tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post6563852161499102284..comments2024-01-06T06:09:29.140-05:00Comments on An Urban Teacher's Education: Teacher Appreciation Week: My Parentsjames boutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-27868472915591771012010-05-08T14:11:17.491-04:002010-05-08T14:11:17.491-04:00Very true, Linda. For some nice satire on this ma...Very true, Linda. For some nice satire on this matter, see a recent post by Mr. Teachbad:<br /><br />http://mrteachbad.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/parents-to-teachers-thanks-for-raising-our-kids/james boutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-59242408801225849332010-05-08T14:03:42.337-04:002010-05-08T14:03:42.337-04:00Of course, what you have described is the absolute...Of course, what you have described is the absolute truth and it explains the achievement gap.<br /><br />The other day I was sitting in my son's campaign office when some paid workers came in to stuff envelopes. One women had a three-year-old child with her. For hours the little girl just sat around with almost nothing to do. Although the mother was kind to her child, she did not see anything wrong with her daughter just sitting there without anything much to occupy her time. The fact that the child sat for so long without much complaining told me that she was used to it. I thought to myself "Right there is the reason for the achievement gap."<br /><br />As a country we still have not acknowledged the fact that parents are the primary educators of children. When we do, we'll begin to see some real change.Linda/RetiredTeacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613269510654597179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-47952193905873532652010-05-08T10:43:02.304-04:002010-05-08T10:43:02.304-04:00When I first started teaching in a school with ove...When I first started teaching in a school with over 60% FARMs, I was amazed by some many things. One of them was the songs even the little pre-k students sang. I was in their classroom when they were doing an activity at their tables and several of them started singing. It wasn't distracting and kind of went along with their coloring or whatever and the teacher didn't mind. But what I couldn't get over is that the song was one I had just heard on some radio station. Then I realized that their mothers play this music in the car, not the classical music I grew up with, or NPR or even news. I think it was Beyonce's say my name, say my name. And all the little four year olds started singing quietly; they all knew the words. <br />Once I was taking a middle school child somewhere in the car and had NPR on. She commented that it was the station the white people listened to, not in a negative way, but just making her observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-26342004431165157442010-05-07T22:37:31.663-04:002010-05-07T22:37:31.663-04:00Although I don't know your dad as well, your d...Although I don't know your dad as well, your description of your mom is spot on! I'm really enjoying your thought provoking posts. Thanks!Michãelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956042191213313084noreply@blogger.com