Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Dr. Judy Flatt SACSCASI
kid_thorazine:
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--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Does HLA have anyone there qualified to teach upper level math courses? Is Sam Tanner is the only math teacher? He's only certified to teach middle school grades.
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That guy is an IDIOT. He shouldn't be able to teach ANYWHERE. When I was there I was taking Advanced Algebra/Trig from a guy who was only here on a visa named Dominidor. Nice enough guy, but we could barely understand him because of his accent. I think he left right after that semester when I graduated. I took the math right before that (Algebra II?? Cant remember) from a softball coach named Lisa. Seemed pretty competent, but didn't fit HLA at all. I think she lasted 3 months.
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Yeah Sam Tanner isnt qualified to teach math at that level, nor was Andy Carlson (though he was a competent chemistry teacher). Dominador was qualified (he taught public school before coming to HLA) and knew his stuff pretty well, but yeah it was kind of hard to understand him half the time. And i think i took a class with Lisa too, she seemed qualified and competent as well. I actually lucked out and only had a few really bad teachers there, but unfortunately most of the good ones left around the time we graduated or right after.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""kid_thorazine"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Lacey"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Does HLA have anyone there qualified to teach upper level math courses? Is Sam Tanner is the only math teacher? He's only certified to teach middle school grades.
--- End quote ---
That guy is an IDIOT. He shouldn't be able to teach ANYWHERE. When I was there I was taking Advanced Algebra/Trig from a guy who was only here on a visa named Dominidor. Nice enough guy, but we could barely understand him because of his accent. I think he left right after that semester when I graduated. I took the math right before that (Algebra II?? Cant remember) from a softball coach named Lisa. Seemed pretty competent, but didn't fit HLA at all. I think she lasted 3 months.
--- End quote ---
Yeah Sam Tanner isnt qualified to teach math at that level, nor was Andy Carlson (though he was a competent chemistry teacher). Dominador was qualified (he taught public school before coming to HLA) and knew his stuff pretty well, but yeah it was kind of hard to understand him half the time. And i think i took a class with Lisa too, she seemed qualified and competent as well. I actually lucked out and only had a few really bad teachers there, but unfortunately most of the good ones left around the time we graduated or right after.
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Upper-level math being taught by the softball coach??? Was she a teacher as well as being the softball coach???
kid_thorazine:
she was a teacher that also coached softball, almost all of the sports teams where coached by teachers or councelors, thats actually a fairly common practice in smaller boarding schools, the boarding school i went to before HLA did the same thing.
Anonymous:
This happened at my high school also. I dont know much about what Georgia law is now regarding coaches teaching and teachers coaching, but I went to high school in Georgia at a private high school, (not boarding), and all of our coaches except one were also teachers. The only coach that wasnt a teacher was our guidance counselor. We had coaches teaching social studies, math, religion, and P.E. This must be a legitimate practice because my high school is still doing it and they have been in business since 1958. I guess the big question is what Georgia law is requiring nowadays for what type of degrees teachers require in the private sector.
RobertBruce:
Once again Mrs. Gray completly misses the point.
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