An incisive and contemporary outlook on everyday life from a critically time-challenged and generally harried female perspective (blablablah...it's the site for my comics series)
Friday, July 3, 2009
Maxine's BD: Attending a Conference on Education
...Where Maxine gets an education in the field of Education.
Hilarious, as always. Yes, there is way too much hogwash in the education community, and it all comes from the top. The teachers in the trenches are the ones who suffer from the pie-in-the-sky administrators.
First visit...LOL. Didn't they cover SOLs (Standards of Learning), must be posted on the black (sorry...white) board for each lesson? Oh, and no little self-esteems can be neglected, and let's reorganize the school system every 2 years, change out the math program, get new "decoding" reading methods, and move more folks into administration. While we're at it, bring in some more consultants.
"BD" means "comics" in French; this is where I will tell my alter-ego's (mis)adventures, aka "Maxine's Comics."
Why the name "Maxine"?
Many years ago, when I had some bookwriting ambitions, I thought that "Maxine Sellers" would be a really cool pen name... Surely, any person named Maxine would be smart, efficient, self-confident, even successful... (There is no relation between this comics and another series with a similar name.)
Hilarious, as always. Yes, there is way too much hogwash in the education community, and it all comes from the top. The teachers in the trenches are the ones who suffer from the pie-in-the-sky administrators.
ReplyDeleteI love your gift, and your sharing.
ReplyDeleteMy first time visiting Maxine and her adventures will NOT be my last.
Thanks for the kind comments!
ReplyDeleteI agree totally about the education field. Way too full of jargon and not nearly enough doing things. Geat job!
ReplyDeleteMaxine where have you been?
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First visit...LOL. Didn't they cover SOLs (Standards of Learning), must be posted on the black (sorry...white) board for each lesson? Oh, and no little self-esteems can be neglected, and let's reorganize the school system every 2 years, change out the math program, get new "decoding" reading methods, and move more folks into administration. While we're at it, bring in some more consultants.
ReplyDeleteOh...love the kitchen!
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