Re: Our school's doing it, here our the complaints and
Posted by: MM on 11/01/09
The best way is to provide it as an option and let the parents vote
with the number of kids they send you. Believe me, there are
parents who want this option. And there are millions of kids in
urban centers who need it. In my older city it is an option where
schools were recently rebuilt or refurbished, it was possible to
look at it because these select buildings have cooling systems. It
is time to give parents more choice. The current system does not
meet the needs of everyone and I am sure there are models of this
year round system out there that work well and should be available
for more people.
On 11/01/09, Trivialize It wrote:
> You are to be commended for trivializing everyone's concerns so
> well. I know I feel more comforted. :) Your position is simply to
> tell people to suck it up and we will find ways to adjust. That
> is a very old argument, to be honest. It is not very scientific
> to say, "Make a change because we can make it work." We are
> hearing that kind of rhetoric from Washington. There needs to be
> evidence that making a change will actually improve the situation.
> No speculation, actual research.
>
> I can come up with all kinds of ways to make a 4 day or 3 day
> school week work, but that doesn't mean we should do it. Heck, I
> could make a 2 hour school day work, but that doesn't mean
> students will learn more as a result of it. I can, and people do,
> poke holes in instructional pedagogy all the time and say, "We
> need to do it differently," but that doesn't mean the latest
> million dollar system is necessarily the answer.
>
> People say they like having summer off for various reasons and you
> say, "Don't worry, you'll get over it." People say they like
> having summers to work second jobs. You say, "So sorry you are in
> the minority and will have to adjust for the good of the whole."
> People say, "It could be a problem for my family and our daycare
> situation." You say, "Don't insult their intelligence."
>
> It appears to me that you are convinced this is the greatest thing
> since sliced bread and you really don't care about others opinions
> or concerns. Hmmmmmm sounds exactly like Washington DC right now.
