Comments on: You Have Kids, Right?

By: gunky

gunky — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:33:22 +0000

i taught elementary school for ten years and hailed my first pregnancy as my ticket out. i had enough of raising my student’s reading levels by two years’ worth in ten months and of still being told i was a bad teacher because they were exiting below grade level. BUT LOOK WHAT THEY LEARNED!
anyway. i can’t stand it. if mccain wins i am moving to canada.

gunkys last blog post..aloha

By: aly

aly — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:44:23 +0000

a-fucking-men.

especially given all the discussions we had at FOR, it is so frustrating to hear people who have NO IDEA WHAT GOES ON IN EDUCATION declare what is wrong with it, and then propose “solutions” that will continue to disintegrate our schools and children.

i hate that i teach in a trailer where my classroom used to be an office, and therefore can barely fit my 15 kids on a site completely inaccessible to families, while schools in neighboring districts with money are building new performing arts centers because their old one isn’t “aesthetically up-to-date.” mother effer are you serious!?

ps- at least your governor hasn’t chosen to punish the state employees for legislators not passing a budget. if he had an ounce of sense he’d withhold THEIR paychecks and pay the rest of the state a living wage instead of putting one more family out of a house because they were barely making their mortgage as it was. just give me the nyquil is the point.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:12:19 +0000

When politicians start talking about education, I stop listening because they never seem to know what they’re talking about.

My biggest issue is with the inequities in funding schools, but I think that’s been pretty well covered here already.

Gwens last blog post..Heart Throb

By: lylah ledner

lylah ledner — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:58:27 +0000

Hi Mocha Momma…LOVE this blog! I can tell we’re going to get along JUST marvelous!!! Cupcakes and all…:-) thanks for the HELLO on the lylah blog….yup…having 5 grandkiddos…i’m asked, “nana, can we make cupcakes?” can’t refuse!

blessings…lylah

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:22 +0000

>I wish I would have made my point clearer so I will just say it here: my title implied that we are all responsible, whether the children belong to our personal families or not. Any child left behind belongs to us all.

Thank you Mocha!