Re: New oleander/schools

Sorry - showing my age there. Tells you how often I do fast food.
Dumbing down is right and it's TOTALLY wrong. We're shortchanging an
entire generation. This stuff makes me nuts. Bad soapbox for me to get
on. The Kemp ISD should consider itself very fortunate I have no kids in
school. Kaufman schools are no better. Bridgett can't get her 8 year old
daughter's teacher to answer phone calls or e-mails. She sends notes w/
her daughter to school - no response. Completely irresponsible. It took
around 400 years for Rome to fall from its pinnacle. Won't take us that
long at this rate.

 
Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: David Franzman
Sent: 5/17/2004 10:41:32 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] New oleander/schools

> No, no, no Pam!  It's "Can I supersize that for you!"  Man, could I tell you
> stories about my kids school.  They watch more movies than the attendants at
> the Sundance Movie Festival.  What's worse is that not only are most of the
> movies out of context with the class but many of them are...ugh...cartoons.
> Now are we talking about an elementary school?  Nope!  High school.  The
> coup d' grace was when my daughter came home from school and she told me
> that they watched, in Spanish class, a Flintstones cartoon movie...IN
> ENGLISH!  Oh, it did have Spanish subtitles.  The schools are dumbing down
> our kids and I find it repugnant.
> 
> David Franzman
> A Touch of the Tropics
> www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] New oleander/schools
> 
> 
> > Agreed.  I've seen what the local public schools produce here - you want
> fries w/ that?  Appalling.
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: james singer
> > Sent: 5/17/2004 4:24:57 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] New oleander
> >
> > > Yes, they are. And I think the Montessori environment is perfect to
> > > bring out their curiosity. I think the best part--that older children
> > > have responsibilities in the education of younger children--encourages
> > > a kind of intellectual development that simply does not occur in other
> > > settings. And I think that is why a high percentage of Montessori
> > > graduates succeed at university.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Monday, May 17, 2004, at 09:04 AM, Zemuly@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 5/17/2004 4:08:07 AM Central Standard Time,
> > > > jsinger@igc.org writes:
> > > > Ms. Fatma teaches the primary grades in a Montessori school.
> > > > I volunteer with that same age group at our local Montessori school.
> > > > That
> > > > age is the greatest. They are adorable and so eager to learn.
> > > > zem
> > > >
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