I know this is the basketball forum

[ubuntuCAT]

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The waterloo schools are failing and are horrible. I student taught there and it was horrible.

You're a teacher?

[PantherHawk]

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Yes I am. Why?? I came from that great teacher college in cedar falls.

[UNIpanther99]

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While I understand why the decision to close PLS was made, it is a sad situation. As this is an athletics message board, I think it's appropriate that we point out the rich athletic history of NU High School. It will be sad to see the Little Panthers go away.

[Barnstormer]

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Have a feeling Hudson and Janesville are going to be getting a lot of open enrollment requests. Columbus may see an uptick. NU people are too "good" to slum it in CF public schools (despite them having one of the best reputations in the state).

Are the 'rats' leaving the sinking ship yet?

If NU people are too "good" for CF, they would be in for a shock if the went to Janesville. J'ville doesn't even have a band.. those kids go to WSR for band.. not sure what else they come here for.. May as well just come to WSR.. we'll take the money that comes with each student.

[UNIpanther99]

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What are they going to do with the building. I know the school part isn't in the best shape, but the gym is fantastic. They could put bleachers on the east end of the gym and it would make a fantastic wrestling facility without having to dump a bunch of money into the West Gym.

[TravelingPanther]

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Yes I am. Why?? I came from that great teacher college in cedar falls.

What do the kids give you in return for your time?

[9YRPLAN]

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You're a teacher?

this was my reaction, except rather than using an emoticon I chose to bloody my forehead on my desk.

[PantherChic]

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I think the Lab school is functional and a great teaching experience. Yeah its not the ghetto of east/west waterloo, but its a great school with a great faculty.

Wasn't their PE teacher selected as Teacher of the year like 3 different times? Also wasn't another teacher selected for teacher of the year a few times?? The students weren't robots, they were disciplined and respected the teachers.

Good Luck finding that now a days, kids these days are so out of whack its not even funny. No respect in the classrooms and outside the classroom, education is becoming a hard job to sell. In my school district alone we have had 3 teachers leave at semester due to students being out of control. We had one male teacher get put on leave because he broke up a fight and used force to pull one kid off of the other kid. Parents sued and he got let go. Pretty sad!

I'm sorry you teach in such a horrible place. I really think you're talking about the exception, not the rule.

[BCPanther]

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The waterloo schools are failing and are horrible. I student taught there and it was horrible.

So, 12 weeks in one of 20 district buildings and you know ALL of them are horrible. Wow, just wow.

[PantherHawk]

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Well let's say east and west didn't leave a great impression on me.

Yes I teach in a rough school, it's not fun because most of these kids come from broken homes and have no support. The teacher who got let go for breaking up a fight, was a great teacher who had been at that school for ten years. Its just sad when you see some of your former students on the tv, not for good reason either. You try your @ss off to reach them and help them, but no matter what you do, it doesn't work.

I love teaching, but it's getting harder and harder every day. More and more regulations and more and more students who don't respect learning or the education system.

Sorry for the rant.

[LitchMingo]

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Well let's say east and west didn't leave a great impression on me.

Yes I teach in a rough school, it's not fun because most of these kids come from broken homes and have no support. The teacher who got let go for breaking up a fight, was a great teacher who had been at that school for ten years. Its just sad when you see some of your former students on the tv, not for good reason either. You try your @ss off to reach them and help them, but no matter what you do, it doesn't work.

I love teaching, but it's getting harder and harder every day. More and more regulations and more and more students who don't respect learning or the education system.

Sorry for the rant.

I am in the same boat as you, but I would rather a UNI education major experience an educational environment to get a real feeling on how many schools truly are out there instead of one that is a simulation for research. The lab school was a joke to myself and my fellow middle level majors when I was there between 2004 and 2006. The students were nothing like they are in the "real" world of education. I have been teaching for nearly 4 years now and have seen some pretty crazy stuff and I can honestly say that student teaching in the 'Loo helped me more than any day in the Lab school. Working at a couple elementary schools in Cedar Falls prepared me more than the Lab School could ever have hoped to have prepared any education major.

Yes, the lab school uses some innovative teaching styles and techniques and allows future teachers to see an emulate those styles. But none of them are either A) Practical or B) Feasible in the current American educational system. And if the techniques are neither practical nor feasible, don't waste an education major's time on them. Prepare the students for what they are doing and what they will see once they graduate college.

[Schack]

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As a teacher for 32 years in a small rural Iowa school (current K-12 enrollment 612 students) I can attest to the same problems as described earlier in this thread. Public education is failing everywhere, and it is a reflection of society as a whole and not of the education system or the teachers.

[UNIMIS2001]

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As a teacher for 32 years in a small rural Iowa school (current K-12 enrollment 612 students) I can attest to the same problems as described earlier in this thread. Public education is failing everywhere, and it is a reflection of society as a whole and not of the education system or the teachers.

And that is why you go Private. The only public school my children will attend (If they choose) will be UNI.

As a former Business Major (MIS) from what I've read the Price Lab reminds me of a business professor who has never actually been in the private sector and teaches theory, whereas I received the most insight from the professors who worked in the private sector and told it how the real world actually is.

[Chitown Panther]

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For how negative some of you feel regarding MPLS/NUHS, I'd like to see a stat on Iowa Public Schools vs MPLS/NUHS college attended, college graduated, and which schools. Such a broad stat probably could never be found.

That said, I'd bet lots of $$$ that MPLS/NUHS is just as good or better.

Random example a girl in my class open enrolled from Waterloo, she ended up graduating #2 in her Pharmacy class at Iowa. Good for Her!!

A buddy of mine, has 3 brothers, all 4 graduated from NUHS.
Brother #1: University of Iowa, Creighton Law
Brother #2: Harvard, PHD Texas
Brother #3: Univ Arizona, Master Chicago Art Institute
Brother #4: Univ of Iowa

So riddle me this: Why are these families not floating around other schools? Do parents chose crappy schools and the above occurs by coincidence? Do parents chose schools where there is talent around their kids and have high probabilities to succeed?

I can appreciate that some of you are happy the school is closing for whatever reason....but it ridiculous to be soo passionate about it closing when you have no true experience with the school.

[TravelingPanther]

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For how negative some of you feel regarding MPLS/NUHS, I'd like to see a stat on Iowa Public Schools vs MPLS/NUHS college attended, college graduated, and which schools. Such a broad stat probably could never be found.

That said, I'd bet lots of $$$ that MPLS/NUHS is just as good or better.

Random example a girl in my class open enrolled from Waterloo, she ended up graduating #2 in her Pharmacy class at Iowa. Good for Her!!

A buddy of mine, has 3 brothers, all 4 graduated from NUHS.
Brother #1: University of Iowa, Creighton Law
Brother #2: Harvard, PHD Texas
Brother #3: Univ Arizona, Master Chicago Art Institute
Brother #4: Univ of Iowa

So riddle me this: Why are these families not floating around other schools? Do parents chose crappy schools and the above occurs by coincidence? Do parents chose schools where there is talent around their kids and have high probabilities to succeed?

I can appreciate that some of you are happy the school is closing for whatever reason....but it ridiculous to be soo passionate about it closing when you have no true experience with the school.

I think most of this has been about the value of the school for student teachers, not if students from NU are successful.