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Show Notes:
- We're going back to basics, country style. You can tell from the cricket sounds.
- Pete got interviewed
- How do you pronounce "Megalodon?"
- Trials of ordering food in the country
- School dress codes
- State of tech in schools (Spoiler alert; not good)
- Practical vs. promised use of the Internet
- The country has bugs. So many bugs.
- Skills learned in schools
- Resume' writing 101
- Dressing strange and dress codes...so strange...
- Teacher attrition and how teachers are treated
- My home town will probably become an economic wasteland
Listen to the pronunciation of megalodon on the internet. It's kind of a combination of what both of you were saying.
ReplyDeleteEducation will not improve until, as Norma said, teachers gain respect and are allowed to use their education to teach the way you should. It seems like schools in this area (Bradford County, PA) listen to the parents to determine what should be taught. Parents don't take into consideration the discipline and circumstances of ALL students that influence what a teacher can do in the classroom. How many teachers have students who listen and sit with folded hands all day long? Students don't all come from "The Brady Bunch" home. Many come from the "Married With Children" home. Let teachers use their education to teach.
Think of how the gas companies have influenced the Bradford County area. We have lost many of our farms because they feel they can live off the royalties. This used to be a farming area, but now we have unfilled hotels and restaurants with no customers as well as empty storefronts. It has "raped" the area.
Enjoyed the Podcast.