She hated me. I don't want to toot my own horn but I was/is high IQ...gifted and talented/GATE program, accelerated learning, yet I was at best a solid B student. I didn't care so much about memorizing what I was being told, I wanted to know what it was about. I would always question what I was being taught and realized most of it was complete bullshit. Teachers have very little if any in-depth knowledge of what they're teaching...or much at all for that matter. There's information, knowledge, and wisdom. What, why, and how. I silently laugh to myself when a tradesman hands her a bill for $100/hr and she relentlessly complains about it.
and also I work with my hands. :) Teach your kids a trade. We used to be great, because we made things. Make America Great Again isn't a slogan, it's an order from the President of the United States. Go do it.
I had a similar problem, but not with my mother. The school was attempting to drug me with ridilin and other such drugs, and even strong narcotics.
Reason? In first grade I was reading at a 16 year old level and called my teacher's bluff about doing all the bonus words for extra credit that I wouldn't have to do more spelling for the rest of the year.
Aced it with flying colors, and the immediate response was to take me to the nurse to be evaluated for not listening.
Suddenly I had to take "special lunches" and asked my mother about it. That's when the school villainized me and my brother and looked the other way on outright abuse on school grounds.
A family member led the design of a homeschooling curriculum called K12. They did not use a single teacher to help write any of it. The various subjects within the curriculum were instead assigned to professionals. For example - for math they would hire an active engineer. Someone who actually knows the subject.
Always thought that made such good sense.
She hated me. I don't want to toot my own horn but I was/is high IQ...gifted and talented/GATE program, accelerated learning, yet I was at best a solid B student. I didn't care so much about memorizing what I was being told, I wanted to know what it was about. I would always question what I was being taught and realized most of it was complete bullshit. Teachers have very little if any in-depth knowledge of what they're teaching...or much at all for that matter. There's information, knowledge, and wisdom. What, why, and how. I silently laugh to myself when a tradesman hands her a bill for $100/hr and she relentlessly complains about it.
and also I work with my hands. :) Teach your kids a trade. We used to be great, because we made things. Make America Great Again isn't a slogan, it's an order from the President of the United States. Go do it.
upvoted for terse irony
I have a photographic memory. Sometimes it runs out of film....
You're a joker
I had a similar problem, but not with my mother. The school was attempting to drug me with ridilin and other such drugs, and even strong narcotics.
Reason? In first grade I was reading at a 16 year old level and called my teacher's bluff about doing all the bonus words for extra credit that I wouldn't have to do more spelling for the rest of the year.
Aced it with flying colors, and the immediate response was to take me to the nurse to be evaluated for not listening.
Suddenly I had to take "special lunches" and asked my mother about it. That's when the school villainized me and my brother and looked the other way on outright abuse on school grounds.
Stereotypical anon. And here we all are.
A family member led the design of a homeschooling curriculum called K12. They did not use a single teacher to help write any of it. The various subjects within the curriculum were instead assigned to professionals. For example - for math they would hire an active engineer. Someone who actually knows the subject. Always thought that made such good sense.