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: 07-17-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:50pm

having been thru both the gt program and the sped program it is much tougher to get appropriate help for a gt child than a sped child. with sped they come knocking on your door begging to help.

you have to be the first person i have ever heard who felt nclb was anything other than a total disaster and doing more to dumb down american schools than anything they could have chosen to implement.

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:53pm
i am always curious why a person is so willing to help the kids at one end of the spectrum but are willing to just let the kids at the other end languish. personally i think kids at all levels deserve the best education they can get and at the level they need.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:54pm
Pre-title VII it was LEGAL to discriminate against women, both in opportunities and in salaries offered. Post-title VII it is ILlegal which has affected, greatly, how companies deal with this issue. The net result: improved opportunities for women in the work place. There is nothing tangential about that.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:54pm
It was a question, and I guess from what you posted, the answer is "yes."
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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:55pm
Parents divorcing today generally wait until their children finish high school to divorce? And the divorce rate has not skyrocketed since the 50s/60s?
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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:56pm
Oh, so none of you get paychecks? That's great!
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:56pm

Why do we have to work with the deck we are given?

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 4:57pm

so sif your kids were above average you would be willing to just let them languish in a school that was not meeting their needs - you know what i dont believe that of you, you are too good of a parent to allow that to happen to your child.

it is not about getting what an individual wants from a particular school but it is about providing a quality education to every child that walks thru the door. why do you htink it is okay to neglect kids at one end of the spectrum? do their needs not matter?

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 5:02pm
i totally agree, floating along will never be good enough for my kids when it comes to their education.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 08-31-2007 - 5:02pm
Did you read my post -- or are you replying to someone else? What does "none of us get paychecks" have to do with what I posted?

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