tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post4756749481786759544..comments2024-03-28T08:29:56.313-05:00Comments on Jeff Bergosh Blog: Violence in our Schools Part II: Liberal Psychosis Destroying the Public Schools before our Very Eyes..Jeff Bergoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12638001957494810839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post-46119175581560940372020-08-12T12:03:26.329-05:002020-08-12T12:03:26.329-05:00Well done, sir. I lived the experience that you wr...Well done, sir. I lived the experience that you write about here at a liberal school In CA that couldn’t retain a math teacher. It’s funny because the school I worked at was a revolving door for math teachers but at the end of the day it’s the teachers who are scapegoated for a breakdown in classroom management. Admin gives you a long list of things that can’t be done in the classroom to discipline kids, they completely absolve punishments claiming that they’re too punitive and not reformative enough. What happens as a result? A few kids who don’t feel adequately reformed by the gentle persuasions of the PBIS system end up running the place. 🤦♂️ I’m too smart to hang around, gonna find another field to work in. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post-2718620159202193332015-01-26T05:35:47.780-06:002015-01-26T05:35:47.780-06:00The liberal approach to school discipline is to lo...The liberal approach to school discipline is to look at outcomes and then back engineer why more of "X" type students get suspended than "y" types---never once asking the simple question "Could it be that more "X" type students are committing serious infractions?" of course not-that would be too easy. And yes that article is a study on liberal thinking gone mad. Look at the offender, and try to understand his background, challenges, and try to be sensitive to his/her circumstance. That is ridiculous! Imagine if you were robbed at gunpoint by a guy with a huge rap-sheet and the prosecutor and judge let him off with a warning because so many people that look like your perpetrator are being charged with that specific crime, that something must be wrong with the "system".... Oh wait---that is happening in the criminal justice system to some degree. Anonymous, re-read that Salon.com article, then read the other literature I cited in the post, particularly the "More that Scores" piece about why parents are choosing private schools over public. Here is a news-flash--they want safe environments and quality learning atmospheres for their kids, that's one of the biggest reasons.....They don't want their kids enduring some ridiculous social experimentation where we allow students to amass as many as 62 referrals for violent behavior in the PC public schools, that's why. But nobody has the courage to simply demand that ALL students, of ALL races, behave in the same manner. Nope, that is too unfair to those who have had "challenged" upbringings. And therefore you have schools that are constantly churning teachers, and constantly churning administrators, and constantly churning students, and these schools are the ones, surprise, that academically struggle. It is all tied together, yet the liberal PC policies continue, even though they don't work and cost good kids valuable learning time they will never get back.Jeff Bergoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638001957494810839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post-27631451128599567342015-01-25T12:58:41.920-06:002015-01-25T12:58:41.920-06:00The way you describe the "liberal" posit...The way you describe the "liberal" position is unfair and misleading. For example, you incorrectly state the position on the Salon article: "if a disruptive student is acting up, not following established rules and affecting the teacher’s instruction, this is 100% the teacher’s fault and he/she needs more training."<br /><br />They didn't cast blame on teachers as such. They are challenging the common and reactionary way teacher's handle student behavior. The common flight or fight response is to nag, yell, and kick out. What that does is breed resentment in the teacher-student relationship. When you think about it, how we respond to conflict in many interpersonal relations is important. The same is true for teacher-student relations. This skill indeed takes practice to become a habit. Read toward the end of the article about the success of Mr. Gardener. <br /><br />This advice, to challenge teachers to be leaders and recondition themselves to react differently, is not ridiculous. It is sage advice. When you work to build relationships, it will pay off. It's harder to respond positively and to build relationships, yes, but it changes student's lives. <br /><br />"Meanwhile, liberals in California are busy patting themselves on the back because they are achieving fewer expulsions, even though student behavior, per se, has remained constant"<br /><br />Cite the source to support your claim. <br /><br />The issue isn't about enduring verbal assaults from students. It's about looking at the situation, and looking at a different approach to ***improve*** student behavior. <br /><br />Again, I encourage you to cite specific sources that alternatives like restorative justice and improved teacher responses haven't improved behavior in these CA districts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com