Galt's Gulch

A teacher that gets it.

Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 6 months ago to The Gulch: General
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I have a customer who is a huge Atlas Shrugged fan. He wears John Galt shirts and sweatshirts almost everyday. He gives shirts to kids that read the book and understand the messages. He has been talking to one of his kids teachers about Atlas Shrugged. After he read the book and discussed it with him he decided to get him a shirt. When he saw him he said "here, you have earned it". The teacher said "I'm glad you said I earned it--I wouldn't just take it". I thought WOW he read it and he understands it.

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  • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 6 months ago
    I want to meet a teacher like that! (Although, by the sounds of it, my son's Social Studies teacher seems to have a clue. One of these days I'll talk to him... I'll have cards!)
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    • Posted by $ johnrobert2 12 years, 6 months ago
      BTW, I found another box of old textbooks. Most have to do with English and spelling, some few deal with mathematics, a few readers for the lower grades and one dealing with business practices. Most were late 19th- early 20th century. Still haven't found my Kipling though.
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      • Posted by $ Maphesdus 12 years, 6 months ago
        Where did you find the box, and what's so special about textbooks from that time period?
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        • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 6 months ago
          They are from back in the day when America still knew how to educate children. Small classes, without rigorous, non stop testing testing testing. (If a student masters a skill..WHY do we need to keep testing him over and over and over?) And minus all the subtle collective/group unison chanting, marching, repeating...... and much much more that I don't have time to get into now.
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          • Posted by Hiraghm 12 years, 6 months ago
            Before my HD crash about six months ago, I had pdf versions of McGuffy readers and spellers from the turn of the century. I have no idea where I got them, I just saw them on the internet one day and grabbed them so they wouldn't be lost. I need to check my backups to see if I got them backed up...
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