SAH doesn't support change,

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SAH doesn't support change,
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Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm

"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"

Statement in a post below.

I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Sat, 09-23-2006 - 2:29am

"That is the way that it is set up by us also. All the students grades are on parent-access website and progress are reports are available. "

Not really. Your school still gives out grades. Literally no grades of any kind whatsoever are given out at any Swedish school before grade 8.

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Registered: 05-09-2006
Sat, 09-23-2006 - 4:32am
Since nothing she wrote said or implied anything of the kind, I have to wonder why you would invent a mental picture of it?
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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 4:44am
Did you mean "adverse" side effect? Because, I'm pretty sure that a diverse side effect isn't necessarily something to be avoided.
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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 5:51am

Did you ever play organized sports? I recall your feelings on the slow demise of the pick-up game in today's society. But you've clearly gotten athletes and the reward/incentive aspect of sports all wrong.

I played organized sports all my life and then went on to play Division I ball in college. And I can assure you that you do not understand what motivates the athlete.

<> Athletes in school do not aim to entertain you. Awards such as Most Improved Player, MVP, and Good Sportsmanship, etc., awards have been around forever it seems and they will continue to be awarded for a reason. The athlete strives to reach her personal best. And rewards such as being highest scorer and getting trophies do in fact motivate the athlete of organized sports. Not everyone can get a trophy, all athletes are aware of this, but the reward is one of many motivators.

<> I see this entirely differently than you do. Organized sports should be a daily part of life for the student and just as important as homework is. The awards, like the little keychain toy for some students, are but one of many ways the athlete is motivated.

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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 6:26am

But all children will be bored at many points throughout their 13 yrs of school regardless of their curriculum or how hard their teachers try. It's a fact of life, and I've already had a talk with my DDs this year that they've got to expect to feel bored at school. Then I remind them how bored they'd really be if they were home with me all day, homeschooling. It usually snaps them out of it.

If the occasional trinket perks up the youngest students for a short while, I don't see a problem with it. So many schools in the US have such poor attendance and other problems, I can't imagine denying an occasional incentive.

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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 7:01am
I agree. I can't imagine letting my child stay home for a baseball game.


Edited 9/23/2006 7:17 am ET by tinderbox03
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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 7:27am

It probably takes longer to grade the SATs now since they have essays.

Sorry, but I would never have risked having an incomplete file at the table of the Admissions decision-makers.

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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 7:28am
Some of us took it more seriously than others.
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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 8:04am

"Some of us took it more seriously than others."

Yes. I can imagine that SATs required more effort for some people.

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Sat, 09-23-2006 - 8:36am

i don't get the boredom thing as reason to pull a child out of a school,either. boredom is a feeling,not an excuse. what is that teaching a child in later years? hmmm.......and considering that same opinion believes there's absolutely everything wrong with external rewards,that it should all come within,yada yada just speaks hypocrisy at it's finest.

but next time my kid tells me she's feeling bored at school,i'll aim for something worthwhile to treat her to. maybe an astros game. bwah.




Edited 9/23/2006 11:26 am ET by egd3blessed

 

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