Susan P on thu 27 apr 06
and a very big Oops! for the big LOL that should have been on this email an=
d
not the other!
On 4/27/06, Arnold Howard wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mel jacobson"
> > i ordered the fathers phone numbers book. and
> > bobby goldberg was the
> > first kid to tell me to `go and fuc$ myself...``
> > the judge was the first
> > call.
>
> I should have used this idea when I taught karate in
> the Dallas public school system. My adventure in the
> gang-infested areas was like entering the movies "Up
> the Down Staircase" or "Dangerous Minds." Every few
> days I stopped a fist fight. One time a kid was shot
> in front of the school while I was there.
>
> That type of teaching job is a wonderful weight-loss
> program. At lunch time, I guarantee that you won't
> have an appetite.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
>
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Elizabeth Priddy on thu 27 apr 06
That is like the "at-risk" program I ran for a few
years before getting pregnant. The real reason I
handed the program off to my assistant was that I was
not willing to work in that environment while pregnant
or while the kid was too young to make it ok without
mom.
One of the kids I taught was about 6'4 already at 15
and violent. He grabbed a kid by the neck and was
choking him in the bathroom when he was caught and
permanently expelled. He did it, according to the
other kids, because the kid was disrespecting him and
wouldn't shut up. I was familiar with both and I
guarantee that the kid was in fact disrespecting him
and wouldn;'t shut up, as I had also had the urge to
snatch him up by the neck, which is why I relate to
the kids in the program. Difference is I am not a
sociopath and so I have the self control to remove
myself or the kid from the room if it gets like that
and my large and violent charge did not. I hope he's
ok whreever he is. The mouthy one is doomed to a few
beat-downs until he learns to shut up at appropriate
times. Sometimes real life is hard, nasty, brutish,
and short. And still it goes on.
And yet, in a few years, I will be all in with those
kids again, cause they need people who understand them
to give them a chance. It will definitely give you
the chills in your gut once in a while and I keep my
back to the wall in class with them...but I knew a lot
of violence when I came up too and I turned out
alright and productive in society and all. So they
are worth it.
But I would never look askance at anyone who didn't
have the little bit of crazy it takes to work with
them. It's called self-preservation and I could do
with a little more of that my own fine self.
E
mourning the sudden loss of a family friend who had
the same endocrine problem i have and so i am looking
through a glass darkly today.
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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mel jacobson on thu 27 apr 06
about 1981 i had to change schools, and return to
jr. high teaching.
our school closed/ and the decision was made to
make art more academic...and since i was a `media specialist`
(the term used by the fat ugly woman they hired from the
u of m to help them move staff around.)...they put me in
a 7th grade situation, and closed the pottery. the two brown nosed
art teachers got the high school jobs. (they had the kids write
papers..wowowo.)
(by the way, you could not describe that woman more clearly
without being totally pc. in fact most overweight lovely women
i know...called her a `fat ugly bitch`.
well. i was pissed.
so, i punished them.
here is one thing i did:
(of about 30)
there was only one phone in the entire building...three lines.
principal and secretary, janitors and cook. three lines.
if a faculty member wanted to call their doctor about
a big sore on your ass...well, you had to describe it in
front of another person...usually a cook.
so, i ordered a private line put in my art room, i would pay for it.
i just called ma bell and ordered a phone. they said...`we cannot
just run a line into a school`, `oh, ` i said...why not????`
`well, we would have to have school board permission we think`.
i said `bullshit, i am paying for it, my right to have one`.
supervisor number three ordered the phone put in for me instead
of my attorney calling.
they showed up with a ditch witch, dug a trench across the front lawn
of the school and around the building to my art room. put in a phone.
i ordered the fathers phone numbers book. and bobby goldberg was the
first kid to tell me to `go and fuc$ myself...`` the judge was the first
call.
the principal, a typical poser/cowboy boots/italian good looks but
the spine of a snake said...`hey mel, what's that phone and the
ditch.` i said...`well dorko, you won't give any faculty a private
phone conversation, so i took matters into my own hands.`
and i will be speaking up very loud at faculty meetings about
teachers rights ( and any women faculty member that has
to call her gynecologist will have the privacy of my
office and desk..with the door closed.)...and you had better be ready for me...
what can you do to me...send me to the junior high to teach.??``
media specialist my ass.
within two years i was back at the high school, full time clay was
back within six months of that. we were over booked in a year. i had to
teach six periods a day.
no one ever spoke up at north junior high faculty meetings ever again.
so there.
lots of ways to skin a cat. i just happen to like the chain saw method.
stihl tony smith.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
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Arnold Howard on thu 27 apr 06
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
> i ordered the fathers phone numbers book. and
> bobby goldberg was the
> first kid to tell me to `go and fuc$ myself...``
> the judge was the first
> call.
I should have used this idea when I taught karate in
the Dallas public school system. My adventure in the
gang-infested areas was like entering the movies "Up
the Down Staircase" or "Dangerous Minds." Every few
days I stopped a fist fight. One time a kid was shot
in front of the school while I was there.
That type of teaching job is a wonderful weight-loss
program. At lunch time, I guarantee that you won't
have an appetite.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
BJ Clark | Stinking Desert Ceramics on fri 28 apr 06
E: Have you ever seen "The Chris Rock Show" on HBO? He had a skit called
"How not to get your ass kicked by the po-lice".
Quote: "If you jump a turn stall in the subway with a joint in your mouth
and a gun in your hand, You might just need to get your ass kicked by the
po-lice."
I tend to agree.
BJ Clark
Colorado
On 4/28/06, Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
>
> That is like the "at-risk" program I ran for a few
> years before getting pregnant. The real reason I
> handed the program off to my assistant was that I was
> not willing to work in that environment while pregnant
> or while the kid was too young to make it ok without
> mom.
>
> One of the kids I taught was about 6'4 already at 15
> and violent. He grabbed a kid by the neck and was
> choking him in the bathroom when he was caught and
> permanently expelled. He did it, according to the
> other kids, because the kid was disrespecting him and
> wouldn't shut up. I was familiar with both and I
> guarantee that the kid was in fact disrespecting him
> and wouldn;'t shut up, as I had also had the urge to
> snatch him up by the neck, which is why I relate to
> the kids in the program. Difference is I am not a
> sociopath and so I have the self control to remove
> myself or the kid from the room if it gets like that
> and my large and violent charge did not. I hope he's
> ok whreever he is. The mouthy one is doomed to a few
> beat-downs until he learns to shut up at appropriate
> times. Sometimes real life is hard, nasty, brutish,
> and short. And still it goes on.
>
> And yet, in a few years, I will be all in with those
> kids again, cause they need people who understand them
> to give them a chance. It will definitely give you
> the chills in your gut once in a while and I keep my
> back to the wall in class with them...but I knew a lot
> of violence when I came up too and I turned out
> alright and productive in society and all. So they
> are worth it.
>
> But I would never look askance at anyone who didn't
> have the little bit of crazy it takes to work with
> them. It's called self-preservation and I could do
> with a little more of that my own fine self.
>
> E
>
> mourning the sudden loss of a family friend who had
> the same endocrine problem i have and so i am looking
> through a glass darkly today.
>
>
> Elizabeth Priddy
>
> Beaufort, NC - USA
> http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
>
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Elizabeth Priddy on sat 29 apr 06
I'm not quite sure whether your analogy is to me, teh
big scary one, or the mouthy one.
maybe all of us!
you made me laugh.
For all the tv/cable-haters out there, Chris Rock is a
really funny guy who you've been missin'.
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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Rick Hamelin on sat 29 apr 06
Hi Arnold and everyone,
For several years in a row I was a guest artist at a small city middle school and I got to know the art teacher quite well.
She was a thin lady in her late 30's who fancied herself as looking like Cher, although she was Polish. She enjoyed wearing black and white polka dotted short skirts with red belts, large white bows in her hair and red lipstick on her lips. Short, so she always wore high heels to get up to 5 ft 6 or so. She was an excellent teacher, one of the best of the many schools that I had worked in. Quite the looker when she walked in the room. She was a Zany personality like Reba Macintyre with a matching smile and was Never short on energy or words.
Anyhow, one day while doing cafeteria duty, she had to break up a fight, ahem, actually an assault on a kid by one who was in one grade level higher but had stayed back two years. This kid was big. Very big she told me.
So, she got herself between KingKong and the juvenile and looked at KK right in the eyes amd told him to sit down. He told her to f*** off. She told me that she was terrified that this kid was going to slug her. The whole room fell silent. She didn't know what to do. Everyone was watching her and if she backed down...well, she couldn't. Then genius gave her an idea. She quickly reached forward and grabbed each ear by hand. Pulling his head forward and down to her height, she kissed him right between the eyes on the forehand, marking him with her lips with her bright red lipstick. The kid laughed, the "audience" applauded and calm was restored.
We should all carry red lipstick as a protective weapon.
Rick
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