38:59.251-04:002013-08-27T09:38:59.251-04:00This is a very good book. Principal likely saw he ...This is a very good book. Principal likely saw he was smarter than she was and since that's not allowed, he was toastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-59900809897970481352013-08-27T09:36:16.392-04:002013-08-27T09:36:16.392-04:00As a teacher in the South Bronx since the 1990'...As a teacher in the South Bronx since the 1990's, I was very excited to hear about this book. (I ordered it yesterday). I too am heartbroken at the way the ed-deform movement has demolished the once great profession of teaching. It is my dearest hope that as the economy improves and parents become more enlightened, that we will see the ed-deform movement crumble to the ground and move on to the "next big thing". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com