Annise,

Whoever thought that all-day kindergarten is a good idea should
be sentenced to teach in one of those all-day nursery school
nightmares for eternity.

Kindergartners are NOT academically ready to be there all day.
About 3.5 hours is the MAX, with a of breaks and playtime
interspersed with learning.

To further torture those kids by adding in two hours before and
two hours after school is just plain mean. Sometimes, I just have to
wonder why people have children at all. If you can't be bothered to
take care of your kids and raise them properly, get your respective
tubes tied and then you won't have the problem. I have seen the
effects created on kids raised in daycare and left in before and
after school care. It's not pretty. The ones who suffer most are
the kids, followed by "caregivers," so that parents don't have to parent.

Eyssa

On 11/06/09, Annise wrote:
> It's the same in every profession and job Magoo. My sis is a nurse
> and she complains about the same sort of favoritism. Another is a
> hairdresser and she says the boss just let one of the experienced
> stylists go because her niece needed a job. Not fair and not right
> but very much true.
> Jo, I have known some great and wonderfully supporting parents.
> But, in the last few years I taught full time, I noticed that more
> and more, the schools were being regarded as babysitters. In
> Ontario they are now going to run full day junior and senior
> kindergartens. Parents will be able to drop off their three and
> four year olds at 7:30 to be met by an EA. Then the teacher will
> take over at nine and continue to 3:30 when the EA will again take
> the kids and they can stay there until 5:30. Sort of a mixed
> kindergarten/childcare system. I know a lot of parents really are
> welcoming the idea as they will not have to pay day care costs and
> it will be more convenient but I rather suspect this will even
> more entrench in parent's minds that schools are babysitting
> institutions.

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