tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post115711962696966857..comments2024-02-17T04:12:23.721-04:00Comments on parentalcation: 6 Common Sense Solutions for SchoolsTurbineGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1158445661953657202006-09-16T18:27:00.000-04:002006-09-16T18:27:00.000-04:00Rory as to your comment to number 5: make a rule a...Rory as to your comment to number 5: make a rule and people will follow--yes, but we also need to be assured of the enforcement of that rule. Coming from your military background, I am sure any rule you deal with is enforced. In education, teachers have to deal with admins that may not enforce and then it becomes impossible for the teacher to enforce.<BR/>I agree with all points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1157625453991917682006-09-07T06:37:00.000-04:002006-09-07T06:37:00.000-04:001. The school day should mirror a typical workday...1. The school day should mirror a typical workday. Say 8am to 5pm. Allow at least two or three recess periods for lots of play and a decent lunch period.<BR/><BR/>2. Wooo hoooo<BR/><BR/>3. Print out the grade sheets and send them home. Sooner or later everything will be wired.<BR/><BR/>4. I am pro DI especially in elementary schools. I realize its not as useful for higher grades.<BR/><BR/>5. Of course it would work. Make the rule and people would follow it.<BR/><BR/>6. You must live in a blessed school district, because we are overloaded with them.<BR/><BR/>7. Saying that boys and girls are only different because of socialization is ignoring scientific data and millions of parents’ experiences. (I will add reference later today)<BR/><BR/>7.5. Thank you.TurbineGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1157602723570334942006-09-07T00:18:00.000-04:002006-09-07T00:18:00.000-04:001) If we extend the school day later, can we start...1) If we extend the school day later, can we start it later too?<BR/><BR/>2) I can deal with this.<BR/><BR/>3) PowerSchool is useless where I work: I'd venture less than half of our school population has ready internet access (of course who would want to go to a public library, right?) And if they have to look anything up on their own, we get complaints that they weren't notified.<BR/><BR/>4) Please tell me "would of" is a jab at the lack of DI in your educaiton life. It hurts an English teacher's heart. Also, how far should DI go? Should we still be doing DI in 8th grade? 10th? Given what they're expected to accomplish, say, for the NC 10th grade writing test, I think it's kind of hard to script what everyone needs, especially since many come with some intuitive sense of different aspects of writing that others don't have.<BR/><BR/>5) I'd be interested to see how this works. I was dead-set against it as a teen, but now...I could go for it.<BR/><BR/>6) Fund raisers in my experience have more to do with extracurriculars, at least at the HS level.<BR/><BR/>7) Boys and girls are different, but I contend that this is because of socialization. We'll leave it at that since you've given fair warning you'll stick your finger in your ears and start humming.<BR/><BR/>7.5) While your solutions raise questions for me, it does give me hope that you're at least looking for solutions other than "blame teachers, administrators, public schools, etc."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1157144957044894002006-09-01T17:09:00.000-04:002006-09-01T17:09:00.000-04:00Believe it or not I agree with you on every point....Believe it or not I agree with you on every point. When I taught 5th grade we seperated the boys and girls when we were required by the system to teach Human Growth and Development. Believe me the curriculum was tame, tame, tame. Mainly body systems but since we mention the reproductive system we were required to seperate the sexes. I always taught the boys. It does make a difference. I enjoyed it. <BR/><BR/>Regarding Power School and programs like it....it is a requirement of NCLB that school systems provide data to parents and naturally many are going the way of the Internet. Unfortunately many are just now getting around to it. My own system just implemented a software program for our gradebooks, however, parents won't have access to it until January. Yes, I know...go figure.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com