In my opinion, Komen should have never been a cash donor to Planned Parenthood. If Komen donated actual mammogram machines instead, there would be no question about how the donation was used.
Trash can lids (clean) or rubbermaid container lids!! ;)
I think the Vagina Monologues had their run 14 years ago and are outdated, and, from this article/author, it appears that there will always be people who think that their generation invented "sex" (or, euphemisms for vaginas, in this case).
Kind of sad...I came by the Advocate on-line tonight to see if y'all are getting snow this year, and I found this...
blech.
When it snowed in Victoria in 2004, we saw quite a few people sledding down the "hill" on the overpass at 59 and the loop (out towards the airport). It looked like the perfect spot!! :)
MzUnderstood, The chip on your shoulder about homeschooling blinds you, IMO.
The analogy that comes to mind right now is that just as *people* kill, not guns; *people* abuse, not homeschooling.
Do you really think that if homeschooling did not exist, that abuse wouldn't exist? That parents and stepparents everywhere, who were inclined to abuse, wouldn't have the "secrecy" to abuse?
"The whole child is the focus of the teacher."
Sadly, this just isn't true. Have you ever broken down the student/teacher ratio? Let's use middle school students as an example. How long is a class period? Divide that by 22-24 students. How much "whole child" time did each student receive each day? Each week? For the entire year?
As a theory, it sounds great-- but it's just not true in actuality.
I taught for several years in several districts. In all that time, I came across *one* teacher who was able to really cater to the "whole child". She didn't leave the school until after dark, couldn't hold a marriage, and her own children...well, I could never choose everyone else's child before my own.
I still see her car at the school around 11:00 p.m. sometimes...
Hm. I was public-schooled, and THE most common theme I heard from my teachers was, "You can do anything you set your mind on!"
Some people set their mind on homeschooling. And, thank God we live in a free country where they can do it.
Funny when I read anti-homeschool rhetoric, there is *never* an eye-witness account. Like this post...an overturned case from 10 years ago? Seriously?
IMO, if the district had kept up with it's former dress code, they wouldn't need this "standardized" dress code. After the "preppy" 80's, clothing trends went so "casual" that they looked sloppy, then hairstyles followed. As far as facial hair--I don't think that has ever been allowed, so if students were getting away with it, it was because the administration was not enforcing their own code.
thewaywardwind, Your aggressive and unprovoked comments are really surprising.
You stated, "My post was about the absurdity of comparing and contrasting the books you were discussing with some of the classics."
Did you miss this part in Rebecca's post: "This isn't my idea the author was a literature major and you can tell as you read the books. She said that each book in the series was her "homage" to her favorite works"?
And, maybe, when Rebecca mentioned in her post that, "My thirty-something friends and I enjoyed the series and so did my daughter and her friends" and "I'm glad I read the Twilight books three or four times", you could have comprehended that she was reading for enjoyment?
Children who love to read do not lose their love of reading because they had to make their brain work through a compare/contrast assignment. I used to teach four-year olds how to compare and contrast! Perhaps you never honed and refined your critical thinking skills? Because, once mastered, these skills will occur naturally while reading. They are really not that difficult...
Newsletter
In my opinion, Komen should have never been a cash donor to Planned Parenthood. If Komen donated actual mammogram machines instead, there would be no question about how the donation was used.
Trash can lids (clean) or rubbermaid container lids!! ;)
I think the Vagina Monologues had their run 14 years ago and are outdated, and, from this article/author, it appears that there will always be people who think that their generation invented "sex" (or, euphemisms for vaginas, in this case).
Kind of sad...I came by the Advocate on-line tonight to see if y'all are getting snow this year, and I found this...
blech.
When it snowed in Victoria in 2004, we saw quite a few people sledding down the "hill" on the overpass at 59 and the loop (out towards the airport). It looked like the perfect spot!! :)
MzUnderstood,
The chip on your shoulder about homeschooling blinds you, IMO.
The analogy that comes to mind right now is that just as *people* kill, not guns; *people* abuse, not homeschooling.
Do you really think that if homeschooling did not exist, that abuse wouldn't exist? That parents and stepparents everywhere, who were inclined to abuse, wouldn't have the "secrecy" to abuse?
"The whole child is the focus of the teacher."
Sadly, this just isn't true. Have you ever broken down the student/teacher ratio? Let's use middle school students as an example. How long is a class period? Divide that by 22-24 students. How much "whole child" time did each student receive each day? Each week? For the entire year?
As a theory, it sounds great-- but it's just not true in actuality.
I taught for several years in several districts. In all that time, I came across *one* teacher who was able to really cater to the "whole child". She didn't leave the school until after dark, couldn't hold a marriage, and her own children...well, I could never choose everyone else's child before my own.
I still see her car at the school around 11:00 p.m. sometimes...
Hm. I was public-schooled, and THE most common theme I heard from my teachers was, "You can do anything you set your mind on!"
Some people set their mind on homeschooling. And, thank God we live in a free country where they can do it.
Funny when I read anti-homeschool rhetoric, there is *never* an eye-witness account. Like this post...an overturned case from 10 years ago? Seriously?
IMO, if the district had kept up with it's former dress code, they wouldn't need this "standardized" dress code. After the "preppy" 80's, clothing trends went so "casual" that they looked sloppy, then hairstyles followed. As far as facial hair--I don't think that has ever been allowed, so if students were getting away with it, it was because the administration was not enforcing their own code.
thewaywardwind,
Your aggressive and unprovoked comments are really surprising.
You stated, "My post was about the absurdity of comparing and contrasting the books you were discussing with some of the classics."
Did you miss this part in Rebecca's post:
"This isn't my idea the author was a literature major and you can tell as you read the books. She said that each book in the series was her "homage" to her favorite works"?
And, maybe, when Rebecca mentioned in her post that, "My thirty-something friends and I enjoyed the series and so did my daughter and her friends" and "I'm glad I read the Twilight books three or four times", you could have comprehended that she was reading for enjoyment?
Children who love to read do not lose their love of reading because they had to make their brain work through a compare/contrast assignment. I used to teach four-year olds how to compare and contrast! Perhaps you never honed and refined your critical thinking skills? Because, once mastered, these skills will occur naturally while reading. They are really not that difficult...