Comments on: You Should Go Visit A Classroom

By: Mocha Momma » You Should Have Stopped Me. Why Didn’t You?

Mocha Momma » You Should Have Stopped Me. Why Didn’t You? — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:02:51 +0000

[...] Not too long ago I wrote about this school-within-a-school that three African American men are trying to implement. I made mention of it here, here, and here. Since then, the program has changed from taking approximately 50 of our AA male students and relocating them to another building where two teachers would be responsible for them to identifying 28 AA males who will remain in our building with the support of these 2 extra teachers. The best part of this stems from the fact that the ball is back in our court and we will be responsible for creating this program with additional staff members. [...]

By: DavidShag

DavidShag — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:42:19 +0000

I kind of agree with you - heck, I do totally, and yet I am thinking back to school - especially younger years, and I realize that when I think of school, I DO think of seating arrangements. It was always this big deal when we would rearrange our desks into a big circle. And Mrs. G had that damn “Barretts of Wimpole Street” display up each year, and “The Yearling” display - well, I hope if I were a parent, I would thik about other things, but I am not and I don’t. And I am pretty shallow. Actually, I hope, if I were a parent, I would mainly let the teachers teach and not interfere constantly regarding content, discipline (unless there were none)or anything else. Since I am a totally lazy-ass person, I have good reason to think that I would.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:24:22 +0000

You know, I have a meeting with Jojo’s teacher scheduled for next week. This would be an excellent question for her.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:22:30 +0000

I was just struck by the notion that 20 years from now there will be hundreds of adults looking back on their lives, and they will all be thanking you for caring so much about them when they needed it the most.
You rock.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:28:35 +0000

Having been married to a teacher for 18 years… How about the value put on the profession? Why is it that our professional sports players are making millions upon millions each year and our teachers make diddly squat? Why is it that we spend so much time comparing how much money each student “earns” per year? Why do we never have enough money for education, but enough for weapons? While we are at it- how about health care? And… oh, I better just stop. Please let us all just hope these elections will really mean something.

On a lighter note- though not necessarily healthier- the strawberry bread was a huge hit at dinner tonight! It counts as a grain and a fruit, right??