[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: school
- From: Fran Henry <fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxx>, showgsd <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:04:32 -0600
AMEN!!!!!!! As a retired teacher, I totally agree!! One of my students left
for three weeks to go to South Africa with his parents to visit his sister
who was posted there.
Mine was a newspaper production class, and while he could make up missed
assignments, he could not make up the missed production time. His grade
dropped from an A to a B. I had told him his grade might be affected, and I
had also given him my blessing to go.
Less than a year later, his sister was killed in the Beirut embassy bombing.
That trip to Africa was the last time he saw her, and I am eternally
grateful that I encouraged him to go.
Of course I think that education is important, but education doesn't only
happen in classrooms. And like Penny, I'm dismayed at what No Child Left
Behind has done to what I consider "education."
Fran Henry
Denver
> I respectfully disagree. I am preparing kids for LIFE; unfortunately,
> in NY standardized tests seem to be taking over. I teach kids--I
> totally disagree with "cookie cutter education"--I'm teaching them
> that each and every one of them is unique--they are NOT the same and
> should not be taught as such.
> Off my soap box.
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