Posted on 07/28/2013 3:45:35 AM PDT by MacMattico
I'm in NY and my daughter's schools just recently put out their "school supply lists" -- what students have to have for each class and supplies they "share" like tissues, whiteboard markers, colored pencils. My kids are in high school and Jr High.
It cost me $206 for school supplies! And we spend about $17,000 per year per student in this district! Wayyy over taxed!! My parents couldn't have afforded this for 4 kids.
I told the Superintendent this was ridiculous. She tried to steer me to a "charity" group that could help me get the supply's. I said I'm not in need of charity, I think you're wasting our money! She told me not to worry, when school starts they'll have some free supply give-a-ways! How dense! I don't need your $$, I need you to stop wasting money that isn't yours!
Oh, the smells that would come from the basement where lunch was prepared and served. Baked ham, roasted turkey, biscuits, cinnamon buns, milk in the glass bottles where the cream rose to the top and you had to shake it before drinking it.
I do remember that the teacher would pick kids that came from difficult home situations to help grand mom out, setting the table for 50 kids.Of course grand mom made sure those kids got extra samples of whatever was on the menu ahead of time.
I don't recall kids on free lunch, seems there was always enough for everyone to have a dinner plate of food.
She retired at the age of 75.
It surprises many that I support homeschooling, especially when it's done right... and I don't believe it's always done properly. It requires sacrifice and long-term commitment, and sometimes I see parents who don't follow through.
I've frequently thought of establishing some sort of academic alternative to public school. My ideal would be a school with no varsity athletics at all... at my school, athletic issues can sometimes override academic concerns, IMO.
I doubt I'd have enough paying students to keep the lights on.
Why? Are you trying to end the civil discourse that is actually happening?
Well, the pay would be the problem because our taxes automatically go to support public schools. But I appreciate what you’re doing in the classroom by setting a proper example for those kids. I guess we shouldn’t overlook the fact that some must live in the lion’s den and show the way out. God bless you and your family.
Good for you. this year I am planning on beginning with animal sacrifices and moving up to human ones by the end of the year.
Let's see how many of the Krazy Keyboard Kammandos that irritates.
So true. If the school takes public money they have to comply with gov. curriculum, standards, etc.
There are many good teachers that are hamstrung by the local school boards. They teach what they are told to teach. Many public school teachers' kids are in private schools.
I have a little supplemental part time job.
I need to read and in some cases interpret service reports.
I have one tech, about mid-twenties and minority, that has a beautiful hand. Great attitude too.
I asked him where he went to school.
The local Catholic school.
I told him the next time he saw his mother to give her a kiss for me for having the foresight.
A computer engineering student with a full ride... so long as he keeps the grades up!
I'm just a little bit proud, if you can't tell.
Now, which religious world-view should I include in my math classroom? Catholic? Mormon? Jewish? Baptist? Muslim? Do we venerate the Dali Lama?
As a teacher, I try to model and encourage values that we'd all like to see in children: honesty, kindness, gratitude, respect... teaching the path to heaven is a duty of parents, not teachers.
Much better than saying what I was thinking. I hope it shuts him/ her up, at least for a minute.
Verga, why are you posting to me? Are you still on forum probation for stalking wintertime?
I've already said everything was heat-and-serve, but sometimes you don't even get that. One time they served pork and beans, and they didn't even heat them up. Just opened the can and dished it out alongside something resembling a hot dog.
Whatever anyone thinks of the free lunch program (and I won't dispute what many are saying), I think it's the only chance at a real meal some of my students get. It's a shame they get what they get.
Oh what a table they must have for Sunday dinner.
Eye roast with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, corn on the cob, fresh lima beans, yeast raised biscuits, and cherry pie for desert.
” I’ve frequently thought of establishing some sort of academic alternative to public school. My ideal would be a school with no varsity athletics at all... at my school, athletic issues can sometimes override academic concerns, IMO.
I doubt I’d have enough paying students to keep the lights on. “
I’ve had those thoughts myself....
They only permit them to have 850 calories at lunch. Many stay after school for activities and do not get home until after 6 PM. Many bring extra food from home to get them through the day.
I sincerely hope so... oh, to have one of my grandmother's buttermilk biscuits again! My mother's were very good, but my grandmother's were world class!
She made them for breakfast every single day of my grandfather's life. The large wooden bowl that she used had an indentation worn into it where her left thumb held it while the right hand mixed.
Food in heaven, I really don't know, but some of my fondest memories were at dinner table on Sunday after church.
Christmas eve with yeast raised donuts may just be the fondest of all memories. We have started that tradition again, but take a short cut, and use Pillsbury biscuit dough. They are very close to how I remember grandmoms.
Does anyone still make an RPN calculator? I dread the day that my 1984-vintage HP 15C dies. Once you go RPN, you never go back....
tough concept LOL
I wish they’d drop the .9 cents
My mother short-cutted her dumplings by rolling out canned biscuits and cutting into strips, rather than making from scratch. I don't know where she learned the trick, but my grandmother was horrified until she tried them.
Wasn't long until she and other cooks in the family adopted the "wop biscuit" dumplings... so called because you "wopped" the biscuits on the counter to open them. Faster, easier, and no impact to the quality of chicken and dumplings... the secret's in the broth, not the dumpling.
Yeap, do the same with beef stew. Not much difference as I can tell.
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