Posted on 08/03/2006 11:38:51 AM PDT by neverdem
Shakespeare is about pushing the boundries of language to make something beautiful. He made up, quite literally, many of the words and phrases still in common use every day, many by people who have no idea what they are really saying. You probably quote him constantly.
LOL! Good point.
I'm just being careless because it's a hot afternoon!
But that’s not what school is for.
Oh, what baloney. OF COURSE that is what schools are for. Not so that "those like Brandon" might escape with "the resiliency (for) survival" but instead that "those like Brandon" be crushed like maggots.
Just like a woman, to bring up a fight that happened years ago. ;^)
Excellent point. I brought up the air conditioning just because I'd rather be able to fix my neighbor's ac for her right now than discuss the novels of Isabel Allende.
The analysis skills that we develop and practice on FR can be learned in a high school/college setting, if one has the right instructors and program. On the other hand, sometimes all a college graduate has is the ability to repeat drivel. It depends on the student, what they were taught, by whom, and so on.
And even then ... I thought I was pretty sharp, before FR, but in my first six months or so, I got a lot of responses to my posts on the order of, "That was really dumb!" There's nothing like the interaction of thousands of interested and informed people to really make a person think, check his sources, consider his biases, re-evaluate his logic, and know his homophones.
OK, you're forgiven. What were we offended by?
If it was because this is about public education, don't worry about it. IMO, homeschoolers need to know what's going on in the public schools. One to know how good they have it and the other is because some will end up sending some of their children there for various reasons and need to know what's going on for that reason. That's why I ping you to these.
I reserve the right to answer, "What's your reasoning on that?" with, "I'm a girl! I just know!"
Ping!
"Because I'm Dad, and I said so, that's why."
Trade school is going to be a real need before long. Because there has been such an emphasis on getting a *real* (college) education, there is beginning to be a real shortage of people to do the trade kind of work. Our mechanic said that it's getting to the point where a good auto mechanic could earn a six figure income with no trouble. Not bad for fixing cars, especially if you like it.
I've always thought that the purpose of an education was to A) supply the tools of logic and analysis, and B) to supply factual data for A. I would much rather see four years of required formal logic than any number of self-esteem or cultural awareness classes.
Fascinating article. This teacher, if he continues his critical thinking, will lose his job.
There is a lot wrong with this article.
First my daughter has a learning disability, so to say only boys have learning disabilities is just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Second, young kids do not sit in on IEPs. The only time the children sit in on IEPs is when they are transitioning out of high school.
I think boys are short changed, but this article just doesn't make clear arguments.
On the spot discipline, a minimum of extraneous theory and 'hands on' training to standard.
I always believed that I received a great education attending co-ed public schools for grades K-12. But the times, they are a changin'
So it is with some regret that I find myself now in agreement with you. It is crystal clear from this article that boys now need their own classrooms. For some reason I find this rather amusing as well, since it was long claimed that girls learned more in their own schools, where they weren't subject to "intimidation" from the boys.
It is all a very sad commentary on the state of public education. Too bad the teachers union is so powerful, or we would have vouchers for everyone.
Not me. My daughters are more like boys. They don't talk much (speech problems) and they are great at math. They play with boys more than girls. They would go crazy in an all girls school.
Forcing antiquated, uninteresting books on captive teenagers leaves such a bad taste in the mouth as to ensure that most of them will never pick up a book again.
Reading should be a joy.
That gets used in our family, too.
That may have just been that teacher's experience.
Second, young kids do not sit in on IEPs. The only time the children sit in on IEPs is when they are transitioning out of high school.
That could vary in different locations.
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