How is this woman a teacher?

[JaggedEdge]

There is this high school teacher taking some kids to Rome.

She told the kids to bring winter clothes and not to bring a swim suite because it would be way to cold to swim. The current high in Rome 75 degrees F and the low is in the 60's...

She also said not to bring shorts because no one over there wears them... Only Americans wear shots. She basically described the middle east...

What an idiot.

[napolitana869]

maybe she just didnt want them to have any fun.
I went to france on a school trip and they told us not to wear provocative clothes. I dont think it was to ruin our fun though.

[Nightcrewman]

Mabye she's getting mixed up with the other Rome apparently its an outpost in the Arctic circle inhabited by one old priest trying to convert all the seals to christianity in a bid to stop them eating all the fish on Fridays.

Cheers
NCM

[cyphercrash]

Teachers, Police, Doctors (oy), Fireman= Just Human Beings. Don't Forget that a good proportion of the population do NOT have a high I.Q. This one just forgot the golden rule of be sure that your brain is engaged before putting mouth in gear. And she obviously still uses AOL they would put anything at the top of thier search if you give them enough money.

[the j0ker]

what a dumbass and yeah AOL sux i am stuck with AOL dialup and it's shitty

[AnnaMills]

Teachers have the lowest sat scores of all degreed proffesions on average. Its a fact.

[stinkyattic]

Teachers have the lowest sat scores of all degreed proffesions on average. Its a fact.

That's absolute bullshit. Let me see where you got that so-called 'fact'... oh wait, I'll bet a doctor with a flashlight could show you....

I'm sure they are far higher than actors in porn movies... and their sense of lifetime achievement is far higher as well.

Anyway the teacher probably misheard and thought that they were going to Nome..... lol... to practice building igloos

[sailboat]

actaullly,
shes not off based in tellng you that.

The majority of Rome is catholic, remember your right outside Vatican city. They are VERY strict in must places when it comes to matters of dress and propriety. Most places dont allow bare shoulders or knees for women or men...
so she has every reason so say no shorts, for simplicity sake.

why risk seeing something amazing over matters of dress code?
and really, people are so quick to judge teachers and rules set but im sure that that rule in particular has her students best intrests at heart.


show some respect, thats an amazing opputunity that very few get, and you must know very little about the area if your so bent up about the shorts thing.

maybe look it up before you rip her apart for it.





(this coming from someone who graduates and starts teaching in highschool in less than a year)




and corrdct me please if im wrong but i thinkt he lows are LOW 50's and high mid 70's. thats hardly swimming weather and though winter clothes are probabley over kill, its by no means summer.

[stinkyattic]

They are VERY strict in must places when it comes to matters of dress and propriety. ......
why risk seeing something amazing over matters of dress code?

Excellent point. Thank you.


(this coming from someone who graduates and starts teaching in highschool in less than a year)


Dare I ask what you got on your SATs? :D Because there seems to be a misconception about the intelligence of our academic professionals......

[suhl]

i can say that teachers influence on a kids life is wildly overrated. i could have had different teachers in about every single grade and id be just about where i am now. it is like when nelson says if you didnt do it, some other loser would have, so quit milkin it. porn stars on the other hand. well about the same. i could have jerked off to different pornos and still be where i am now. either way the moral here is the odds are a teacher isnt going to change your life, so they can take their sense of accomplishment and shove it.
that said im sure that sat score "fact" was total bullshit, and even if it wasnt id like to see where they got a comprehensive list of sat scores by profession cause i doubt itd be too accurate.

and on a final note i have to say her assessment of the weather may have been wrong but i think you are being a little harsh saying she shouldnt be a teacher, particulalry highschool. they teach what their told to teach, it isnt rocket science or even weather science.

[stinkyattic]

I can honestly say that I had teachers throughout high school and even into college whose lessons- not simply on the subject at hand, but on life itself- have rung true even all these years after. I suppose it is as with all things, you get out of it what you put in. It's all about the attitude one approaches his life with.

[suhl]

i have already posted on this at length. none of my teachers taught life lessons, and i put in enough to learn the material if i was interested in it, which was more often than not. and i can honestly say all but 5 of the nearly 100 teachers i have had were totally replacable.

[sailboat]

every teacher i've ever had has some how shaped who i am, either as a student or a person.

i challenge one person to logically think that statment through and then say teachers have no impact.

you spend majority of your childhood and adolescent under the command of a teacher, how could that NOT impact a person life, and that is putting aside the person relationships many students develope with their teachers.

it's easy to say that all of them were irreplaceable and you'd be in the exct position your in now if you'd had entirely different teachers, but really, truly and logically, that isnt possible.

(think about it this way... i had a brilliant math teacher in middle school who helped me understand and enjoy the subject. until that point i'd never excelled at math or even attempted to do well in it. in highschool i had two teachers who were terrible but becuae of my middle school math teacher i'd not only been given the foundation but the drive to do well. i passed my state math exams, went on to take a high placing math in college and subsequently will have an easier time getting into a masters program and passing things like statistical psych which im taking this semester. had i never been given that foundation for all I know i could have failed my math tests, not gotten into the school that i did, taken a completly different major, not be looking towards graduate school and who knows what else could have happened. teachers change lives whether you choose to accept it or not.)

[JaggedEdge]

actaullly,
shes not off based in tellng you that.

The majority of Rome is catholic, remember your right outside Vatican city. They are VERY strict in must places when it comes to matters of dress and propriety. Most places dont allow bare shoulders or knees for women or men...
so she has every reason so say no shorts, for simplicity sake.

why risk seeing something amazing over matters of dress code?
and really, people are so quick to judge teachers and rules set but im sure that that rule in particular has her students best intrests at heart.


show some respect, thats an amazing opputunity that very few get, and you must know very little about the area if your so bent up about the shorts thing.

maybe look it up before you rip her apart for it.





(this coming from someone who graduates and starts teaching in highschool in less than a year)




and corrdct me please if im wrong but i thinkt he lows are LOW 50's and high mid 70's. thats hardly swimming weather and though winter clothes are probabley over kill, its by no means summer.

Yes, I know some of Vatacin city has a dress code... but to tell the kids not to pack shorts while in rome is stupid. They need to have a pair or two of jeans packed in order to dress correctly depending on what they are doing, but saying only Americans wear shorts is just stupid. That is the dumbest thing I've heard.

Also if a teacher is taking students to Europe you would think she could look on the internet and see what the temp was expected to be.

They wear shorts in Europe and parts of Rome.

[stinkyattic]

A rather cliche saying comes to mind... when in Rome, do as the Romans.

From what I have seen, the Italians dress very neatly and conservatively. I feel that it is a matter of respect to emulate the manner of dress and behaviour of a place that you visit. I would not even consider jeans 'correct' to visit some of the historic sites. I may not be Catholic, but dressing neatly and conservatively to visit the Catholic historic sites in and near the Vatican seems like a no-brainer. It's just respect.

On the flip side, I wouldn't dream of hanging out in a working-class area in clothes that are obviously very expensive, and I remove most of my jewellry as well.. I feel that the flaunting of wealth and privilege is equally distasteful and insulting.

You know, one of the great truths that I learned in my years of study of wildlife management and biology, is that one of the most important parts of an experiment involving the observation of a living thing, is that the very presence of the observer changes the behaviour of the observed.

Applying this to travel, if you want to really appreciate the people and places as they are, you must make an effort to blend in enough that the locals don't react to your presence.

I live in an area that becomes a tourist zoo at some times of year, and us townies really act differently -and not in a good way- when faced with ostentatious, demanding, loud tourists in their expensive cars. The tourists don't see us as we really are.

Do you see what I am getting at?

Fine, wear your dumb shorts... but recognize that you are doing yourself a disservice. This teacher is wiser than you guys give her credit for, even though if that were I, I would have just come out and said, no shorts, it's disrespectful.

[Skink]

Italians like to pinch a lot of ass...

[Awill3449]

As someone who has spent alot of time in Rome and Italy, I can tell you that you really don't need to worry, especially in the summer. Obviously you can't wear shorts inside the Vatican, and it's a good idea to dress conservatively when in churches.

Other than that, you can wear shorts anywhere. Italian ADULTS don't wear shorts much, but kids wear them all the time. They're used to hotter weather than some of us, so that is probably the main reason they're still wearing pants in june (it's only 80;). So I totally disagree that shorts are disrespectful. A But do your best not be be an obnoxious tourist... I think that's what stinky was saying.

Anyway... have fun in Italy! It's an amazing place. Be careful in Rome; it's kind of sketchy in some places.

And while you're there, learn some italian! Si puo' parlare quando ritorni! Buon Viaggo!

[Reefer Rogue]

Boo teacher, Yay shorts.

[JaggedEdge]

lol I wish I was going. A friends little sister is going.

I wish I got to go to Italy.

[halo]

I can honestly say that I had teachers throughout high school and even into college whose lessons- not simply on the subject at hand, but on life itself- have rung true even all these years after. I suppose it is as with all things, you get out of it what you put in. It's all about the attitude one approaches his life with.

I agree. My middle school social studies teacher and my current theology teacher are two of the best i have ever had. They have really challenged me to think more than other teachers. In fact, i consider them both to be friends of mine.

[stinkyattic]

In fact, i consider them both to be friends of mine.

Nothing like years down the road sitting down for a beer with your old French teacher on a regular basis and getting hit on by his SMOKIN' hot son.... lol... I certainly consider him a friend, a close friend even. Even though when I speak French I get accused of being Canadian... wtf! :jointsmile:

[lil josh]

i can say that teachers influence on a kids life is wildly overrated. a teacher isnt going to change your life

I dissagree, in primray school (age 4-11) i think teachers have a large inflence on childrens lives,

[AnnaMills]

That's absolute bullshit. Let me see where you got that so-called 'fact'... oh wait, I'll bet a doctor with a flashlight could show you....

I'm sure they are far higher than actors in porn movies... and their sense of lifetime achievement is far higher as well.

Anyway the teacher probably misheard and thought that they were going to Nome..... lol... to practice building igloos

Actually, I read it in a book by Thomas Sowell. Here is the link
Amazon.com: Inside American Education: Books: Thomas Sowell (http://www.amazon.com/Inside-American-Education-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0029303303)

It explains plenty and give his background. Also I did say degreed professionals and porn actors do not need a degree. On the other hand, while being smart isn't needed to be in porn being stupid isn't all that common. What is common is childhood abuse.
Say what you like, sweety. I have never done anything to you. In America our goverment schools are a joke. My sister teaches third grade. I think she impacts children bigtime. She didn't even take her SAT's because she went to junior college. She did great though considering she had a baby her senior year in highschool. I also remember her work load was alot easier then my science major courses.I know alot of very smart people in porn. I don't keep compnay with the dumb ones as I quickly grow bored. An example of a very smart porn star is Nina Hartley. She became a nurse before going into porn. She is an acomplished writer amoung other things. "Nina Hartley's Guide To Total Sex" is the name of her book and it is very good!
Amazon.com: nina hartley: Books (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-0407266-9962006?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=nina+hartley&Go.x=6&Go.y=4) is the link for that book.
Attack me if you want. I doubt you can dish out anything I haven't heard.
Cheers.;)
Anna

[stinkyattic]

It's so important to have good role models... :wtf: