MMH

Mom x4, Nona x2, Educator & Homeschooler
Politically homeless.
Both parties are corrupt & use hot topics to divide & manipulate voters.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

I've been screaming about this for years. Before I left public education in 2008 to homeschool, we were still teaching. Really teaching. (I hated high-stakes testing from the start, but was relieved to teach upper grades who were done with that.)
I went back 10 years later & was stunned at the lack of skills in high school math. I've written about it before. Kids in Alg2 who couldn't solve a simple equation (even without negatives) or distribute 2(x + 3). Many never memorized multiplication facts & needed a calculator for 7×4.
I worked in charter schools then, which often get students who struggled in traditional classrooms, so at first I thought it was just that. But I recently tutored a student who takes honors & AP classes in the local district where I graduated & started my career. We used to have the best SAT scores in the area. He was in honors pre-calc this year and couldn't factor a quadratic (an Alg1 skill used heavily in Alg2 & pre-calc). He was bright, a good problem solver, but was missing several foundational skills. He'll survive in college. But many kids are graduating with inflated grades, thanks to admin pushing teachers to pass everyone.
I heard a recent story about an elem principal weaseling his way into the high school principal position so he could change his daughter's AP Bio grade behind the teacher's back. I taught that principal. He's an idiot who didn't belong in a classroom, let alone admin. I taught with the teacher. He's tough and refused to allow a retake because the girl "was having a bad day." He also taught the dad who's now his principal. Thankfully, he'll retire next year and not have to tolerate this lack of ethics.
I won't expand much on the English piece of it, though I tutor SAT Prep often & English would have been my second choice for a certification. Reels, social media, phones, and 1-1 devices have destroyed children's attention span, reading ability, and learning.
It's all up to us parents now. Even if your kids are in school, get involved. YOU can help them learn, too. Show them these headlines & look up the articles to read together. Find out where they lack & take steps to fill the gaps. Now.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Look what would have happened if Kamala had won!

[Ron Paul @RonPaul]

Just days after news broke that the National Defense Authorization Act for next year would virtually merge the US and Israeli militaries, we now are hearing that the Intelligence Authorization Act is doing the same thing with the US Intelligence Community!

Introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton, the provision would rip open our nation's secrets and hand them over to a foreign country - one that has just been accused of ramping up its spying on us!

Isn't there a name for this?

Watch @RonPaul & @DanielLMcAdams below:

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@realCarola2Hope Wish I knew where this guy is.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@HrGoi21649 @sarahadams Looks to me like they are in agreement. Steve talks about the FBI playbook all the time.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@thevivafrei Please ask about the pipe bomber!!

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@MrSausageGet MAGA, probably.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@JackCarrUSA @prattprattpratt We're excited for this!!

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@sowhat617 @ShadowofEzra Not to the Dems. They suck, too. But people who pay attention hate being lied to.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@KyleSeraphin @hushholsters @Spotify This sounds hilarious.
Sorry for your family's loss, but I hope you get some nice family time.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@RealRubyRooo @For3JT @BasedMikeLee @Manhattva Right. I just meant the ones that said "Christian ‐ Baptist" etc.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@ReverendAl82 @Sassafrass_84 I mean, what proof do you have that it isn't happening? And for the record, I think the reason Republicans aren't passing the SAVE Act is because they cheat, too. Maybe slightly less.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@ReverendAl82 @Sassafrass_84 Rando advice from someone with less than 20 followers is always ignored. But thanks.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@ReverendAl82 @Sassafrass_84 Understanding statistical anomalies is a math thing, which is the subject I taught for over 30 years.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

When I post this stuff on my personal FB page, many current (good) teachers message me crazy stories. They are afraid of ramifications if they speak out. One made a joke about state assessments and her schedule was instantly changed the day before school started so she didn't teach a tested grade level. One had a student in her technology/computer class with profound disabilities, no idea how to turn on a computer, and no aide. She asked admin to move him and they refused and started nitpicking her. She had to dedicate half her class to just him. Someone else was a nursing/pumping mom. Same principal mentioned in OP refused to give her a time and place to pump for 10 minutes. Literally breaking federal law and she never filed a complaint. I have stories for days...

[MMH @MMHowell87]

I've been screaming about this for years. Before I left public education in 2008 to homeschool, we were still teaching. Really teaching. (I hated high-stakes testing from the start, but was relieved to teach upper grades who were done with that.)
I went back 10 years later & was stunned at the lack of skills in high school math. I've written about it before. Kids in Alg2 who couldn't solve a simple equation (even without negatives) or distribute 2(x + 3). Many never memorized multiplication facts & needed a calculator for 7×4.
I worked in charter schools then, which often get students who struggled in traditional classrooms, so at first I thought it was just that. But I recently tutored a student who takes honors & AP classes in the local district where I graduated & started my career. We used to have the best SAT scores in the area. He was in honors pre-calc this year and couldn't factor a quadratic (an Alg1 skill used heavily in Alg2 & pre-calc). He was bright, a good problem solver, but was missing several foundational skills. He'll survive in college. But many kids are graduating with inflated grades, thanks to admin pushing teachers to pass everyone.
I heard a recent story about an elem principal weaseling his way into the high school principal position so he could change his daughter's AP Bio grade behind the teacher's back. I taught that principal. He's an idiot who didn't belong in a classroom, let alone admin. I taught with the teacher. He's tough and refused to allow a retake because the girl "was having a bad day." He also taught the dad who's now his principal. Thankfully, he'll retire next year and not have to tolerate this lack of ethics.
I won't expand much on the English piece of it, though I tutor SAT Prep often & English would have been my second choice for a certification. Reels, social media, phones, and 1-1 devices have destroyed children's attention span, reading ability, and learning.
It's all up to us parents now. Even if your kids are in school, get involved. YOU can help them learn, too. Show them these headlines & look up the articles to read together. Find out where they lack & take steps to fill the gaps. Now.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@ReverendAl82 @Sassafrass_84 Gotta love people who have no ability to dispute things and resort to instant name-calling. It makes YOU look stupid.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@BreannaMorello We don't believe him.
We have heard this at least once a week since the beginning of it all.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@RShillingburg1 @KyleSeraphin Yeah, you're probably right. I know dead people in my state who show a record of voting. People started looking after 2020.

[MMH @MMHowell87]

@KyleSeraphin It's crazy. Christians were fine to leave well enough alone and let them pretend until they started demanding we are all the same. Their beliefs directly contradict the Bible, so that's impossible. One of us is wrong.