Here's our little lion...
Posted on 10/21/2004 6:17:28 PM PDT by mlmr
I have had to place some of my children in the local government schools. I am keeping the school on a fairly short leash and spend more than the usual amount of time talking to school employees.
Every school employee except for the busdriver has, each time we have spoken togher, has put in a POINTED slam of the No Child Left Behind program. All of them. All the time. One employee told me that I had to provide a reason and a note when the child is missing for a day...becasue No Child Left Behind requires it. Althoug friends in other districts deny thier schools requiring any such thing. And I certainly know that this is a FEDERAL mandate since the speakers all refer to this issue.
Is this a NEA or state union push. It is very effective for on a one to one basis with all parents during the teacher meetings this year, which are mostly held before the elections, parents are being told that the present administration is screwing up their child.
Any other government school parents experiencing this???
Here's our little lion...
BTTT
. . provide a reason and a note when the child is missing for a day... becasue No Child Left Behind requires it." Are we not supposed to be held accountable for the children in our charge?
When I walk into a school and tell them that my daughter had appointments or that I need to remove her from school an hour early...I dont expect to be told that I have to write a note asking permission or telling them additonal details. I am her mother. I use my best mother judgement. I am accountable to God...for my daughter's well being, not some government school.
It causes teaching to the lowest common denominator... Inclusion really kills a classroom. Separating by skill level instead of age would do wonders..
i fully understand. special ed students aside, our school district has cut back on advanced classes for smarter children so they can spend money and effort on the children with lesser intelligence.
I did not say join. I said attend. There is a difference.
The NEA objects big time to No Child Left Behind.
What homeschoolers need to worry about if Kerry is elected Ping.
I've met a number of teachers, gotten to speak politics with just a few. For the most part I find them conservative in their views, but when it comes to actually thinking they should be ....shall I actually say it..... EVALUATED for their performance they get a tiny bit indignant.
tiny, huh?
Don't know about government schools, but I work as a substitute teacher (elementary public schools) and when I've done lunch in the teachers' lounge, that all I hear are complaints amongst themselves about what a burden it is to have to abide by the guidelines and testing. I thnik even their in district and outside teacher publications are negative towards the program too.
LOL, whoops. I was thinking corporal and capital came out.
Firing squad or lethal injection?
I've only interacted with one teacher on the issue. It's seems to me she didn't like it because it was creating more work for her.
In our schools they separate by skill level. All the "Leadership" Children go into the multiage and the rest of the children are divided among the mainstreaming problems.
I'm having trouble with one of my 2nd graders teachers. She's older, and not flexible.
My daughter is one of the best students in the class. She has one of the highest reading levels (way over 2nd grade), is on one of the highest level math tests, and has made the best scores on spelling tests this year.
My daughter is also a slow writer, and the teacher is making my daughter miss recess because she hasn't completed her work. This is what she also does to kids that don't do their homework. My daughter is upset because she is being punished.
I've asked the teacher to send home unfinished work and let my daughter go to recess, and the teacher has a problem with this.
My daughter has been in tears over this several times a week, since school started.
"...automatically sending $2 to the national pta"
i did not know this. thanks for the information.
If you don't mind me asking, why did you have to send them to public school?
Don't know about government schools, but I work as a substitute teacher (elementary public schools)
An elementary public school is a government school....
Consider this extra bang for your buck. The teacher is giving up her own potty-break for your child.
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