Comments on: If that was him… http://www.deannascorner.com/2008/05/29/if-that-was-him/ I'm over here... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Laurie http://www.deannascorner.com/2008/05/29/if-that-was-him/#comment-17250 Laurie Thu, 29 May 2008 17:46:02 +0000 http://www.deannascorner.com/?p=1624#comment-17250 With our school systems often teaching to the lowest common denominator, we all have to go to the mat for our children. Apparently children, in all their individual glorious wackiness, are better seen and not heard. They dare not be anything but "normal". I realize now why I did so great in school--I actually wanted to please my teachers and was slightly above average smart--just the luck of the draw for me. Anything else, either direction, and you're in trouble. Boy I sound cynical. I realize teachers have an incredibly difficult job, but I think the system has some major problems. With our school systems often teaching to the lowest common denominator, we all have to go to the mat for our children. Apparently children, in all their individual glorious wackiness, are better seen and not heard. They dare not be anything but “normal”. I realize now why I did so great in school–I actually wanted to please my teachers and was slightly above average smart–just the luck of the draw for me. Anything else, either direction, and you’re in trouble. Boy I sound cynical. I realize teachers have an incredibly difficult job, but I think the system has some major problems.

]]> By: Leighton http://www.deannascorner.com/2008/05/29/if-that-was-him/#comment-17249 Leighton Thu, 29 May 2008 17:19:02 +0000 http://www.deannascorner.com/?p=1624#comment-17249 That story is absurd, and you are entitled to see red; in fact, I think if more people (whether mothers or not) AREN'T seeing red, then it's an indication of a disconnect; an indication that people aren't nearly as proactive about children's education as phrases like "no child left behind" would suggest. I'll avoid the political rant (though it's nonpartisan), and just say that I think your reaction is less irrational/emotional mother as it is dead on target. That story is absurd, and you are entitled to see red; in fact, I think if more people (whether mothers or not) AREN’T seeing red, then it’s an indication of a disconnect; an indication that people aren’t nearly as proactive about children’s education as phrases like “no child left behind” would suggest.

I’ll avoid the political rant (though it’s nonpartisan), and just say that I think your reaction is less irrational/emotional mother as it is dead on target.

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