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

To: epicure who wrote (51278)	6/17/2002 6:53:07 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It IS desperately unfair, and I marvel at the thoughtlessness of it. It inspires contempt for those teachers who hand out such assignments. It is as if they are trying to make children laboring under some difficulty suffer even more. Are they really so stupid that they cannot tell that such assignments are ludicrously difficult for an unaided student? It is great that you make that time at the end of the day. One thing I wish I could do (if I were dictator, you understand) is expand school hours for children who need a refuge, provide tutoring for their homework, and provide constructive activities when they have finished. I think that is the only chance to counterbalance the chaos in some of these kids lives, especially in the inner city. Heck, I knew a student, a very nice, bright boy, whose father had run off with a younger woman, creating a messy divorce situation. His mother, of course, was pretty much a wreck, and their finances were such that they moved into a modest house in a nice neighborhood with grandma. There were two older sisters, and they were upset enough to fight a lot, and pick on him. Anyway, he was helping me with a fundraiser for the chorus, and we were chatting, and I was amazed to find that he commonly failed a couple of classes a semester. As far as I could tell, it was just because of the disorder that engulfed him.......

To: epicure who wrote (51278)	6/17/2002 7:14:11 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

One of her science projects, to build a working arm with all the correct parts, was difficult even for my husband. Why would a teacher assign a project that could not be completed primarily by the child? The unfairness to kids who do not have family resources aside, what does it accomplish for the teacher or the students if Mr. X builds the arm? No wonder kids don't learn anything.

To: epicure who wrote (51278)	6/18/2002 10:38:08 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Cub Scouts are basically age 7 though 11. Every year they have an event called the "Pinewood Derby". Each Scout is given a block of wood, 4 plastic wheels, and 4 nails. The blocks of wood can be carved into any shape desired and weighted with anything as long as they don't weigh over 5 ounces. Troops race their cars down an incline and winners go on to race others winners culminating in a national championship. The craftsmanship and beauty of the cars submitted by the boys is remarkable. I will never forget though, a young Cub Scout submitting a car that was poorly painted with wheels so uneven it would barely roll. It was one of the finest cars I have seen. * * *