Tag: school

FAILING GRADE, PART TWO

Chicago Edition, by Rich Paschall "OCR’s mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation’s schools. " That is the stated mission anyway. The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has open cases investigating a variety of complaints, including sexual violence, sexual … Continue reading FAILING GRADE, PART TWO

(HOPEFULLY) WINTER WILL SOON END

Sharing My World 3rd February January was a long tale of coughing, sneezing, sore throats ... not a fun month but not untypical of January past and no doubt, the future. And now, February. January is the coldest month, but February is often -- along with the beginning of March -- the snowiest time of the … Continue reading (HOPEFULLY) WINTER WILL SOON END

SCHOOL DAZE

Learning to draw and other stuff -- because school is back! Remembering elementary school at this point is life is kind of funny. I remember most of the names of the teachers I had, don't remember anything I learned -- except reading and art. I suppose I was lucky. They were still actually teaching art … Continue reading SCHOOL DAZE

MY PEN RAN OUT OF INK

And other great tales, by Rich Paschall This was a believable excuse when I was in the first few grades of elementary school. I could very easily have run out of ink. We may have been practicing our writing with a fountain pen when we were not using number 2 lead pencils for arithmetic. The … Continue reading MY PEN RAN OUT OF INK

NO MORE TEACHERS, NO MORE BOOKS! – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — School It was the joyous cry of the child as we were let out in June (yes, JUNE and the end of the month at that!). Little did we know that soon enough, we'd be going to work and they would never let us out until we were too old to … Continue reading NO MORE TEACHERS, NO MORE BOOKS! – Marilyn Armstrong

CHILDHOOD CAN BE ROUGH! – Marilyn Armstrong

Childhood is a challenge. Many of us struggled, had serious problems at home and lived with daily bullying at school. With the attention these issues get in the press today, things have not changed much. Bullying is as much -- or more -- of a problem as it was when I was a kid. Teachers ignore it. … Continue reading CHILDHOOD CAN BE ROUGH! – Marilyn Armstrong

EDUCATION AND HOMEWORK – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — Homework This is a little rant about schools, educational funding, underpaid, exhausted teachers, outdated textbooks, and overpriced colleges lacking state and federal backing. In the years since I graduated from college in 1967, I've been watching what was a mediocre school system get much worse. I see legally required fancy buildings which … Continue reading EDUCATION AND HOMEWORK – Marilyn Armstrong

YEARS OF BRASS, YEARS OF GOLD – Marilyn Armstrong

I’m not one of those people who romanticizes the "old days," but there are some truths worth remembering and revisiting. I grew up in a different world. Play meant imagination. Physical activity. Jump rope, hide and seek, tag, Stickball because no one owned a real bat. Stoop ball, jacks. Building a “fort” or climbing a … Continue reading YEARS OF BRASS, YEARS OF GOLD – Marilyn Armstrong

ADULTING 101 – BY ELLIN CURLEY

I read a fascinating article from Today, on Facebook. It was written by Meghan Holohan on March 29, 2019, and is titled “ ‘Adulting’ Class at Kentucky high school teaches crucial life skills.” What a great concept! I’ve always thought high schools and colleges should offer life skills classes so kids aren’t left totally unprepared … Continue reading ADULTING 101 – BY ELLIN CURLEY

THE TRUTH OF SCHOOL

I always find myself defending school to kids. They complain it’s dull. That there’s nothing in it that “grabs” or fascinates them -- and nothing they will find useful in life. I find myself trying to explain that school wasn’t fascinating, but that many of the boring stuff you learn in it is indeed going … Continue reading THE TRUTH OF SCHOOL