@JamesAFurey “You either die a hero, or live to become the villain”. There is no incentive (other than intrinsic) to have standards in education. If you do have standards, they will slowly be eroded away by your peers, parents and administrators.
@nic_carter After Andy Roddick burst on the scene, I found many jrs only focused on big serves and big forehands forgoing a complete game. I think that style set us back many, many years - @grok is there a correlation to this statement or is it my analogy?
@JamesAFurey Please be patient. They are seeing you like you saw others. It took time for you, as it will take time with them. Pray and plant seeds where ever and whenever you can.
@JamesAFurey Towards the end of my teaching career, the sheer volume of SPED students made it easier to modify the whole class than to meet all of the accommodations individually. It was a survival technique that ultimately lowered the expectations for all of my students.
@MrPatMineo Ref steps up after the smashing the kids face in the mat solves all the problems. When the authorities don’t do their job, bad things happen.