<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Not only that, but non-core teachers (those who do not teach ELA, math, science, or social studies) have been re-designated in Ohio as "specialists," not teachers at all.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">How insulting!!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Marcia Wolford, MSEd-gt</div><div dir="ltr"><div>English Language Arts</div><div>Gateway Middle School</div><div>419-893-3386</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial">
<div>I agree, Will. It is part of the superficial, dumbed down education system, culture and electorate which will cause our democracy's ultimate failure. Maybe not tomorrow, but......</div>
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<div>I notice when people urge a “move beyond” STEM in schools, <br>
they can get to music and art, but they completely pass over <br>
history and academic expository writing….a bad miss,<br>
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Will Fitzhugh</div>
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