tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post4303003881904417532..comments2024-03-28T06:53:24.022-05:00Comments on a blog about school: A parent asks a question (part five)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12919030671050831251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-64707454121542035412012-01-31T23:00:40.642-06:002012-01-31T23:00:40.642-06:00From another reader email: "I hate it when th...From another reader email: "I hate it when they adopt that 'tone' with you--it's precisely the kind of thing they are doing to the children. Management strategies, not reciprocal, respectful interaction."Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-10786465092904930762012-01-31T11:57:52.669-06:002012-01-31T11:57:52.669-06:00I'm thinking that you could stage an event cal...I'm thinking that you could stage an event called "Eat Lunch Like an Iowa Schoolchild", invite a lot of like-minded parents and members of the press, and then serve unappetizing food in 15-minute increments, with whistle-blowing guards enforcing silence, table by table.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-78741805573827643312012-01-31T10:16:43.749-06:002012-01-31T10:16:43.749-06:00Thanks, Chris! I added it to the list.
It is jus...Thanks, Chris! I added it to the list.<br /><br />It is just amazing that the people most affected by these decisions have absolutely no say in them. We call this democracy? <br /><br />I like the way she offers that the meeting could help you "learn more about the curriculum". She doesn't even pretend to be interested in anything you might have to say.<br /><br />Can you go to the press? Write a letter to the editor of the local paper? Could you get some kind of TV-news-worthy stunt to publicize the problem? I'm thinking political theater here. Something with a staged silent lunch and whistle-blowing guards?FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-85080774691724259472012-01-30T19:24:22.253-06:002012-01-30T19:24:22.253-06:00Wendy -- Great point. Not much leverage in that t...Wendy -- Great point. Not much leverage in that threat, is there?<br /><br />By the way, don't get parents around here started on the subject of Everyday Math . . .Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-6852253023056776872012-01-30T06:20:01.419-06:002012-01-30T06:20:01.419-06:00It always amazes me how little input parents have....It always amazes me how little input parents have. It's always after the fact that we get information on how wonderful a program, curriculum, etc is even if all the parents think it's a disaster. For us, it was Everyday Math. If it's any comfort things aren't much different here in Ohio. Currently our local district is warning us that we had better pass a levy or the state may come in and take over and how awful that would be for our community to "lose local control". My first thought was that for parents not much would change......Wendynoreply@blogger.com