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so sick of hearing....
| Mon, 08-06-2007 - 1:34pm |
hello everyone!! i just read the cnn article on how burnt out and guilty the working mom is...and how hard it is to incorparate "quality" time...and all i can say is WILL YOU COME OFF IT PLEASE!! i work-40 hours a week; sometimes 6 days a week to get all my hours...and i have 2 children-7 and 3...and you know what-every day during the school year, i walk my dd to school...i volunteer at my dds school-in her classroom and on field trips-i have the last 2 years and plan to do more of the same this coming year...i keep the house clean-do the dishes and laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and you know what-neither of my kids feel slighted. we just took a week long vacation where we went to an amusement park and then to visit my sil for a few days...they have a lil shallow pool-and i go "swimming" with them often-usually before i go off to the adult world of work...we go on shopping trips with my mom and visit a cousin who has a huge pool and the adults play cards outside on the deck when the kids swim...we play games, we take walks, we go to parks...it just boggles my mind. yes i get tired-and yes there are days i wish i didnt have to go in to work...but then theres days that i cant wait until i go in-some women are meant to stay at home and theyre happy doing it...and some women are meant to work outside the home-i need that adult stimulation-i need my friends and my friends are all behind that deli counter with me...again i dont feel my kids are slighted in the least-my own mom was a stay at homer and she didnt volunteer at school and we never took the kinds of trips and outings my kids are lucky enough to have on a regular basis...i dont feel guilty when im at work-i dont think being a working mom hurts my kids...im getting sick and tired of hearing how unhappy working moms are, or how guilty i should feel cuz im not with my kids 24/7...maybe im the exception...or maybe the media focuses too much on the exceptions and a lot of working mommies feel like me...??? take care!!
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com

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C'mon.
Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man-The Big Lebowski
Jkuhnke is obviously not biased about public school in general, since her kids are currently in public school. She has explained clearly that she did not like TX publics and why. Not all public schools deal with NCLB testing the same way, as her posts made clear.
Also, she did not complain about the fact there IS testing, nor does it sound as if her kid had problems passing the tests. She just did not like the way it was handled by the school.
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I disagree.
PumpkinAngel
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I agree with this, I don't like the way our state standard test is handled by the school, I (and my kids) don't have a problem with the test in theory, just how it's applied.
One of my friends, with children in a Catholic School, still take the state test through the public school (they specifically choose to take it), they just don't have to deal with how it's applied.
PumpkinAngel
>>they just don't have to deal with how it's applied<<
interesting...how is the testing "applied" there?
They spend about a month gearing up and teaching to the test.
PumpkinAngel
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