Teachers to be Paid $150K in City Where Less Than Half of Students Are Good at Reading

[biblegirl]

So "biblegirl" one of the dangers is that many homes don't even have books?

Yes, that's true. Even my poorer students often had decent clothes, trendy tennis shoes and video game systems, but often had no books in their homes. One year our school library restocked with newer books; the teachers were allowed to give some of the older books to our students. I will never forget how proud my students were to have their own books to take home and keep. Books can be expensive, and many families prioritize other things with their money.

 

[Carl]

How things change. My family just had dad working. We had a set of the Britannica encyclopedia. Us kids used to lay on the floor and look through them. Also had 2 book cases full of story books.

 

[wanderingfreeman]

How things change. My family just had dad working. We had a set of the Britannica encyclopedia. Us kids used to lay on the floor and look through them. Also had 2 book cases full of story books.

I know, right! We had books on all kinds of subjects everywhere in the house.

 

[HisGloryIsPrecious]

I never learned how to read in school, I learned at home, with a Dr. Sues collection and mom. The most I got in school was learning the alphabet in kindergarten as well as Sesame Street. When I went into the first grade I was already reading some. My dad was an English teacher. He didn’t nearly get paid the way they are now. One thing that was helpful is that he brought home classics that were I assume gifts from publishers or extra copies used in class. I didn’t have to go to the library or book store to find literature being used in English class, whether it was high school or college. He also knew more about what the books were about than cliff notes.

 

[Cloud Watcher]

They never even mentioned the alphabet when I was in kindergarten. All I remember we did was coloring, finger painting, making things with clay, singing a few songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and doing the Hokey Pokey. I don't even remember the teacher ever reading us stories. Things are a lot different nowadays. They expect kids to know q bunch of stuff before they get there

 

[wanderingfreeman]

I never went to kindergarten. Started in 1st grade

 

[dseno]

Personally I don't think teachers making more money is a problem

 

[wanderingfreeman]

Personally I don't think teachers making more money is a problem

We will have to agree to disagree. Maybe if they actually went back to teaching the "three Rs" I would be more inclined to agree with you. Paying them more to corrupt young minds and souls? No. I cannot support that

 

[dseno]

The pay is garbage and the work is hard

 

[GEOINTAnalyst]

When I was instructing for the Army as a contractor many had problems with reading manuals, most of which are written on a 8th grade level.

Many do not have books they have Kindles and the like - eBooks - I have a couple hundred eBooks on my laptop ranging from "A Practical Guide to Linux Commands" to "Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible" -

to me a book is better then an eBook - I can hold the book

 

[wanderingfreeman]

When I was instructing for the Army as a contractor many had problems with reading manuals, most of which are written on a 8th grade level.

Many do not have books they have Kindles and the like - eBooks - I have a couple hundred eBooks on my laptop ranging from "A Practical Guide to Linux Commands" to "Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible" -

to me a book is better then an eBook - I can hold the book

When I Was in the navy, the TRS80s and Commodore 64s were top of the line computers. Bag phones were the new thing and later cellphones were called bricks for a reason. Books were way more common

 

[Carl]

When I was instructing for the Army as a contractor many had problems with reading manuals, most of which are written on a 8th grade level.

Many do not have books they have Kindles and the like - eBooks - I have a couple hundred eBooks on my laptop ranging from "A Practical Guide to Linux Commands" to "Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible" -

to me a book is better then an eBook - I can hold the book

Do you think it is your experience or is there really a difference when they are read?

 

[Carl]

When I Was in the navy, the TRS80s and Commodore 64s were top of the line computers. Bag phones were the new thing and later cellphones were called bricks for a reason. Books were way more common

When I was in the army they didn't even have the TRS80 or the Apple. They hadn't been invented yet. So we used text books.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Yes, that's true. Even my poorer students often had decent clothes, trendy tennis shoes and video game systems, but often had no books in their homes. One year our school library restocked with newer books; the teachers were allowed to give some of the older books to our students. I will never forget how proud my students were to have their own books to take home and keep. Books can be expensive, and many families prioritize other things with their money.

Clothes, shoes, hygiene supplies, food, and school supplies are the most often collected for poor/less fortunate families. I have never seen a book drive. Maybe I'll suggest this to Pastor . . . a book drive with donations screened by Bible-believing Christians would be an awesome thing. Bet we could get the denomination's publisher to donate cases of Bibles and maybe some hymnals . . .

Note to self . . . email Pastor . . .

 

[GEOINTAnalyst]

Do you think it is your experience or is there really a difference when they are read?

Oh yes there is a big difference - just ask them to read it out loud - give you an example - in most Florida public grade schools the teachers will bust the kids up into groups of 6 or 8 and ask them a question, if one kid gets it right they all get it right - which to me is wrong but the teachers do that so on the average it looks like the kids overall are smarter at that school and the State gives them more money - if the kids were tested individually there will be a lot more failures.

It goes back to follow the money - teachers pay should be based on their students ability to read, write, arithmetic and science

 

[Carl]

Oh yes there is a big difference - just ask them to read it out loud - give you an example - in most Florida public grade schools the teachers will bust the kids up into groups of 6 or 8 and ask them a question, if one kid gets it right they all get it right - which to me is wrong but the teachers do that so on the average it looks like the kids overall are smarter at that school and the State gives them more money - if the kids were tested individually there will be a lot more failures.

It goes back to follow the money - teachers pay should be based on their students ability to read, write, arithmetic and science

That would sure keep the taxes in the community where it won't hurt the tax payers so much!

 

[DWB]

Paying the teachers more is going to accomplish absolutely nothing. The children need mothers and fathers who live in the same home and will take an interest the kids schooling.