I'm tired....
By mommyboo
@mommyboo (13174)
United States
May 19, 2010 1:49am CST
....of all the people who believe the educational system is not broken. When I say 'educational system', that does not mean I am blaming the schools. I am also blaming the government. I am blaming the people IN government who have decided to take all the fun things out of the schools. I am blaming them for taking money from taxpayers to fund... NOTHING! Here they are pink slipping our teachers, telling us there are no funds for classroom aides and for supplies but that is a heck of a lot of money being funneled into education. HMMMM.
I am tired of hearing from all the people who want TOUGHER guidelines and standards. I am tired of hearing from all the people who want MORE WORK. What is wrong with you people? Everything is busted busted busted.
In my opinion, a good valuable school is shown by the way it treats its parents, what it provides its kids ASIDE from academics, and how it budgets the funding - whether it makes good use of what it gets or whether it cries poor and cuts off programs rather than make it work.
What's your solution? I want to hear it.
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5 responses
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
19 May 10
Naomi didn't get to go on the 4th grade Coloma trip that Dearra got to go on. Lack of funds. All three kids have way the heck too much homework. Are they teaching less stuff in school? I'm pretty sure school gets out earlier than it did when I was in school. And that's not including Wednesday, when they get out an hour earlier to save money. And Algebra, that's my current frustration. Who got the bright idea to start them on Algebra in 8th grade? Ok, in theory by teaching it earlier, children learn how to think that way earlier. Works for some children, I guess. But Dearra's brain is wired like mine, and I had trouble with Algebra in 10th grade, never mind 8th. What happened to testing the child to see if she's ready before just sticking her in the class?
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
19 May 10
oh dawnald sometimes I sit out in front here and watch little kids in the lower grades with these luggage carrier things with all these books on them and wonder how much home work are they piling on these children.'it has to be heavy as they all seem to take a lot of stuff home each day; I feel sorry for them as these are kids maybe 9 to 12 years old. How can kids do all that homework, and still have any time for anything like just being kids? I know the Japanese look at education differently and moms get all upset if their children do not get all As. but here its the US and surely we do not expect all these little kids to be geniuses. Years back when I was in junior high I remeber we had one period when we could do our homework in school instead of lugging it all home. but again they did not pile on as much homework as they do now.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
19 May 10
I was worried for a while that Dearra might have scoliosis and wondered how much the durn backpack might have contributed toward that. False alarm, but she does have a little bit of a curvature.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
19 May 10
Ha, seen it before, I think I flunked it myself!
@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
19 May 10
Mommyboo, you are totally right! I will give a more detailed response later, but right now I am busy HOMESCHOOLING, the only way to actually TEACH anything of value and teach it well.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
19 May 10
this is easy - have each school run by its parents and teachers. Create more parent involvement. Fire anybody who does not have 99% student contact - get rid of administration.
But before that - allow schools of choice. 
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
19 May 10
hi mommyboo hi fellow Californian I am in Garden Grove in a retirement center. when I came here a year and a half ago we had two music programs, a cooking program and a mental health program paid for by the Garden Grove school district. but this February they canceled all our adult programs here, claiming they were having
so many millions dollars cut backs, so of course us senior citizens were the ones to get axed first. I think the schools in California need a lot of looking at, and as you said a good school is shown by the way it handles parents, and what it offers the kids besides academics. here in a lot of schools I hear music programs and physical education are just plain non existent. this is so sad as they need these programs to broaden their education. My solution would be to budget and spend wisely for the benefit of students, teachers and parents. Restore the cut off programs and work at making them work, not just throw up their hands and quit, solve the problems instead.
so many millions dollars cut backs, so of course us senior citizens were the ones to get axed first. I think the schools in California need a lot of looking at, and as you said a good school is shown by the way it handles parents, and what it offers the kids besides academics. here in a lot of schools I hear music programs and physical education are just plain non existent. this is so sad as they need these programs to broaden their education. My solution would be to budget and spend wisely for the benefit of students, teachers and parents. Restore the cut off programs and work at making them work, not just throw up their hands and quit, solve the problems instead.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 May 10
I think that one of the most important things that is missing in most schools right now is that there isn't enough communication between the parents and the school staff. My daughter is lucky to go to a wonderful school, they have great teachers and great administration. There is plenty of communication between the parents and the classroom teachers. Kathryn is actually excelling far beyond the level that is expected for her age. I think that a lot of the reason for this is that her teachers (in both kindergarten and in first grade) have been willing to listen to me.
