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Teach...you are so right...they are sweet, cute, lovable but the words stop with "w/o blemish....LOL When they are good they are very good but when they are bad they are VERY BAD...as in when the stupid Oklahoma weather keeps changing. I love my babies but sometimes I just don't like some of them. It's like training a litter of pups...cute and loveable but you still got to break the bad habits the parents let go for 4 years. LOL
Can I get an amen from the choir on that one? 95% of the difficulties my students have is due to their parental units. You know we spend so much time teaching these kids how to read, math, grammar, science, history and test them to death over it but the most imporant job with the most long reaching affects to society as a whole any human being has is being a parent. Do we teach that? No, we assume the parents are teaching this but when looking at the rate teenage pregancy, crime, drop-out rate, mental health system, illiteracy, poverty, etc, etc proves that our children are not taught the basic fundementals of being an adult raising a healthy, well adjusted child. Do not get me wrong, I expect my students to learn to read, math, history, science, etc but I also try to teach them how to be functioning individuals in society, because if we as educators do not step up and teach them who in the h3ll is going to?
Oops sorry I will step down off my soap box now.
Man I could so jump on the soap box with you... I have my ideas on where it all really went down hill but that in its self is a soap box moment for me... I home school my children and have now for the last 3 years. Home schooling is not for everyone but in my two kid's case its been a blessing, not always easy but it has allowed me to re learn school in a way that I wish I had been taught.... (more one on one). I like the fact that my kids can socialize with all ages and stages of folks at any time during the day and that Oklahoma home school laws allow me to choose the curriculum best for my family and children.
Jeannie
Teach...you are so right...they are sweet, cute, lovable but the words stop with "w/o blemish....LOL When they are good they are very good but when they are bad they are VERY BAD...as in when the stupid Oklahoma weather keeps changing. I love my babies but sometimes I just don't like some of them. It's like training a litter of pups...cute and loveable but you still got to break the bad habits the parents let go for 4 years. LOL
Can I get an amen from the choir on that one? 95% of the difficulties my students have is due to their parental units. You know we spend so much time teaching these kids how to read, math, grammar, science, history and test them to death over it but the most imporant job with the most long reaching affects to society as a whole any human being has is being a parent. Do we teach that? No, we assume the parents are teaching this but when looking at the rate teenage pregancy, crime, drop-out rate, mental health system, illiteracy, poverty, etc, etc proves that our children are not taught the basic fundementals of being an adult raising a healthy, well adjusted child. Do not get me wrong, I expect my students to learn to read, math, history, science, etc but I also try to teach them how to be functioning individuals in society, because if we as educators do not step up and teach them who in the h3ll is going to?
Oops sorry I will step down off my soap box now.
Man I could so jump on the soap box with you... I have my ideas on where it all really went down hill but that in its self is a soap box moment for me... I home school my children and have now for the last 3 years. Home schooling is not for everyone but in my two kid's case its been a blessing, not always easy but it has allowed me to re learn school in a way that I wish I had been taught.... (more one on one). I like the fact that my kids can socialize with all ages and stages of folks at any time during the day and that Oklahoma home school laws allow me to choose the curriculum best for my family and children.
Jeannie
