Teacher Dancing With His Students Has Already Won 2016

submitted by newtboy
8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago
Ron Clark, a teacher and founder of Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, posted a video to social media on Sunday showing him and his students dancing along to the hit song "Bet You Can't Do It Like Me" and nailing EVERY move.
The students met him at the school on Jan. 3, filmed their dance session which lasted for two hours, and then posted the video online.
The result was perfection....except for the video quality.

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siftbotsays...

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eric3579says...

Take a look at the links in my comment at the top. He's about as good as it gets when it comes to educating/teaching.

This is what an amazing teacher/educator looks like.

...and it's not because he dances with his students. Although that's pretty cool.

Paybacksaid:

So how long was it until he was fired?

bareboards2says...

I just read an article about him. One of the first things he did to reach the kids was learn to Double Dutch jumproping. All the other teachers went to the teacher's lounge, but he spent his breaks learning Double Dutch. He said you connect with the kids on what they are passionate about.

And now he does the Nay Nay, or whatever this is.

What an interesting, connected, loving man.

Esoogsays...

His school is very impressive, but I wonder if it would scale. Could we do this everywhere? I think we could, with enough buyin from government.

They have a tuition scale: https://fluencycontent-schoolwebsite.netdna-ssl.com/FileCluster/TheRonClarkAcademy/Mainfolder/RCA-Admissions-Class-of-2020-DOWNLOAD.pdf

For a household like mine, its a bit expensive to attend. ~$10,000 a year. I think he's doing a lot of things right for education, but at that price, its simply not scalable. My wife teaches in a low income area where some families can barely afford an $8 t-shirt.

Paybacksays...

Nah, I'm glad it's all happiness and ice cream, just being cynical...

Just seems to be the exact thing a school board would try to squash into the mud.

eric3579said:

Take a look at the links in my comment at the top. He's about as good as it gets when it comes to educating/teaching.

This is what an amazing teacher/educator looks like.

...and it's not because he dances with his students. Although that's pretty cool.

newtboysays...

Your last statement is why I can't understand why any middle class or lower Republican would have children. (just to single out one group for the sake of argument, I really can't see why anyone would have children today...but I digress)
They complain (often with good reason) that public schools are terrible and teach next to nothing, but they have no alternative that they can afford. If they really believe schools are as bad as they say, why would they have a child before they had the funds to keep and educate one?

Esoogsaid:

His school is very impressive, but I wonder if it would scale. Could we do this everywhere? I think we could, with enough buyin from government.

They have a tuition scale: https://fluencycontent-schoolwebsite.netdna-ssl.com/FileCluster/TheRonClarkAcademy/Mainfolder/RCA-Admissions-Class-of-2020-DOWNLOAD.pdf

For a household like mine, its a bit expensive to attend. ~$10,000 a year. I think he's doing a lot of things right for education, but at that price, its simply not scalable. My wife teaches in a low income area where some families can barely afford an $8 t-shirt.

eric3579says...

It's not so much about the kids although it ends up benefiting them. It's more about good teachers. He teaches other teachers how to teach this way. They come from all over to learn from him at his school. They can then take it back to their classroom and use it. He started off doing this in his own classroom in a public school before he started his academy. It's really all about the teacher. Watch those links i linked, especially the talk he gives. It's really refreshing and amazing imo.

Esoogsaid:

His school is very impressive, but I wonder if it would scale. Could we do this everywhere? I think we could, with enough buyin from government.

They have a tuition scale: https://fluencycontent-schoolwebsite.netdna-ssl.com/FileCluster/TheRonClarkAcademy/Mainfolder/RCA-Admissions-Class-of-2020-DOWNLOAD.pdf

For a household like mine, its a bit expensive to attend. ~$10,000 a year. I think he's doing a lot of things right for education, but at that price, its simply not scalable. My wife teaches in a low income area where some families can barely afford an $8 t-shirt.

robbersdog49says...

because they never see only of their shit applying to them, and everything is always someone else's fault.

Accidents happen with birth control (if you're even using it) but if you're a right wing religious nutjob then you're forced to bring your accident to term and into a life of shite because family planning isn't a real option.

No responsibility is taken. If the kids don't learn well at school then it's the teachers. Or the curriculum or whatever. It's bullshit. Teaching happens at home as much as at school, and I'm not just talking about homework.

My mother's just retired as a teacher in the UK. She'd have kids play up in class and end up having to phone the parents to tell them about it and discuss what they could do to help. Most of the time all she got from the parents was an incredulous 'what's it got to do with us? He's at school, he's your problem, if he's being naughty it's you who's fucked up'.

She taught kids who have never known anyone in their family have a job. Parents don't work, their parents don't work, and even their parents never had a proper job. These kids just don't understand their place in the world, or rather they understand the tiny little world they live in but have no idea how to get out of it or even that it's a possibility.

These kids then grow up and do what their family has always done. They have kids mid teens and just live at home soaking up the benefits.

It would take an astonishing amount of foresight for a kids from this world stop and think 'Hey, maybe if we waited a bit and saved some money it would be much better'. They'd be the first in the family for generations to think that way.

These are extreme cases, but the same mentality flows around the whole system. Everything is there to be moaned at and criticised and most importantly blamed for all your problems. This leaves you a victim of circumstance, there's nothing you could have done...

newtboysaid:

Your last statement is why I can't understand why any middle class or lower Republican would have children. (just to single out one group for the sake of argument, I really can't see why anyone would have children today...but I digress)
They complain (often with good reason) that public schools are terrible and teach next to nothing, but they have no alternative that they can afford. If they really believe schools are as bad as they say, why would they have a child before they had the funds to keep and educate one?

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