Comments on: You Know who the Dave Matthews Band is, right??? http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right Author of The Last Letter Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathie http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1710 Kathie Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:02:26 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1710 Mimi, unfortunately teachers are first in line to be blamed for failing schools. It's an enormous problem no one wants to really get to the heart of. What you suggested is a step in the right direction, but the prevailing attitude in PA is "Why should I give a damn about the kids in Duquesne? I take care of my family, they should do what's right for theirs and screw the kids, meanwhile." Mimi, unfortunately teachers are first in line to be blamed for failing schools. It’s an enormous problem no one wants to really get to the heart of. What you suggested is a step in the right direction, but the prevailing attitude in PA is “Why should I give a damn about the kids in Duquesne? I take care of my family, they should do what’s right for theirs and screw the kids, meanwhile.”

]]> By: Mimi http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1709 Mimi Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:22:23 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1709 I serve as educational and medical guardian for children who do go to the Duquesne school district (and others-- weathly and not)--just paying for "good teachers and coaches" will not change anything. NCLB doesn't work as far as I can see. Pennsylvania needs to change and go to a state or county funding system. Schools need to be all inclusive- afterschool care, snack if you need it, a functional place to do homework. We can't change the way people raise their children or live their own lives and giving "money or subsidies" doesn't work if the recipient doesn't feel the need to change....blah, blah, blah..... I serve as educational and medical guardian for children who do go to the Duquesne school district (and others– weathly and not)–just paying for “good teachers and coaches” will not change anything. NCLB doesn’t work as far as I can see. Pennsylvania needs to change and go to a state or county funding system. Schools need to be all inclusive- afterschool care, snack if you need it, a functional place to do homework. We can’t change the way people raise their children or live their own lives and giving “money or subsidies” doesn’t work if the recipient doesn’t feel the need to change….blah, blah, blah…..

]]> By: Kathie http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1708 Kathie Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:50:24 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1708 Judy and Becky, I think people like to feel like they have a simple answer so that they feel like something's been accomplished. Becky that's funny that vouchers are being discussed in Nevada and Utah where like you say, there's nowhere else to realistically go. That actually gave me a nice chuckle. Judy, at Duquesne, unfortunately the problem isn't just good teachers and coaches it's about leadership (they've had something like 25 administrations in 30 years) and also social problems. There is a strong correlation between poverty and school achievment. Not because poor people don't have the ability to achieve, but there are so many hurdles to cross just in getting out the door in the morning, that unless something progressive is happening to alter the social landscape in school and surrounding it, its like being dropped in quick sand and told to hurry up and get across the bog. Yuck, I don't mean to preach holier than thou!!! Kathy, I'm so glad you find joy in SYTYCD. Those people are amazing. And the good thing about the show is it only gets better as it goes... Judy and Becky, I think people like to feel like they have a simple answer so that they feel like something’s been accomplished.

Becky that’s funny that vouchers are being discussed in Nevada and Utah where like you say, there’s nowhere else to realistically go. That actually gave me a nice chuckle.

Judy, at Duquesne, unfortunately the problem isn’t just good teachers and coaches it’s about leadership (they’ve had something like 25 administrations in 30 years) and also social problems. There is a strong correlation between poverty and school achievment. Not because poor people don’t have the ability to achieve, but there are so many hurdles to cross just in getting out the door in the morning, that unless something progressive is happening to alter the social landscape in school and surrounding it, its like being dropped in quick sand and told to hurry up and get across the bog. Yuck, I don’t mean to preach holier than thou!!!

Kathy, I’m so glad you find joy in SYTYCD. Those people are amazing. And the good thing about the show is it only gets better as it goes…

]]> By: Kathy/ Lessons from the Laundry http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1707 Kathy/ Lessons from the Laundry Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:13:13 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1707 Okay, I'm going to take the low road on your post and tell you how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, So You Think You Can Dance. My daughter and I are addicts. After just watching tonight's auditions I said to my daughter, "It is so much better than Idol." I'm so glad I have some good mindless television for summer. Okay, I’m going to take the low road on your post and tell you how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, So You Think You Can Dance. My daughter and I are addicts. After just watching tonight’s auditions I said to my daughter, “It is so much better than Idol.” I’m so glad I have some good mindless television for summer.

]]> By: Becky..Absent Minded Housewife http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1706 Becky..Absent Minded Housewife Thu, 31 May 2007 17:02:07 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1706 Utah is in the middle of the voucher vote bru-ha-ha. What the lawmakers in the city-fied areas forget is that MOST OF UTAH IS RURAL. There is no choice of schools besides the little schoolhouse in the middle of the town grazing pasture. What are these people supposed to do with a voucher besides wipe their butts with it? But then, Utah law doesn't effect me since I now live in Nevada. Vouchers won't work here either. Our next closest schools are fifty miles away. Hell, I don't even know what they do in Vegas, uh I mean Carson City. These rural and inner city poor issues are the same reason NCLB doesn't work. It only works in upper middle class surburbia. Utah is in the middle of the voucher vote bru-ha-ha. What the lawmakers in the city-fied areas forget is that MOST OF UTAH IS RURAL. There is no choice of schools besides the little schoolhouse in the middle of the town grazing pasture. What are these people supposed to do with a voucher besides wipe their butts with it?

But then, Utah law doesn’t effect me since I now live in Nevada. Vouchers won’t work here either. Our next closest schools are fifty miles away. Hell, I don’t even know what they do in Vegas, uh I mean Carson City.

These rural and inner city poor issues are the same reason NCLB doesn’t work. It only works in upper middle class surburbia.

]]> By: Judy Schneider http://kshoop.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1705 Judy Schneider Thu, 31 May 2007 13:38:46 +0000 http://housewifecafe.com/2007/05/30/you-know-who-the-dave-matthews-band-is-right/#comment-1705 Like you, Kathie, I'm not for the voucher system. The problem in Duquesne is a serious one with no simple solution. Providing stability and consistency (in the form of qualified teachers, well-run activities with real coaches/instructors who know what they're doing, etc.). Of course, like many social problems, they are cyclical -- the cause feeding off of the effect that has fed off of the cause... The bottom line is that quality teachers and coaches cost money. And if the district doesn't have money (as a result of lower taxes, for one thing), someone has to step in to help. The state government sounds like a good place to start. Though, as you know, they don't have any money either. Thank you for raising awareness on this issue, Kathie. It is an important step for us all to take! Like you, Kathie, I’m not for the voucher system. The problem in Duquesne is a serious one with no simple solution. Providing stability and consistency (in the form of qualified teachers, well-run activities with real coaches/instructors who know what they’re doing, etc.). Of course, like many social problems, they are cyclical — the cause feeding off of the effect that has fed off of the cause… The bottom line is that quality teachers and coaches cost money. And if the district doesn’t have money (as a result of lower taxes, for one thing), someone has to step in to help. The state government sounds like a good place to start. Though, as you know, they don’t have any money either.

Thank you for raising awareness on this issue, Kathie. It is an important step for us all to take!

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