so sick of hearing....

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so sick of hearing....
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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

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Registered: 07-18-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:04pm

C'mon.

Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man-The Big Lebowski 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:05pm

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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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:21pm

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I disagree.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:22pm
You can believe in the philosophy of a school all you want and still have the school turn out to be a bad fit for your child. When a kid starts school at 4 or 5, you can't always know if that kid will turn out to have an LD, turn out to be gifted or whatever. Nor can you tell ahead of time how a school will deal with all eventualities.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:27pm

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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

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:30pm
huh? did i say her children had problems iwth the testing? and no,jlkuhnke's opinion isn't about all public schools but i do disagree with the opinion about the state of texas schools. taks is standard testing that occurs sometime around february. we don't prepare all year for it. and it's a state mandated standard testing that all schools must comply with......show me another state that does *not* enforce standards,testing and maybe i'll be convinced that this state is pretty darn bad.

 

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:34pm

>>they just don't have to deal with how it's applied<<
interesting...how is the testing "applied" there?

 

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:50pm
Years ago, housing prices were not so astronomical. A family could own a home, a car and possibly some household help on one salary during much of the 50s, 60s and 70s in much of the United States.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:52pm

They spend about a month gearing up and teaching to the test.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 1:52pm
My mother SAH and she said they were the happiest years of her life. I believe her, but you don't have to.

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