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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (18275)	7/15/2001 11:20:12 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

No- most teachers just don't say it, they don't vote. I haven't been in a class yet that did say it. It's a waste of time. And we've got a lot of book larnin' to cram down the kids throats with the new standards. The children who "lost" were not disappointed- my kids just like to vote on things. So whenever anything comes up that I consider trivial, I let them vote on it. It makes them more docile for the really big decisions I alone have to make and impose on them. My class this summer is composed of children going into 2nd and 3rd grade. Their abilities range from pre-k (I have a boy who cannot read and who does not know his letters/sounds) to 4th grade (don't ask me how this kid got put in remedial reading, the district works in mysterious ways). I see some real improvement in the kids, and they are all feeling more confident- and that is half the battle.