Mick Kenney

The majority here in Virginia still believe in Election DAY. Not Election Week, or Month, or Quarter. We don’t think there should be absentee voting, except if you actually can’t make it to the polls on Election Day. We don’t approve of early voting or mail-in ballots. And we certainly don’t trust political polls. So, let’s wait until April 22.

If this poll shows a narrow edge for Democrats ... yeah, even with their tens of MILLIONS of out-of-state dollars and big names pushing, they're barely winning OR likely, behind the No votes. Otherwise, why would Hakeem Jeffries keep dumping millions into the state? VOTE NO.

@educator4ever36 Being Irish Catholic.

@MickKenney I don’t know! Tell me!

I’ve been nomadic since retiring and have lived in apartments for a while. Direct sunlight is a crap shoot based on where your apartment is. I’m finally in a place that gets a good six hours of direct sun, so I planted an herb garden. For this city girl, this is a big deal!

@educator4ever36 Trinity

@educator4ever36 Except on the moon. The sky is black there. 🤓

New report: The sky is blue.

@ksorbs I remember back in the 80s when people were moving out of California and moving into Oregon. The signs all over Portland were “Don’t Californicate Oregon.” But, obviously that didn’t stop the migration. Cancer, when left unchecked, just spreads until it kills the victim.

They are morons. They flee the state they ruined to escape to a free state and vote the same way. Insanity.

That was in response to Sputnik. You think I’m kidding, but New Math was the education establishment’s response to the mistaken theory that the teaching of math in America was something inferior to that in the Soviet Union. In other words, we tried to fix a system that wasn’t broken, and ended up breaking the original system. And, we’ve been trying to fix the fix ever since.

@MrDanielBuck We could go all the way back to my childhood and the New Math, a fad where some genius decided that children should learn set theory before learning basic arithmetic.

What have schools of education given us? - Whole language - Discovery math - Ending standardized testing - Ending tracking - Ending gifted programs - Social-emotional learning - Equity grading - White fragility - Microaggressions - Critical pedagogy Not a great record

I taught in schools for “gifted” children in St. Louis for twelve years until 2023. To my knowledge, those gifted programs haven’t been canceled. If anything, they’ve been expanded. So, when you write “ending gifted programs,” I have no idea what you’re talking about. Please provide evidence to support your claim.

@MrDanielBuck Ending gifted programs is the most egregious. We should be identifying these kids and maximizing their potential.

I taught in schools for “gifted” children in St. Louis for twelve years until 2023. To my knowledge, those gifted programs haven’t been canceled. If anything, they’ve been expanded. So, when you write “ending gifted programs,” I have no idea what you’re talking about. Please provide evidence to support your claim.

You’ve spent how many years in education? Thirty? Forty? I’ve spent fifty-five years selling, advising, and teaching doctors. You claim to know much about formal education. What I said about doctors, I’ve known since 1971. They used to work for themselves, however, those days are long gone.

@MickKenney @waltduro @NancyH_60 If you’re not being sarcastic, you’re really warped in your thinking. Doctors have to be so smart and study for years. And unlike educators, an overwhelming number of doctors live prosperous lives and have financial freedom.

Unpopular parenting opinion: I'm fine with my kids missing school for travel. Before anyone panics-yes, we absolutely try to travel during school breaks. But real life doesn't always line up perfectly... and I'm not skipping meaningful family experiences just to keep an attendance record spotless. These trips have given us connection, perspective, and memories we still talk about years later. I'll take that trade every time. I’d love to hear your opinion on taking kids out of school for vacation. I personally do not have a problem with it.

@cboyack That may be your most quotable quote ever. May I quote you?

Stop rescuing your kid from boredom. Boredom is where creativity shows up uninvited.

@JamesAFurey Folks like you are making it just too easy to eat your lunch. Keep up the good work. 🤓

The wave of phone bans happening across the country is so heartening because it's one of the only movements in education that takes reality seriously. These bans were necessary even when it was just TikTok in everybody's pocket, but now, with the advent of AI, it is urgent we get ChatGPT, a virtually undetectable cheating device, out of the hands of students. Without doing so, a teacher is just left assessing who best cheats discreetly, not who learns the most. Next step: get rid of the damn Chromebooks!

@DefiantLs I always find it interesting when a Christian starts off a sentence with, “You can’t call yourself a Christian if you … blah, blah, blah.”

Talarico: “You can’t call yourself a Christian and destroy God’s creation with greenhouse gases.”

You must be so proud of your son. As a doctor, he does exactly what he’s told to do by the hospital group he works for, who works for the pharmaceutical and medical equipment firms that own that group. Perhaps if you had taken him out of school more often, he wouldn’t be stuck in a dead-end job that he hates. Just a thought.

@educator4ever36 @NancyH_60 WPD had no problem taking his own Kid out of School for Travel Son, however, developed a different perspective By 3rd grade he had decided to get all A's and was not about to miss school so that Dad could hang out in the sunshine on Panama City Beach Today Son is a Doctor

@NancyH_60 I wouldn’t put my kids, grandkids, or great grandkids in a traditional school if I had my way. So, I wouldn’t have to pull them out of a school to begin with. Does that answer your question?

@BasedMikeLee And notice the prototypical moron to her left who eats up her lies, pun intended.

Aside from her truthful statement that she voted against the SAVE America Act, everything else Rep. Ilhan Omar says about the bill is false Where do they all get the idea to tell the same lies—with such uncanny precision?

@0Beanie05923291 When you reward people for doing anything, you’re reinforcing that behavior and you get more of it. When you reward a kid with an “A+” for whining and complaining about his “C-“ grade, you’re reinforcing that behavior and you get more of it.’

Academic expectations for young people today are in the cellar. That’s not a reflection of young people. The adults (who are supposed to be in charge) own this.

@toslap @rebelEducator Just because you’re “rich” doesn’t mean you’re intelligent. I know lots of “rich” people who are as dumb as dirt … and that’s an insult to dirt.

@MickKenney @rebelEducator For the poor and the dumb The rich and the intelligent already prevent their kids from having access to the internet and send them to schools with actual books.

Schools don't have a funding problem, they have an administrator surplus problem

@DoneWithLies26 @rebelEducator Okay, let me make it simple for you. Schools have a big problem. Nobody wants them anymore. People want an easy fix, like smartphones with AI. Please read that back to me so that I know you understand.

@MickKenney @rebelEducator This comment makes no sense.

@educator4ever36 How old are you, 105?

@MickKenney lol! I don’t think it’ll go that far at least definitely in my lifetime.

Note to all school Superintendents - if teachers have to crowd source for these basic supplies, you should be fired.