This is a good one... FL legislature wants to grade me as a parent, they want to see how involved I am in my child's education. Fine go ahead. I spend every evening doing homework with my child. We do spelling words every day on the drive to school. She reads everyday ~ 30minutes on the way home from school. I feel with all that, I deserve an A+.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/kelli-stargel-teachers-grade-parents_n_814585.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=uopx
Ok, so I am fortunate, since I work at the school, my daughter acutally does not attend her districted school. She rides with me, and we spend 30 minutes each way confined to the car. We try to make good use of it.
So now my question is, what about those parents that don't spend time with their child doing homework. Not the ones who can't since they are working, they get "excused" from the grading, since they must provide for their child. My question is directed towards the parents who basically don't give a damn. They don't care if their child is getting bad grades. Do you actually think they will care if they get a bad grade. NOT!!!
OK, here it comes...these are the parents that also forgot to teach their child a simple little thing like RESPECT. The parent has no respect, so neither does/will the child. I see it every day. It does not take much, a "Thank You", a "Please", come on people. If I behaved the way some of these "adults" do, even as a child, my gosh, you would still be scraping my body off the wall.
You can see it everywhere, follow some people into a store where you actually still have to open the door. How many times have you had the door slam in your face? I have done that, accidently, not paying attention, but than it is customary to follow up with an "I'm sorry" But I usually look to see if someone is coming along behind me, if so, I hold the door for them too. It is called "treating others the way you would like to be treated."
Think about it people, how would that feel to you?? What exactly are you teaching your child? My DD will hold the door for people just stepping up on the sidewalk. She has been taught respect from an early age. She is a "please" and "thank you" kind of kid. For that I am proud. For that I give myself an A+.
As for the Representative... come on lady, not all things are taught from a text book. It takes a village to raise a child. Unfortunately there are also plenty of idiots in the village too.
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree!!
This is a good one... FL legislature wants to grade me as a parent, they want to see how involved I am in my child's education. Fine go ahead. I spend every evening doing homework with my child. We do spelling words every day on the drive to school. She reads everyday ~ 30minutes on the way home from school. I feel with all that, I deserve an A+.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/kelli-stargel-teachers-grade-parents_n_814585.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=uopx
Ok, so I am fortunate, since I work at the school, my daughter acutally does not attend her districted school. She rides with me, and we spend 30 minutes each way confined to the car. We try to make good use of it.
So now my question is, what about those parents that don't spend time with their child doing homework. Not the ones who can't since they are working, they get "excused" from the grading, since they must provide for their child. My question is directed towards the parents who basically don't give a damn. They don't care if their child is getting bad grades. Do you actually think they will care if they get a bad grade. NOT!!!
OK, here it comes...these are the parents that also forgot to teach their child a simple little thing like RESPECT. The parent has no respect, so neither does/will the child. I see it every day. It does not take much, a "Thank You", a "Please", come on people. If I behaved the way some of these "adults" do, even as a child, my gosh, you would still be scraping my body off the wall.
You can see it everywhere, follow some people into a store where you actually still have to open the door. How many times have you had the door slam in your face? I have done that, accidently, not paying attention, but than it is customary to follow up with an "I'm sorry" But I usually look to see if someone is coming along behind me, if so, I hold the door for them too. It is called "treating others the way you would like to be treated."
Think about it people, how would that feel to you?? What exactly are you teaching your child? My DD will hold the door for people just stepping up on the sidewalk. She has been taught respect from an early age. She is a "please" and "thank you" kind of kid. For that I am proud. For that I give myself an A+.
As for the Representative... come on lady, not all things are taught from a text book. It takes a village to raise a child. Unfortunately there are also plenty of idiots in the village too.
