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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I was at Jamestown over the weekend with my kids.[/b] We thought a Williamsburg trip for a couple days would be fun and we went to Jamestown for a few hours. It's fascinating if you've never been. It only took 2 hrs/25 mins to get there, so you could easily go up and back in a day. It cost about $40 for my whole family to get in.

I'm actually with OP. I'd be surprised if a history teacher that lives in this area has not been to Jamestown. It's significant to U.S. history, not just Virginia history. I do think it shows a lack of intellectual curiosity.  Plus, children learn better from teachers who are both informed and excited by the subject matter. And hands on projects and field trips make the subject matter "stick" for kids. [/quote]

Sure you were, OP.  :lol: [/quote]

I'm not the OP. My inlaws got a deal on a condo for the week so we made a side trip. It was fun and educational. And I'm not even a teacher...just someone out there who actually likes to learn something once in a while. [/quote]

The above poster is not OP. I am OP.  Hey, there are other key historic places to visit in VA, not just Jamestown. My mom, who was an ES teacher, put my brothers and I in the car and took us to many exciting places during the day. It is not about asking for reimbursements, it is about intellectual curiosity as the previous poster pointed out.[/quote]

Now I get it! Your mum couldn't afford to take you and your siblings abroad. Local jaunts were the best she could do. In turn, you valued those experiences and gave them to your children. GREAT!

So why can't you understand that others had different experiences which gave them different interests and values??? I'm truly wondering about the emotional maturity of some people. I don't understand this "I do this. Why can't/don't you? And if you don't that means there's something wrong with you or you are somehow inferior" attitude in anyone past the age of like, 23.[/quote]

You obviously rush in your interpretations and lack the background knowledge needed. Something's wrong with the posters getting very defensive and aggresive every time teachers get questioned. I repeat: QUESTIONED. It doesn't mean "picking on them"

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Well, aren't you the POT!!!!

YOU have NO background knowledge about the teachers you're judging. And the poster below you pointed out how your posts aggressively judged teachers after that initial question-which was a judgment in itself.

I don't understand the teacher hate and judgement in here at all. Are parents that pissed that teachers get summers off????[/quote]

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