The 3rd and Final Presidential Debate! Lions and Tigers and Ayers? OH MY!

[bumblebee]

Good debate last night. I plan to vote for Obama but I think McCain was the better in last nights debate. The one problem I think McCain will have coming out of last nights debate was he admitted that he's gonna tax health care. I just dont see that going over well.

 

[Moonloop]

Trust me, if McCain had not said "all" I wouldn't be discussing it. Our teachers, whomever they are, need to be tested for their abilities. And to clarify my point this has nothing to do with intelligence, as I have found the most intelligent people make the most horrible teachers.

and you're right about letting ANYONE teach without any tests, it would definitely make the entire education process even slower as those unable would need to be weeded out and taught the neccessary skills.

A bit off topic, but....my music theory teacher is the worst teacher there is. The course has no direction and he does not tell you what and when assignments are due. He tells us they are on blackboard and yet when you go there to view the assignments they are unclear. Then you ask him about the assignments and his answer are also unclear no matter how many times you ask him. We go into class each week and he just talks about his life and shows random youtube videos of a possible castrato singing or people playing a piano.....these videos he shows are completely irrelevant and uneducational.
But unfortunately he is the head of the Music department, so it would be hard to do anything about him.

You don't only need knowledge to teach, you have to know how to teach and develop a proper outline for the course and the days of class...to some extent.

I also had a Western Civ. teacher who had no degree is History (he was a computer tech) and somehow he got the job...........And when he taught he skipped over the Egyptians because he said they were irrelevant to the development of our culture......regardless of what he thinks he did not follow the state curriculum.

 

[woodsy]

McCain was on the offensive (because he is backed into a corner obviously) but Obama kept his cool and his overall temperament was better.

I feel that the Obama lead will retain, and he will win the election if we are only so lucky.

Obama was calm, cool, and collected because he knows he's ahead and doesn't want to blow it. McCain went in knowing he had to throw the punches to catch up.

You're in good company. Fidel Castro and The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) share your sentiments......

 

[LChinoz]

A bit off topic, but....my music theory teacher is the worst teacher there is. The course has no direction and he does not tell you what and when assignments are due. He tells us they are on blackboard and yet when you go there to view the assignments they are unclear. Then you ask him about the assignments and his answer are also unclear no matter how many times you ask him. We go into class each week and he just talks about his life and shows random youtube videos of a possible castrato singing or people playing a piano.....these videos he shows are completely irrelevant and uneducational.
But unfortunately he is the head of the Music department, so it would be hard to do anything about him.

You don't only need knowledge to teach, you have to know how to teach and develop a proper outline for the course and the days of class...to some extent.

I also had a Western Civ. teacher who had no degree is History (he was a computer tech) and somehow he got the job...........And when he taught he skipped over the Egyptians because he said they were irrelevant to the development of our culture......regardless of what he thinks he did not follow the state curriculum.

I have had many of those types in college. Smarts does not a good teacher make.

 

[DarkArtist81]

So did I... and still do right this very moment... Several of my teachers are amazing and several are just DULL. And my grades reflect their teaching styles... sadly. Still A's and B's, but barely in those boring, tedious teacher's classes.

Funny pic a friend sent me from the debate...

 

[Bannister]

So did I... and still do right this very moment... Several of my teachers are amazing and several are just DULL. And my grades reflect their teaching styles... sadly. Still A's and B's, but barely in those boring, tedious teacher's classes.

Funny pic a friend sent me from the debate...

 

[DarkArtist81]

 

[darkknight]

You're in good company. Fidel Castro and The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) share your sentiments......

I believe Kim Jong II feels the same. It's going to be an Obamanation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrC9EWqZrhA

 

[Darklord Dave]

I believe Kim Jong II feels the same. It's going to be an Obamanation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrC9EWqZrhA

I guess we could respond with "and fuhrer Putin believes in McCain" but I really can't go so far afield as to make that comparison.

 

[Kuzeh]

You're in good company. Fidel Castro and The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) share your sentiments......

I believe Kim Jong II feels the same. It's going to be an Obamanation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrC9EWqZrhA

'cuz it's better to have a geriatric "Maverick" and a red-neck gun-toting Hockey Mom in charge of fixing Bush's crap...

 

[woodsy]

I believe Kim Jong II feels the same. It's going to be an Obamanation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrC9EWqZrhA

That is one scary video.

You would think that an endorsement by the CPUSA of any political candidate would be enough to set off red flags [no pun intended] everywhere, but unfortunately not in present day America......

 

[IrishJedi]

That is fantastic!

 

[RoboDad]

I guess we could respond with "and fuhrer Putin believes in McCain" but I really can't go so far afield as to make that comparison.

Do you have a source for this claim? I haven't seen anything. On the other hand, there have been numerous reports of the fact that both Castro and Kim Jong Il have expressed support (if not outright endorsement) for an Obama presidency.

 

[IrishJedi]

The latest Gallup Poll ("Traditional" is what they go with) is pretty surprising: Obama 49%, McCain 47% (within the Margin of Error and a statistical tie).

 

[darkknight]

'cuz it's better to have a geriatric "Maverick" and a red-neck gun-toting Hockey Mom in charge of fixing Bush's crap...

And someone with a shady background has what it takes?

 

[barbelith]

You would think that an endorsement by the CPUSA of any political candidate would be enough to set off red flags [no pun intended] everywhere, but unfortunately not in present day America......

I don't see why it would set off any more red flags than racists backing McCain. Every group attracts a fringe element. The sky is not falling.

 

[barbelith]

And someone with a shady background has what it takes?

Obama has been out there under the knife for 20 months. The only people who still cling to the "shady background" thing are probably wrapping their houses in tin foil for the End Times anyway.

 

[LordAzrael]

And someone with a shady background has what it takes?

Yeah. The real scary part is that with his associations (Ayers, Rezco, Wright etc) he would FAIL a security clearance check - but he wants to be commander in chief.

 

[darkknight]

I don't see why it would set off any more red flags than racists backing McCain. Every group attracts a fringe element. The sky is not falling.

Or that Obama did not know about Rev. Wright expressions on america or his relationship with Ayers. No big deal.

 

[Kuzeh]

I see it way more dangerous to be associated with mass murdered Bush and war criminal Chaney than with a non-sense yelling reverend and a wannabe extremist who is a teacher now...