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Re: Seperate but equal?
Posted:
Jun 27, 2000 8:13 AM
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wb> >bd> As I've suggested before, take a few classes in statistics from a
social science program, Wayne. The shallow analysis you always provide
wouldn't get you a passing grade from my classes. Perhaps if you take a few
classes, you might learn enough to conduct an intelligent conversation.
Assuming, of course, that you can pass.
wb> I don't want a passing grade in your class and thank the gods that I am
not obligated to get one. Why anyone would think that such a course or such
a degree would enhance the quality of their mathematics education is scary
in itself. I do pity the poor students who are obligated to sit there, pay
attention, and then regurgitate such religious diatribe as you appear to
present as fact.
bd> Curious, Wayne. That's similar to the comments I hear from your
students. Have you EVER been a successful teacher? Not from what I hear...
and certainly not at the public school level.
wb> It is fine for you to doubt my information but it is not fine for you
to act as if you know that I do not know of what I speak.
bd> Your ignorance of research methodology speaks for itself and doesn't
need me to translate. There have been too many instances of you
intentionally misquoting studies to intentionally make your position seem
plausible.
wb> Instead of hitting the keyboard, why not first pick up the phone and
talk to them all as I have done?
bd> I've spent 7 years teaching in the inner-city (my students did quite
well on standardized assessments, thank you), and I've spent 15 years
visiting classrooms across the country (from Alaska to Georgia, Wisconsin
to Florida). I've spent hundreds of hours actually visiting classrooms and
seeing how students respond to different teaching approaches. Have you ever
been in a school, or do you merely "talk on the phone"? You're a fraud,
Wayne. You cite "numbers" as though you understand them, and pretend to
have simple answers to complex problems. Take a sabbatical and go to the
trenches. See if you can reach a single child. I doubt that you'd last a
week. By all reports, you can't teach effectively at the university level,
and you've NEVER taught in the public schools. What makes you an authority
on effective teaching? Nothing, except your self-pronouncements.
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