Maybe CNN can explain this?
Is this really any way for HUMANS to be acting.
Makes the Nazis look classy.
Posted on 03/18/2003 1:22:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
With links to ready-made lesson plans from sources like CNN and National Geographic, Doyle said the district can put constantly updated teaching tools in every class…………….Only one of the 19 students in Waldo Rodriguez's 12th-grade government class at Miami Senior High believes the United States should invade Iraq, but almost all believe it is inevitable. When the discussion turned toward Bush -- or, more accurately, against him -- Rodriguez focused the conversation on the separation of powers. The president is commander-in-chief, he said, but Congress funds and declares war.
Impending war shaping studies in classroom
Economics classes discuss how stock markets would react to a war in Iraq.
American history classes compare their planned lesson on post-World War I diplomacy to this month's dicey negotiations at the United Nations.
Geography classes study Middle East borders and ports.
''The world around us is our textbook,'' said Tania Seale, social studies chairwoman at Miami Senior High School.
As President Bush girds the nation for war -- the first most students will follow -- hundreds of South Florida schools are tweaking their lesson plans, monitoring security and watching students for signs of anxiety and uncertainty.
'Whenever we have a national crisis, we try to deal with it on the physical and the emotional levels, said Mercedes Toural, Miami-Dade County schools' new chief education officer. ``We are as prepared as we can be.''
SOCIAL STUDIES
Social studies teachers, especially, are finding ways to integrate the news into class.
''Every single night when they go to bed, they wake up and find the entire curriculum has changed before them,'' said John Doyle, Miami-Dade's director of social sciences.
Following a model developed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Doyle's staff is preparing a carefully vetted list of Internet resources for elementary, middle and high school teachers. With links to ready-made lesson plans from sources like CNN and National Geographic, Doyle said the district can put constantly updated teaching tools in every class.
''We could write lessons every bit as good, but there's such an urgency to get it done, and we don't think we have to reinvent the wheel,'' Doyle said. ``We inspect the wheel, make sure the sites are accurate and balanced and up-to-date.
Teachers could receive that information as soon as today.
Current events are usually considered the bailiwick of the social studies department, but Doyle said the district will explore ways to bring the war into other disciplines: science lessons about biological weapons, literature studies of war novels or Islamic history.
Even without guidance from the district, some schools are already peppering their classes with developing news.
''Our students really want to know what's going to happen: Will the United Nations be invalidated if we go to war?'' said Josette Burns, social studies chairman at Plantation High. She said discussions have been sophisticated because Iraq has been in the news for 18 months.
Only one of the 19 students in Waldo Rodriguez's 12th-grade government class at Miami Senior High believes the United States should invade Iraq, but almost all believe it is inevitable.
When the discussion turned toward Bush -- or, more accurately, against him -- Rodriguez focused the conversation on the separation of powers. The president is commander-in-chief, he said, but Congress funds and declares war.
Teachers are also quietly watching for students to show signs of anxiety: enthusiastic students who become withdrawn, well-behaved students who start acting up, spikes in absenteeism.
''This happens as a direct response to feeling that your life is out of your own control,'' said Frank Zenere, Miami-Dade's lead psychologist and a member of its crisis management team. ``One of the few things they can control is their own behavior.
READY TO ACT His staff has sent schools information on warning signs, and is prepared to intervene if serious problems emerge.
``Research and experience tell us that youth will respond in a much more positive way to the people they already know, he said. Since most teachers have had their students for more than six months, they will be in the best position to spot unusual behavior.
Meanwhile, he recommends schools reserve time each day to discuss developments, allowing teachers to dispel rumors and students to become comfortable with the news.
PHYSICAL SECURITY
The more concrete issue of physical security will, as far as parents and students can see, change very little. School police will not increase patrols or use metal detectors, said Pete Cuccaro, chief of the Miami-Dade district's police.
``We want everyone to believe it's as normal as possible, he said.
Behind the scenes, though, the department is tapped into the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement, receiving daily threat updates.
Broward schools officials met last week with all principals to establish security procedures in case of a terrorist attack in the United States.
Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne said all his deputies have the blueprints of every Broward school on their laptops in case of an emergency. He, too, stressed that there is no suggestion of an imminent threat.
''Everyone should take a deep breath and relax,'' he said.
After bankrolling the unsuccessful gubernatorial bid of Democrat Bill McBride last year, the Florida Education Association is coming under attack by some Republican legislators because dues paid by its members help run political campaigns.
"I do not oppose the choice of people belonging to unions," said Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. "But teachers came to me with complaints of their money being spent to support candidates they didn't support."
The GOP-dominated Senate Governmental Oversight and Productivity Committee on Tuesday approved Fasano's proposal (SB 1652) to limit payroll deductions only for the cost of collective bargaining and grievance adjustment. The committee split along party lines, with six Republicans supporting the measure and three Democrats opposing it.
"This bill is telling me to shut my mouth," said Maureen Dinnen, president of the teachers union, who was visibly shaking with anger after the vote. "We voted to support candidates who were chosen based on their educational positions. "***
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Maybe CNN can explain this?
Is this really any way for HUMANS to be acting.
Makes the Nazis look classy.
Liberal pukes (CNN that is, the kids are easily manipulated)
This is truly frightening!
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