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author_by_night) wrote2006-08-09 08:05 pm
author_by_night) wrote2006-08-09 08:05 pm
Education Poll
Just a poll based on an article I saw a while ago, where schools were banning kids from sending invitations in class, and another one where kids were banned from playing tag. It made me think.
There is no "right answer". I will give my opinion, but later. And if you think you know my opinion, don't base your answer on that.
Please comment! :)
On an OT note, fish update: I renamed her "Luna." :)
[Poll #789453]
There is no "right answer". I will give my opinion, but later. And if you think you know my opinion, don't base your answer on that.
Please comment! :)
On an OT note, fish update: I renamed her "Luna." :)
[Poll #789453]
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Gym class: There is no right answer. The coach is not changing anything by saying "let's include everyone", and not doing anything also sucks. I used to be picked last - last last, not by the end - every time, even after the girl with the long fingernails who couldn't throw the ball. I wasn't especially bad at sports, I was actually good as long as I didn't get yelled at, which would throw me off completely. The only thing that can be done is to make Dennis is captain, which would probably give him much more exposure than he wants (and is obviously just done so he can't be picked last).
Invitations: If the kid is just handing them out quietly at recess or lunch, then there is no problem. If she is deliberately going up to groups and giving them to some but not others just to make the others feel bad or is disrupting class, then there is a problem. The whole of school is a popularity contest, everyone knows that from first grade on, and probably most if not all of the scorned never expected an invitation. If one did expect one and didn't get it, that's a matter for her to discuss with her little girlfriends when Amanda is not present.
Groups: Groups suck. I always hated doing groups because then I'd end up doing all of the work. I think that teachers should always make up the groups while bearing in mind who works well with whom and who get in fights. Because I say so.
Harry Potter: I think the likelihood of a parent complaining is very low, so he shouldn't worry about it unless it comes up. One of my best friends is very, very religious (very, very, very) and she loves HP (just don't let's get on the subject of same-sex marriage or abortion, thnx), so I don't think dislike of HP goes hand in hand with strong religion.
Religion: I think students should be free to pray silently if they wish, but the faculty should never stimulate religious things. You know. Moments of silence, hardly anyone actually thinks about what they're supposed to. No prayer at graduation. But no-one should be stopped from prayer, as long as it's not disruptive.
Student government: I hate the Disney channel movies where the heroine wants to run for president to fix injustices or whatever. Wtf? Everyone knew it was a popularity contest. The same girl was president all through HS until senior year - our nerd candidate won because the football king ran against her. He was the only one of our ticket that won, though.
Bullying: There is nothing they can do about exclusion, I think. Attempts to fix that will make it worse. I don't think most excluded kids really mind, anyway - we just group with other excluded kids, although I was also kinda excluded by them, but that was my fault. Bullying, however, should be stamped upon violently.
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