Primary & Secondary Education - December 2007

"She'll probably never learn to spell correctly anyway" with a wave of her hand in the air,

would you have a right to be upset?
or feel offended for your child?

are slips like this commonplace?
i'm feeling very alienated from the school now.

when i leaned forward and said "Excuse me, did you just say that my child........" I couldn't even finish talking, everyone jumped in for damage control, trying to explain to me what 'she meant'.

this actually happened to me 2 weeks ago at my daughter's Title I meeting; so i wrote a letter telling the teacher how negative and unprofessional i thought she was, and that i believed she said what she was thinking, and i'm not sure she will give my daughter the effort that is warranted to help her reach the required level........so now we're having another meeting, at my request, to map out a plan that keeps me more involved about what she is learning each week -

i thought there were things teachers never said.

what do you think?

2007-12-12 03:54:02 · 9 answers · asked by The French Connection 6

My opinion is no, I live in a depressed rural area where a great deal of the population is at or below the poverty line. The middle school that my daughter goes too had a fundraiser which if the children paid $5 they could wear their normal clothes for a day instead of the uniforms. This seemed very unfair because a great deal of the families barely have food in their counters and on top of that have to buy new uniforms each year. I believe there are better ways to fundraise and this practice singles out the children who cannot afford $5 for this benefit. Also the students were told that if they wore their regular clothes without paying they would be suspended. What do you think?

2007-12-12 02:52:22 · 4 answers · asked by joshuathebac 2

2007-12-12 02:01:23 · 3 answers · asked by mailme.bhawna 1

The teacher took a book from my friend because she was reading in class, even when she was asked to put it away. Then she asked me to get it back for it so I asked the teacher if she could have it back because she needed it for SSR. He told he no and gave me his reasons, but did it kind of angrily. Now I'm kind of afraid he thinks less of me.

2007-12-11 12:11:09 · 3 answers · asked by Kat Kat 2

Hello! I graduate from college this Saturday and have a job interview for a 2nd grade teacher position next week. I was wondering if you could help me prepare for my interview...

What questions should I ask? I have been trying to come up with a list of questions to ask while at the interview but I know that I am forgetting a lot!

What questions should I be prepared to answer?

What should I bring with me?

Any other tips?

2007-12-11 09:45:14 · 5 answers · asked by Shanon M 1

Is it the school system's fault? Is it the asker's fault? Or, is math a difficult subject to understand?

2007-12-11 08:19:42 · 7 answers · asked by afreeman20035252 5

im going to a really getto high school next year. their like half black like thugy blacks and the remainder of the whites all smoke pot. shootings, bomb threats, stabbings, fights, are all like every day occurences. i'm going thier by choice. any tips

2007-12-11 08:06:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

umm im in 12th grade and my grades are decent or average but i have a terrible attendence. so far this year i have about 10 absences and at least 6 latenesses. after 12th grade i plan on going to prep school to get my grades better to get into a good college. But i wanted to know would a prep school accept me considering my bad attendance record ? p.s. what kind of GPA do they look for ?

2007-12-11 07:48:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

What grade are these UK High school year's equivelent to in America?

Year 7(11-12 year olds)
Year 8(12-13 year olds)
Year 9(13-14 year olds)

2007-12-11 07:33:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-11 06:32:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have math, science, art, pe, lanugage arts, social studies, mandarin, and computer if that helps. list all the things/tips that i can do to get a good report card.

2007-12-11 00:19:29 · 15 answers · asked by huhuh_3 1

2007-12-10 23:55:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need this for class tomorrow so please answer!!!

2007-12-10 15:43:43 · 3 answers · asked by navygirl19 1

I'm 15, a sophomore. To keep it simple I'm considering dropping out of school when I turn 16.

If your future job, and it's not something out of the blue, I've decided since years ago "This is what I want to be." and it's a pretty admirable profession to be working as, nonetheless not partially school-related, it's just I feel school deprives me of time I have.

I'm not sure, if I sound extremely ignorant, and please no answers "no u sholud stay in skool && dont do drugs" SERIOUSLY most of you should spell check, respect the English language.


Anyways, the question:
Is school that important?

2007-12-10 15:19:17 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3

I don't think that they can be prevented as school shooters randomly do it. There are NO signs at all in most cases. I think tightening the security in school is ridiculous as most school shooters do it at random which serves no point. All it is doing is making the students act worried even more. They are normal people that just randomly do a school shooting.

Here's my source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#.22Profiling.22_school_shooters

2007-12-10 13:35:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love school, but the classes i'm in are depressing. I only have a least one friend in one of my classes, which I have more than one. I'm on crutches, because of my foot, and the teachers are boring. I know I shouldn't be complaining, because I want to get an English degree.

2007-12-10 12:55:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

ur freashman year......sophmore year....junior year....senior year...and Why

2007-12-10 10:37:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i want your opinions. I feel it is necessary. (did i spell that right?)

2007-12-10 07:40:46 · 8 answers · asked by Platypus 2

Hi, we have a handful of Jehovah's Witness children in our school. They are aged 5 to 7 and I'm looking for ideas on how to practice inclusion when at this time of year the whole school has gone Christmas mad. In normal RE lessons they just go to a different class but that is not working at the moment as there are too many carols being sung, decorations being made, plays rehearsed etc. all over the school

2007-12-10 03:18:04 · 5 answers · asked by pfoagain 1

if u study ur 12 standard in a tutorial u cant een et a job or a seat in the collage but still there r a lot of students studiying their 12th in all the institues and i want to study there too as its better than school in some ways.

2007-12-10 02:33:11 · 2 answers · asked by leena 2

2007-12-10 02:12:54 · 1 answers · asked by Evegotanswers 4

crossword answer

2007-12-10 01:56:35 · 1 answers · asked by fazeel 1

I hate school. Tomarrow I have math, anothier subject I hate. And I have a test in it too. I also have a Romeo & Juliet test. And I have to deal with the same crap there that I have to deal with at school. I'm sick of it. I hate school. How can I get myself not to hate it so much.

2007-12-09 16:55:31 · 14 answers · asked by iPerson 1

This semester i dropped down to a 3.6 and i want to get a 4.0 in all of the classes i'm pretty close to a's in. how do i do extremely well in school so i don't ever have to worry about my grades again?

2007-12-09 16:15:50 · 3 answers · asked by Topher 2

why do we educate all the members of our society?.. would our grades really matter in the real world or the skills we acquired?...do you think the schools across the globe are preparing us for the future the right way?...if all the schools start all over again, would we crumble and fall and fail?...

2007-12-09 16:07:20 · 2 answers · asked by ஐmimiஐ 2

I spend hours and hours on my homework each night. I start lke at 5 pm and go until 2 or 3 am. I DO get a lot of hmwk, but I know it's also my time managaement skills that are crap.

I think I might be somewhat of a perfectionist. it's just that I don't know how to make things short, and when I do, I feel like I haven''t done my best. I spend longer than I need to on normal hmwk and even longer on projects. cna someone help??? i've tried makign schedules but i dont sitck to them.
I'm also terrible at prioritizing.

2007-12-09 14:03:00 · 4 answers · asked by Kalia 4

this is for a persuasive speech. I'm having a little trouble. Is it the community or the school board, the principal??? who?

2007-12-09 12:52:08 · 2 answers · asked by sexy-cecy 3

my first ones ever start this week.
i've studyied a lot... but idk what to expecttttt.

2007-12-09 12:36:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

It has to be something nobody ever made before.What should she make.

2007-12-09 11:16:00 · 5 answers · asked by helping sydney invent something! 1

2007-12-09 10:52:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous