tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73733781599400422.post2659200767258065049..comments2023-09-03T11:28:39.695-05:00Comments on Quilting Along the Ley Lines: Teaching and the Golden Rule - a RantLady Beekeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972692199686815560noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73733781599400422.post-21671787524382218022008-05-28T15:27:00.000-05:002008-05-28T15:27:00.000-05:00Rant away! Sometime the folks not in classrooms do...Rant away! Sometime the folks not in classrooms don't understand what teachers are asked to do on a daily basis. In addition to the time it takes to discipline, we have to teach hygeiene and manners and bus safety and railroad safety and sex education and save the whales etc etc and do bus duty and cafeteria duty, hall duty, before and after school care, participate in every stupid contest or program that some well meaning person comes up with who doesn't realize the time it takes from the job we need to do. I love teaching and I get much joy from working with kids. I want to partner with my parents, not replace them. Ooooh, got on my soapbox. Sorry.jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362229673390519468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73733781599400422.post-39291930847653013792008-05-26T19:06:00.000-05:002008-05-26T19:06:00.000-05:00I guess I really wonder about the TV thing. The w...I guess I really wonder about the TV thing. The worst my kids hear on TV is 'bleeeep'. And if I hear a bleeeep...we change the channel! Of course, we don't get any of the premium channels which I hear don't bleep..but are those programs the kids should be watching anyway? Lots lots lots wrong here..... probably language is the least of them...sigh...<BR/>-karolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73733781599400422.post-50111349204348309432008-05-26T16:15:00.000-05:002008-05-26T16:15:00.000-05:00I feel a bit like an old grouch by complaining of ...I feel a bit like an old grouch by complaining of that sort of behavior. <BR/><BR/>It is tough to raise kids, these days. You didn't even need to talk about this "back in the day." Back then, if a kid talked like that, mom would automatically be reaching for the soap (which she probably wouldn't actually need to use). Nowadays, you get into a debate over the source of the language; whose responsibility it is to explain etiquette to the child; a worry that the child's psyche will be damaged if they aren't allowed to express themselves (or, heaven forbid, embarassed that they misbehaved); concern that you will be viewed as a bad parent if you DO put your foot down; and a complete lack of consensus regarding whether ANY adult should be talking that way in front of a child. <BR/><BR/>"Back in the day," a dad would immediately remove his children from a "bad" environment and kick himself for exposing them to it in the first place. Alternatively, depending on the location, he'd simply remind the loud mouthed idiots that, "there are children present." The response of the adults was generally shame, even horror, that they "slipped" in front of a child. Now? The parents are debating whether they should clean up their OWN language since the kid hears worse on the TV (in their house), already. <BR/><BR/>Jeesh.Lady Beekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972692199686815560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73733781599400422.post-63731515953438154662008-05-26T15:52:00.000-05:002008-05-26T15:52:00.000-05:00We have an 'alternative'school here for kids that ...We have an 'alternative'school here for kids that just can't function in the public school system. Kinda like one step down from juvenile detention. It's set up for 6-12th graders. A couple of years ago, they had a 4th grader there (9-10 year old!!). She (yes..SHE!) was there because of her language. They could NOT get her to clean up her mouth...so ended up putting her in that school to keep her away from other kids. I always wondered about her (and where she ended up). What kind of a home life did she come from?<BR/><BR/>Totally agree with you (yet again!) Teacher should teach, and yet, spend any time in the school/classroom, and you realize...they have very little actual teaching time. sigh...<BR/>-karolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com