tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post5946705618586495989..comments2024-03-28T15:16:33.506-07:00Comments on Kim Knits : Best Sound Ever Is This One!Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post-4926856453735037242018-06-12T08:41:38.076-07:002018-06-12T08:41:38.076-07:00The students forget that teachers are just as exci...The students forget that teachers are just as excited (maybe more so) for the end of the school year!!!! Sorry for the roadblocks to good teaching; it can be very discouraging!Delighted Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289187765260532813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post-30389208485246686022018-06-11T08:34:01.100-07:002018-06-11T08:34:01.100-07:00Hang in there KIM you are almost done. School is ...Hang in there KIM you are almost done. School is stress in my book. I hope that it all goes well. No doubt your students are so lucky to have yoU!!!! Keep knitting. Soon: Calypso will be the summer student!kathy bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534431969086721507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post-5070706808653637522018-06-11T06:22:25.279-07:002018-06-11T06:22:25.279-07:00Glad you got the rain you need and I LOVE the colo...Glad you got the rain you need and I LOVE the color of your linen yarn.<br /><br />Your comment on metrics made me laugh out loud. There is a guy here (work) who is applying for the Lame Duck's position (my one boss who has resigned effective January). The guy keeps spouting off about analytics and metrics to the point of making you want to vomit. I shared a link of an article with my boss and suggested he get it "out there." Here's the link: <br />https://www.fastcompany.com/40577938/our-obsession-with-performance-data-is-killing-performance<br />Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189170045283685051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post-58781097031678333562018-06-10T10:57:02.872-07:002018-06-10T10:57:02.872-07:00Our pressure is on 'time to graduation' to...Our pressure is on 'time to graduation' to try to get students out w/in 4 years. It's pretty much the same issue with a different frame.Kim in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835299.post-2484034823050521762018-06-10T10:31:00.849-07:002018-06-10T10:31:00.849-07:00Metrics and education! What a mess. Just because y...Metrics and education! What a mess. Just because you can measure something, doesn't mean you should. We are under so much pressure to increase the graduation rate -- and that is not a good thing. Teachers get in trouble for "giving" too many F's. What happened to students "earning" their grades?Caffeine Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073716022646773106noreply@blogger.com