Kendall,



My Mom was a teacher.  She started teaching in an one room school.  mom
taught grades thru 8.  Eventually , She got in our our local school system
and started the Title/Chapter 1 reading and math program.



Kathy
















On 11/2/07, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Linda, et al,
>
> My grandparents were teachers, my aunt was an elementary teacher and
> school
> principal, my dad taught at the University level, my mom taught high
> school,
> and my sister and I both teach at the University level (although my
> teaching
> is limited to guest lectures on disability topics, as I haven't completed
> my
> Master's yet).  I've had the opportunity to do this in nearly all of the
> "colleges" - Engineering, Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences, and Business
> -
> across the University, however.
>
> Another aspect that emphasizes the importance of families inculcating
> values
> in their children is that with standards based education being the driving
> force behind funding, teachers must increasingly "teach to the test."  I
> don't argue think that proficiency in core areas should be allowed to
> slip,
> but in a 6.5 - 7.5 hour school day, many of the "values based" curriculums
> take a back seat to these "core areas."  There are too many schools who
> have
> eliminated art and music programs to devote time and money to "teach to
> the
> test."  Unfortunately, citizenship is not a large part of these
> tests.  Much
> of the writing I see in freshman level students tells me that teaching
> being
> driven by a specific test isn't working well across the board.
>
> Have a great time in New Orleans!
>
> Kat,
>
> As far as "who elects the politicians?" it could be argued that it's
> largely
> done by the largest campaign finance organization, or the one who can fool
> or intimidate the voters the best.
>
> On Nov 1, 2007 2:32 PM, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > You are correct. Teachers not paid enough, classes too large, parents
> > expect too much, etc. however there are some awesome teaching
> > materials put out by the anti defamation league that teach kindness
> > and understanding and when it is not taught in the home I think it
> > can be taught as part of good citizenship. I've interviewed many kids
> > raised by racist parents and many of them reject the ideas of their
> > parents simply from knowing right from wrong and most kids have a
> > sense of fairness and justice. I think our democracy is in peril
> > because of the schools and I am not blaming teachers for this but
> > citizens and politicians who do not seem to appreciate how important
> > education is. What if we spent one week of the Iraq war budget on
> > schools. Soapbox standing down. Gotta prepare for my trip to New
> > Orleans. Excited as I've never been there.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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