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Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 04:43 pm |
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| In many ways, you've just reiterated what I've previously said. I thank YOU for YOUR contribution to education. Like I said, "we need to praise and publicize the great efforts and accomplishments of our best teachers(paraphrased)." Please read and contemplate this very closely: "High expecations for EVERYONE everyday." Would you accept a doctor to operate on you who had a 99% success rate? No, because somebody died at his/her hands. The problem is, YOU are stuck doing 2x the work because too many of your peers are 7-3'ers and home while you are stuck picking up the pieces for them. GET RID OF THE DEAD WOOD EDUCATORS AT ALL POSITIONS ! Recognize, incent and pay the top performers VERY well. This will not only attract the best and brightest into the teaching/education profession, but improve the median students overall. Maybe the US university system needs to change to do a much more thorough job of instructing college kids pursuing teaching/educational careers about the how/what/why they need to be much more than a front of room lecturer to really be an OUTSTANDING educator. As for the "3 months off": I wish I had 2-3 weeks at christmas, 1 week at Easter, snow days, 2 months in summers, government holidays, etc. etc. However, my employer says I don't work, I don't eat.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2007 01:12 pm |
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So you make it sound like a burden to do what you enjoy. Like a martyr complex. Obviously you are a teacher who is liked by students and they feel comfortable with you.
I am glad that you take the time, even your own time to help them and further them along in life. The only draw back to that constant attention is that you are teaching them to be dependent on you, instead of independent upon themselves. Obviously it isn't good for your mental health either since you spend your entire life dedicated to them, even during your 3 months off from teaching every day.
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Laughing, you HAVE to be kidding me?! Three months off? When has THAT happened?
I have taught for 7 years as a high school teacher and never have had three months off! Ignorance is bliss, and when people believe things like sharks attack people, pollution is due to the ozone disappearing, and that teachers have three free months off, wow!, society is breaking down around us! To be allowed to make comments and actually have myths back them up, it is important to KNOW what the truth is to begin with! As a teacher CONSTANTLY motivating students, EVERY day (this is how I justify this...every day a minimum of five students stop by my door just to talk, owrk with me, or just complain about not receving hope from home)....when parents realize that teachers are playing the role of parents and teacher, advisor, counselor, motivator, after schoool program director, mentor, role model, etc, where do those three months fall? I have never seen them, paychecks certainly do not compensate for the breakfasts, pizza, fruit, juice, items I have bought for my class and students, as well as giving bikes to students so they can get home, providing computers to students to keep up, etc...again, three months off? Where? 
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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2007 10:43 am |
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On a positive note, look at the accomplishments (Why do educators have to publish them in defense of the good at Seaford, announcements are everywhere about them!)....Seaford presented at the Delaware Technology Conference in Dover from the Middle School, Elementary School, and elementary School, and were the envy of all due to the motivation and excitement of the teachers involved with their students....The recent Spanish trip excited students to what is out there, delved them into the cultural aspects of society, and showed everyone the true nature of education and English combined with other languages! - May 12th's upcoming Pre Relay for Life event to involve parents in efforts to recognize the community effort of fighting and raising an awareness of Cancer....May 26th's Golf Scramble again involving students with raising involvement in their yearbook, involving community leaders and students in community Service! - June 2nd's 5k run to again, promote Relay for Life efforts and recognition, Afram and Seaford High's introduction of Art brought to Seaford High and working with elementary students at Frederick Douglass to promote art, expression, writing, and cultural experiences! That is a small portion of what has been done in two months, if we did the whole year, not enough room and it takes 16 months to do this in 12 months,
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Laughing, you HAVE to be kidding me?! Three months off? When has THAT happened?
I have taught for 7 years as a high school teacher and never have had three months off! Ignorance is bliss, and when people believe things like sharks attack people, pollution is due to the ozone disappearing, and that teachers have three free months off, wow!, society is breaking down around us! To be allowed to make comments and actually have myths back them up, it is important to KNOW what the truth is to begin with! As a teacher CONSTANTLY motivating students, EVERY day (this is how I justify this...every day a minimum of five students stop by my door just to talk, owrk with me, or just complain about not receving hope from home)....when parents realize that teachers are playing the role of parents and teacher, advisor, counselor, motivator, after schoool program director, mentor, role model, etc, where do those three months fall? I have never seen them, paychecks certainly do not compensate for the breakfasts, pizza, fruit, juice, items I have bought for my class and students, as well as giving bikes to students so they can get home, providing computers to students to keep up, etc...again, three months off? Where?
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Posted: Sat Apr 14th, 2007 11:11 pm |
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| Sorry, I just cant ask or expect a teacher to do my job for me. we all know not all parents are motivating their kids either or we wouldnt have all the problems we do
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| Again...don't dwell on the parents ! It would obviously make things better if the majority of parents gave a rats !@# about their kids EXCELLING(not just getting by) but it j u s t w o n ' t h a p p e n ! Therefore, let's work on what we(our educators) CAN control....the kids that come through the doors daily. If we truly believe, and then hold E V E R Y B O D Y accountable for "high expectations for everyone everyday" then it will dramatically improve in a short period of time. And by the way, Seaford HS has kids that go to Stanford, Naval Academy, etc......and then some that go to SCI. The opportunity is there; the educators have to motivate the kids to take advantage of it.
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well i am not a teacher and you obviously seem to be. i canonly speak form a sensible parents point of view. i watch the rest of society breakdown around me and I speak my mind. frankly accountability would be nice but I sympathize with teachers knowing and hearing about the idiotic crap they have to deal with. As you say, the kids with no desire to learn should be removed. Guess what, they dont get that treatment! and those that do get it, it is done to little too late. put a good teacher in a room with better than 50% of kids who dont care every single year and you get what youre whining about. paychecks and 3 months off are nice for them but some think it is little of a blessing
I am always curious to know why kids in elementary school seem to do much better but the middle and high school kids dont. that is where and when it happens. Parents let there kids go to early thinking it is the right thing to do. kids arent grown up at 12!
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Posted: Thu Apr 12th, 2007 01:44 pm |
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| You're missing the point....we(educators) CAN NOT control what goes on at home. Therefore THE BEST educators STILL find a way to get through and spark the kids(what they CAN control). Some kids have zero drive, desire nor understanding of the benefits of being well-educated. They should be removed and sent to other options. However, accountability is a good thing. I'll just bet that somebody in your profession holds you specifically accountable for your results daily; most professions do. So why do we allow those whom we've entrusted the most precious thing there is, our kids, to people (again the mediocre to poor educators I'm talking about) who simply put it their time to get their check and 3 months off? We should be recoginizing and paying much more to the top teachers, incenting the mediocre teachers to be excellent (or get out) and FIRING the poor/pitiful/don't care/gave up long time ago teachers AND administrators. Don't live in the bubble we call Seaford because believe it or not, there are many many other school districts across the country with similar demographics who excell at educating ALL socioeconomic sectors in their community.
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Well I wont disagree that they have some lazy teachers over there but you cannot demean the great ones, many of whom I communitcate with! Plus they wont have blocks next year.
I do not think a school has to adapt to culture necessarily. So you are saying schools should be more pop culture then? cause thats all the d**n kids care about these days. i know, I have 3 and whos the father of Anna Nicoles baby or how BRittany is divorcing Kevin is more important than the 3 Rs. The cultute has gone astray at home and that is where change need be made. Dont forget most of the parents who have kids now are the kids of the counterculture generation of hippies who were once just as lazy as some of your supposed bad teachers are now!
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| Who's responsiblity is it to adapt to current culture and teaching environment", the teachers/staff/administrators or the kids and parents ? It is absolutely primarily the responsibility of the schools. THAT is why they are supposed to receive ongoing training to stay on top of societal shifts in demographics, technological advances, etc. However most are doing nothing of the kind. They want to put in their time and retire after 30 years instead of being excellent and very effective in their profession. When scheduling first changed to block, the majority of the teachers stayed with a 45 minute curriculum and gave the kids free time the remaining 45 minutes - in essence, they refused to adapt and change for the better. Don't forget, "seaford schools...high expectations for everyone every day." The only problem with that is a total lack of being held accountable for those expectations.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10th, 2007 10:42 pm |
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truthfulparent wrote: Sounds great....if there's a culture of acceptance on the part of the administration and staff. It's very evident that the most effective teachers and administrators are not defensive nor couched in their interactions with parents. They are very open and inviting to feedback, information and ideas from parents on educating their kids. It's oh so obvious that the majority of Seaford's admin and staff are very guarded in their interactions and obviously feel threatened by the feedback because "I'm a trained educator with a Master's +60/ Doctorate, etc.....who are they to tell ME how to educate?!" The arrogance is alarming and just shows an overall inferiority complex among them that squelches common sense and dialogue between parents and educators. If you want involvement, then value the opinions of those who entrust their children to you for 6+ hours/day. and oh....."Saturday involvement"....dream on...other than coaches of athletics and some clubs, Good Luck getting admin/staff to do that!
I did read this message and that passage their says it all as I said some parents dont have valued input period. they expect teachers to tell them everything and lsiten to nothing nor do nothing. teachers dont have inferiority complexes, they live in a culture of idiotic parents who have no idea what they are doing or ignore there kids that is my point! You ask any of the teachers retiring now about how it was 10+ years ago and they will tell you of better days. I had some of those teachers and I had good parents who did not react like you wrote!
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| Please reread my last submission as you have badly misread the message. I didn't say anything about parents spending 6+ hours per day with the kids...it says staff/admin spending 6+ hours with the kids. My comments regarding Saturday's are a reflection of the article you posted relative to Seaford schools. Please read more carefully.
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Ya know you sounded like a sensible person in some of your other posts but now I have my doubts. I talk to teachers there all the time and theydon't have a problem communicating with parents. They have a problem when they do not see results from their communications. One teacher I know there has called a parent 7 times this year and has never heard back from them. Whens that feedback coming back ?
Most parents in this town don't put in 6+ hours with their kids, that is bull and you know it! You even make it sound like parents shouldnot spend time with their kids, especially with that Saturday crack. A teacher shouldnot have to spend a Saturday with kids that is a parents job and i will bet that even parents dont spend meaningful saturday hours with their kids! If they did, things would be so much better.
I will agree some administraters are arrogant but that is only because they do nothing right anyway but to demean the teachers who suffer is wrong just plain wrong! The ones I know listen and are appreciated but by so few parents who even BOTHER to talk to them in the first place.
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| Sounds great....if there's a culture of acceptance on the part of the administration and staff. It's very evident that the most effective teachers and administrators are not defensive nor couched in their interactions with parents. They are very open and inviting to feedback, information and ideas from parents on educating their kids. It's oh so obvious that the majority of Seaford's admin and staff are very guarded in their interactions and obviously feel threatened by the feedback because "I'm a trained educator with a Master's +60/ Doctorate, etc.....who are they to tell ME how to educate?!" The arrogance is alarming and just shows an overall inferiority complex among them that squelches common sense and dialogue between parents and educators. If you want involvement, then value the opinions of those who entrust their children to you for 6+ hours/day. and oh....."Saturday involvement"....dream on...other than coaches of athletics and some clubs, Good Luck getting admin/staff to do that!
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Schools are for parents, too
Vision 2015 calls for engaging families in educationBy ALISON KEPNER, The News Journal
Posted Monday, April 9, 2007 [/url] D.J. Bryant jokes with his daughter Natalie, 11, as he helps her with math homework at their Radnor Green home in Claymont. Research shows that children do better in school when parents are involved.[url=javascript:goPtp('704090360{AR}-04-09-2007','D.J. Bryant jokes with his daughter Natalie, 11, as he helps her with math homework at their Radnor Green home in Claymont. Research shows that children do better in school when parents are involved.','http://vh10018.v1.moc.gbahn.net/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BL&Date=20070409&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=704090360&Ref=AR&Profile=1006')] (Buy photo)[/url] The News Journal/WILLIAM BRETZGER
A father approaches his son's school. The only welcoming sign is one directing him to buzz the office to enter. Inside, he waits at a counter while a secretary finishes a personal call before asking, "What are you here for?"
Too often, that is a parent's school reception, said Anne T. Henderson, co-author of "Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family/School Partnerships."
Research shows children do better in school when parents are involved.
But many educators struggle to get them to show up for teacher conferences, let alone take on more active roles.
The first step to engaging families is to do a better job receiving them, Henderson said: "[The] key to their decision to get more involved is whether they feel welcome and respected."
Wilmington mother Carol King-Ries agrees. "The impression you get when you walk in the front door as a parent is that you are not welcome. It's 'Where are you going? What are you doing here?' "
Teachers and administrators must engage families better if Delaware's school system is to become world-class, says the coalition of community leaders behind the $100 million-plus Vision 2015 reform plan. They argue that once-a-year teacher meetings aren't enough.
Many parents want to be involved but don't know how, group leaders say, recommending training and support efforts for parents such as:
• Creating a one-page "performance dashboard" on schools for transparent information about student achievement, customer satisfaction and financial management.
• Offering leadership and advocacy training for families.
• Having family liaisons in schools.
• Establishing more online tools and outreach programs to inform parents about what children are learning.
Research supports
Family involvement is integral to student success, according to a 2001 U.S. Department of Education-commissioned study of children in low-income elementary schools. Research firms Westat and Policy Studies Associates found students had a 40 percent to 50 percent faster rate of improvement in reading and math if teachers met every family face to face, stayed in regular contact and sent materials home that parents could use to work with their children.
"When schools engage families both at school and support what they do at home ... children do better," Henderson said. "And there is a collective effect: Schools get better."
Kuumba Academy Charter School PTA President Zachary Cohen believes his daughter Elnora, 7, benefits from her parents' school involvement.
"We are showing her we are interested in what she's doing on a daily basis," he said. "We have an interest in her schoolwork and making sure she does well, not just academically but socially and emotionally."
Karen Mapp, a Harvard University lecturer and "Beyond the Bake Sale" co-author, said educators must reach out to all.
"Sometimes the parents who are better educated or have the opportunity to be engaged, they are the ones who always get tapped," she said. "You need to recruit families that are going to reflect the diverse families in your district."
Marie-Anne Aghazadian is executive director of the Parent Information Center of Delaware, a federally funded training and information program.
"The schools that are successful at involving parents are the schools that have realized that parents are equal partners and they have to consider them regardless of their education, their economic status," she said. "They have to look at them as people who can contribute and have a lot at stake."
And outreach shouldn't stop in elementary school.
Mapp suggests creating "family centers" in schools, places parents can go for information, to find out about homework and to participate in workshops. The idea is that parents who have a place to go may feel more comfortable coming.
Nonacademic school activities also could be used better.
"I have yet to see families not show up at sport events. If there is a school play or musical, families are there," she said. "But we don't embed learning activities. We have a lot of family engagement at the middle and high school level, we just don't use it."
Models here, elsewhere
Some Delaware schools already have programs to engage parents better. Laurel is one of five districts in the nation awarded a grant to implement a program by Yale University's Child Study Center.
The Comer Model engages parents as school volunteers and part-time employees in the office, library and classroom. It encourages schools to create governance teams made up of parents, teachers, support staffers and mental health workers. Together, they develop a school plan that sets goals for academic and social standards.
"We are constantly reminded that it's using consensus, collaboration and a no-fault problem-solving approach," Assistant Superintendent Linda Schenck said.
Delaware also has some statewide programs. The Rodel Foundation, which co-funded the Vision 2015 proposal, operates the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute. Participants develop plans to improve achievement, engage other parents and design sustainable programs.
Graduate Lisa Bryant said schools need parent leaders to speak for children and reach out to other parents. But educators need to do more to reach out to parents, too, she said: "Administrators should try unconventional ways to get to the parents. A lot of times there are programs offered to parents during the week, and a lot of parents work during the day or at night. Schools should offer things on the weekends."
That also was a recommendation of a two-year study in Maryland, where leaders aim to improve engagement. They found the "traditional manner of communication with parents is archaic and obsolete," Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick said, noting that they also must use technology better and translate materials for non-English-speaking families.
Teachers also need to be trained to communicate.
"There are no courses as part of the whole preparation program that help teachers know how to do that," she said.
And educators must do a better job of making sure parents understand proposed reforms, Grasmick said. "We make assumptions that we send a piece of paper home in the backpack of a child and the parent has the depth of understanding."
Another model gaining popularity across the country has educators enact a "joining process," Henderson said. "You can't just have a one-time event or send fliers out to parents. ... You have to have an intentional process to engage families in your school community, to make them part of the team."
First is a welcoming component. "It's not just sending out invitations and putting a welcome mat at the door. It's doing home visits, getting in touch with local community groups ... recruiting parents to be buddies for other parents," she said.
Next is an honoring component, which recognizes what families already do. It also involves honoring cultures of families, seeing they are represented by posters, signs in other languages or class speakers.
Third is the connecting component, helping connect parents with other parents and the school staff as well as with what their children are doing in class.
Some changes already can be found here. Leaders at Lombardy Elementary in the Brandywine district made an effort to get parents to come to a fall open house, King-Ries said. PTA members gave children T-shirts if their parents came. They also offered baby-sitting.
"It doesn't seem like much, but it is very important for those who don't have family support," said King-Ries, a parent institute alumna.
"If you come into a school and it is a positive event or reason, then it is more likely that even when the situation is negative ... maybe when the teacher has to tell you something is going on with your child, you are more likely to come in."
Editor's Note: This is the ninth in a continuing series of articles examining the effectiveness of Vision 2015 ideas elsewhere. The series will conclude next week with a story looking at the public's vision. Contact Alison Kepner at 324-2965 or akepner@delawareonline.com.
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| Actually, Mr.Cannon is an excellent teacher with very high expectations for his students. He's had past students praise him for pushing them...including those that are now medical doctors. However, don't expect him to win any contests for caring, empathy or coddling...he's a miserable #$^&*^%$# ! I hope he can find some joy in his life upon retirement.
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Actually it looks more like retirements are the thing. I doubt seriously if anything or anyone could scare Mr. Cannon, lol.
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So, anyone out there read the last 2 sets of board minutes? Holy Moley they are dropping like flies over there. Retirements and resignations galore! Mr. Cannon's going? Wow!
Guess they are scaring them off one by one now. I don't blame 'em for going!
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| I must say it is so funn to have seen on the news the other day how SHS and the district got an award for saving energy and a visit form Carper. Funny, they freeze the people to death in the winter to do and have half the lights on the place. No wonder the kids cannot learn right. At least the AC works in the summer!
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I have high hopes for the high school AND the middle school, under the direction of Stephanie Smith. My child has one more year of elementary school left, and I would love to send him to Seaford Middle, but will be checking it out in depth this year. Here's hoping these two schools get it together. As a parent, I want to see order and discipline in the halls, classrooms, AND the cafeteria!! Our elementary schools have it, let's keep it together as these kids move up. We're counting on you!
Posted by SeafordMom on Thursday, July 14, 2005
Reviving an old post...wonder if those high hopes have been met yet??? Somehow, I doubt it!
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| So I am told at the faculty meeting last week teachers spent hours talking about what their departments are doing to help kids improve achievement. Funny, some of the teachers I talked to wished that the administrators spoke up and shared their plans for improvement rather than dumping it on them. It was rather pointless one teacher mentioned to me. Now of course that does not sound very encouraging but given that it sounds like it is all on teachers shoulders it seems that the winds of discussion about administrators in schools these days not doing their jobs is quite true. I find it sad that a meeting like this was held. I certainly do not think it is the just the teachers who need to straighten up and fly right over there. We know kids are unmotivated which I heard was what most teachers said. But they need motivation. They need consequences for their actions. If they (students) do not produce then they should be the ones losing (KICK THEM OUT OF SCHOOL) not the people who work hard every day to try and make a difference. You do them a diservice ifyou keep students in the school who should not be there. Of course kicking kids out is not the end all. Sussex Tech can kick them out, private schools can. It is lobbying for better programs that meet kids needs (not all DSTP related!) and teach them skills.
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LCR wrote: Perhaps you should focus on topics and leave personalities out of the discussions.
Happy New Year and let's focus on improving all of our schools in Delaware.
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You are officially boring and incapable of carrying on a discussion. Good luck and good riddance.
LCR wrote:
LCR wrote:
Is it possible for you to present a point of view without being abusive?
You might have real points worth discussing if you would present them in a manner that fosters discussion.
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My point is to drown you out, not getting it I see so I guess I need to keep repeating old posts til you get the hint...
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue. 
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LCR wrote:
Is it possible for you to present a point of view without being abusive?
You might have real points worth discussing if you would present them in a manner that fosters discussion.
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My point is to drown you out, not getting it I see so I guess I need to keep repeating old posts til you get the hint...
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue.
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You are being truly absurd and it shows in several of your posts on this forum. As a State Employee in the Kids department you frighten me. As a Mother of a high school student, you terrify me. As a parent of an attorney I'm flabbergasted she got so far in spite of your volatility.
Is it possible for you to present a point of view without being abusive?
You might have real points worth discussing if you would present them in a manner that fosters discussion.
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My point is to drown you out, not getting it I see so I guess I need to keep repeating old posts til you get the hint...
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue.
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My point is to drown you out, not getting it I see so I guess I need to keep repeating old posts til you get the hint...
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue.
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| Now that you insist on repeating this post every week for over a month, what is your point?
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue.
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LCR wrote: Why is that? I constantly focus on the need for improvement in Delaware schools? Hey Zym are you trolling?
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Posted by: missdelaware2005- Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Reading this article reminds me what I see on a daily basis; lack of role models in kids lives. Children become what they see at home. As a person who works with at risk adolescents, I am fed up with seeing the lack of involvement from families, guardians, the community, schools, etc. It is about time people start taking responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Here's a solution; start holding parents or guardians responsible for the kids in their care. One city in Mi. is starting to do just that. Your child gets in trouble, you get in trouble to. The problem is parents and kids realize there is no consequence any more for their actions. If people think the state or schools or communities are going to step up; they are sadly mistaken. Delaware can't even control the rising violence in Wilmington. I am also fed up with hearing, "Oh I have to work too much" or "Life is too hard". Please, if life is hard now, imagine how hard it's going to be when your child winds up dead or in jail. I have driven through Wilmingto after school hours and in the evenings and the common thing I see; kids as young as five running the streets. Did someone forget children that young need supervison? As someone who works with kids, I no longer feel sympathy for parents whose kids are out of control because you know what; parents help create the little monsters. It's time for people to get real and to those who think it involves race, you are so wrong. White kids, Black kids, Oriental kids; they get in trouble to. It's not a race issue, it is a societal issue.
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| Why is that? I constantly focus on the need for improvement in Delaware schools? Hey Zym are you trolling?
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LCR wrote: Perhaps you should focus on topics and leave personalities out of the discussions.
Happy New Year and let's focus on improving all of our schools in Delaware.
This is a funny post coming from you LCR!!!
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LCR wrote: Perhaps you should focus on topics and leave personalities out of the discussions.
Happy New Year and let's focus on improving all of our schools in Delaware.
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HAHA, CR you are so funny it hurts...you probably are Ken Madden Jr.! I wouldn't be surprised...
I believe it was you calling me a slut and saying I and others needed a high colonic (among other nasty things) that brought him...notice most of that crap that was "enema"ed out of this forum was yours...happy holidays to you too, hope you got your hide reamed out!
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Did you notice that it was your hateful comments about an administrator and his exploits that brought the webmaster to this forum?
Perhaps you should focus on topics and leave personalities out of the discussions.
Happy New Year and let's focus on improving all of our schools in Delaware.
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Perhaps you should focus on topics and leave personalities out of the discussions.
Happy New Year and let's focus on improving all of our schools in Delaware.
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Sorry you're bitter SP. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
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SeafordParent wrote: Happy Holidays!
As we go into the holiday season, a wish for the New year, a hope for a resolution of sorts...may our glorious high school find new direction in the coming 07...may they purge all their cancerous elements (unruly students and incompetent adults) and find fresh ground in the new year...to Seaford High, Happy New Year (we hope!)
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| Oh, and for those of you who find this blog distasteful and dissenting, another reminder...no one would have anything to complain about if things were done right!!! Remember that!
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Happy Holidays!
As we go into the holiday season, a wish for the New year, a hope for a resolution of sorts...may our glorious high school find new direction in the coming 07...may they purge all their cancerous elements (unruly students and incompetent adults) and find fresh ground in the new year...to Seaford High, Happy New Year (we hope!)
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Those Born 1930-1979!
TO ALL THE KIDS
WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when
we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster
seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with
sugar, but we weren't overweight because .
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. < /P>
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all,
no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or
CD's, no ce! ll phon es, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat
rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us
forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it
would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them . . CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up
as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how
brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,
severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and
with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is a
good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us....go ahead
and delete this.
For the rest of us.....pass this on.
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