tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post736350239741397424..comments2023-10-07T02:42:10.642-07:00Comments on Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools: Ron Clark Bashes ParentsFedUpMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-57842808967789068982011-09-22T06:39:26.937-07:002011-09-22T06:39:26.937-07:00I was tempted to reword the end of the article lik...I was tempted to reword the end of the article like this:<br /><br />If your child's teacher said something happened in the classroom that concerns you, go and talk to your child and approach the situation by saying, "I wanted to let you know something your teacher said took place in your class, because I know that teachers can exaggerate and that there are always two sides to every story. I was hoping you could shed some light for me."Hienuri Kayleuetskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706477882374399244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-49800988618163124362011-09-13T06:12:49.813-07:002011-09-13T06:12:49.813-07:00Suburban Chicken Farmer, thanks for the research. ...Suburban Chicken Farmer, thanks for the research. I'll post a true link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/nov/24/20/former-daycare-teacher-faces-judge-in-january-ar-566112/" rel="nofollow">Update: Former Daycare Teacher Found Not Guilty on Abuse Charge</a><br /><br />Yikes. The teacher showed terrible judgement. The child spent the rest of the day crying from the chemical burns on his face.<br /><br />@Megan & Matthew, there's a terrific essay floating around the web about why school is worse than any adult job. I'll see if I can dig it up.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-858388996627699242011-09-13T04:06:14.483-07:002011-09-13T04:06:14.483-07:00@Megan - I completely agree.
In my job I can go t...@Megan - I completely agree.<br /><br />In my job I can go to the bathroom when I need to. If I'm tired of sitting down, I can stand up and walk around. If I forget to bring something to a meeting, I just walk back to my office to get it.<br /><br />It is critical to my job that I know how to find, evaluate, organize and make use of information. The things I need to remember I learn by constant use. I don't have to memorize anything.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-8518112136505157282011-09-12T09:08:41.370-07:002011-09-12T09:08:41.370-07:00Teachers love to say things like, "We're ...Teachers love to say things like, "We're preparing students for the real world" when they humiliate kids or impose Draconian homework policies.<br /><br />Guess what? The real world of work and college can be forgiving, for the most part. In college, I forgot to buy a "blue book" before an exam to write out my essay questions. I told the teacher, and he told me to instead use regular paper and write out the honor code that we'd normally sign inside the blue book. I've had family crises that have prevented me from getting my work done, and I've told my boss, and he understood. <br /><br />I think the lesson we should be teaching kids is to talk to their teachers and parents when there's a problem, not that everything is rigid and inflexible. In the "real world," if it's that inflexible, people usually start looking for another job.Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-48265833873052786142011-09-11T11:09:30.683-07:002011-09-11T11:09:30.683-07:00When you don't have enough facts to back up yo...When you don't have enough facts to back up your claims, just write some apocryphal story to show just how parents push around well-meaning professionals-<br /> Clark writes' "My mom just told me a child at a local school wrote on his face with a permanent marker. The teacher tried to get it off with a wash cloth, and it left a red mark on the side of his face. The parent called the media, and the teacher lost her job. My mom, my very own mother, said, "Can you believe that woman did that?"<br /><br />I felt hit in the gut. I honestly would have probably tried to get the mark off as well. To think that we might lose our jobs over something so minor is scary. Why would anyone want to enter our profession? If our teachers continue to feel threatened and scared, you will rob our schools of our best and handcuff our efforts to recruit tomorrow's outstanding educators."<br /><br /> Sounds horrible! Professionals getting canned over washing kids' faces! Parents, you've got to back off! Right? Except of course, it never happened.<br /> The real story where this seems to have emanated from is a tad different, errr.. I mean A LOT different-<br /><br />A daycare teacher scrubbed a three year old's face with a bleach wall cleaner. The parent wasn't too happy; her child had chemical burns on his face... and the parent had to fight the daycare to release the video to her.<br /><br />http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/nov/24/20/former-daycare-teacher-faces-judge-in-january-ar-566112/Suburban Chicken Farmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-6440190111088189072011-09-10T11:56:37.012-07:002011-09-10T11:56:37.012-07:00Clark says, First parents should recognize each a...Clark says, First parents should recognize each and every teacher as an educated professional.<br /> <br /> I'd love to and I try, I really try. Yet, every year, when my kids bring home teacher-produced homework instructions and/or materials, it often has basic grammar mistakes. This year, one teacher consistently sends home poorly copied worksheets, margin letters and words cut off. <br /> <br /> Of course, other evidence abounds:<br /> From Teacher-trainer extraordinaire Chris Rekstad writes on the subject of teaching writing. <br />"Oral Writing to Genius Ladder...how does it all work?<br />We have talked about several aspects of writing, but now how do you implement them and in what order? It's always good to get good ideas, but then we take them home and wonder, "how does this really look in my room...tomorrow?"<br /><br />So this is how it feels to me right now. Don't forget that this is a totally new, fluid process, this is right now, but that may change in the next few months."<br />------------------<br /> To quote Bill Murray: It's your professionalism that I respect.<br />.................<br />I support teachers, but I also am my sons' advocate. And you know what? If there is a rare conflict between those two- I must choose being their advocate over supporting teachers. Because, see, I've been knocking around this ol' world for quite awhile now, and I know a little sumpthin about sumpthin. Teachers do not love children as their own parents do. (Clark should be ashamed to put forth such balderdash) There are teachers who do not even like kids. You do not know your students as well as their parents do and furthermore you put up barriers, devices of every sort, to ensure you will not ever know them nor they you.<br />You are a part of a mighty institution and it a part of you when you act upon my kids. But that's not enough for you? <br />Nope, Clark's anonymous "administrator of the year" would prefer teaching orphans because "the parents are killing us!" (disturbing peculiar imagery, eh?) <br /><br />To recap: I can't trust teachers to be experts when they consistently show or reward ineptitude.<br /> I can't rely on only a teacher's viewpoint in any matter because I know you do not love or even know your students very well.<br />So, pardon me, but I'd like my child's viewpoint as well. <br /> ]<br /> You've got the school, the district, the state.<br /><br />My kid has me.Suburban Chicken Farmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-61804931829769907472011-09-09T20:07:29.731-07:002011-09-09T20:07:29.731-07:00Preach it, Chris! I had the same problem with thi...Preach it, Chris! I had the same problem with this article. That and the fact that this dude assigns summer reading and then CRITICISES a family that had a crisis in July because they gave their kid time off in June? WT???? They should have seen a crisis ahead of time and prepared? What?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-12454596432970534672011-09-09T20:00:41.226-07:002011-09-09T20:00:41.226-07:00I found this article so annoying.
"One of my...I found this article so annoying.<br /><br />"One of my biggest pet peeves is when I tell a mom something her son did and she turns, looks at him and asks, 'Is that true?' Well, of course it's true. I just told you."<br /><br />Classic authoritarian mindset. If you expect parents to just shut up and never question anything you say, then you *should* find another line of work.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.com