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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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Maybe, but how is one to know?
"a handicapped child will never,ever have a chance to meet benchmark if we concentrate evenly with the child who soars."
How so? In my boys' school we "concentrate evenly" on children with disabilities, "gifted" children and everyone else and I see the vast majority of all children soaring.
Actually, there is quite a bit of over lap between gifted and children with disabilities, the two populations are not mutually exclusive.
wow,missed two questions. you mean she only got two wrong,jlkuhnke? do you realize how great that is? she's the star pupil every teacher would love to have,i'm sure. tell me,what's so wrong with those results and how far,iyo do you think public schools should go to accomodate kids who soar through testing? there can't be one assigned standard for the bright kids and another for the not so bright kids,right? you won't even find that in private schools. er,wait. private school kids tend to all think alike,anyway so standard testing does apply to all.
i want my kids to thrive in school settings,too but my aim is not perfection. that doesn't exist.
Edited 9/1/2007 10:01 am ET by egd3blessed
"private school kids tend to all think alike,anyway"
You can't possibly be serious?
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