Struggling School-Age Boys

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• Posted By: Khagerman @ 01/05/2009 2:25:10 PM

  That sounds so great to dump everything on the working parent and lump us all into one. The only reason we are really working is have our McMansion and designer clothes? What world do you live in? Wouldn't we love to be able to stay home and take care of everything that needs to be taken care of instead of trying to cram a week into two days on the weekend. I don't work so that I can have a McMansion and designer clothes. I work so that I can put a roof (apartment) over my childrens head and put food on the table and hopefully some clothes on their back. And no that would not be designer clothes, that would be what we can afford from Goodwill.
  Do you really believe that us mommies that HAVE to run off to work everyday to provide for our children are really interested in the feeling of empowerment? My priority is my children. The fact that I was not born with a silver spoon in my hand and that I actually have to go out and work in order to provide for them does not leave me feeling empowered.
  It is obvious that you are one of the stone throwers with such a closed mind that you can't see past your nose.
  Not all of us working parents are out there everyday because it give us a good feeling. Most would love to stay home with the kids. Someone has to pay for their neccessities. Then there is the whole other topic of college. DId your parents work in order to send you to college or was the money just there. Let me guess, you worked your way thru college and graduate school all on your own without any help? The case is far from closed when we have such closed minded people such as yourself that want to drop blame on one particular group. How about the values children get from watching their parents go off to work everyday and realizing that things are not free in life and that if you want something you have to work for it.

• Posted By: nigluc @ 01/04/2009 9:41:58 AM

  My son is 6 years old. At the beginning of the school year I was told he still read at a kindergarten level. I went on a wild search for what was wrong with my son. I found he had a severe phonemic delay ....which also may have been a coincident but he ahd lost his 40% percent of his hearing due to wax accumulation. This probably went on for a few years. Now I am busy sending him off to speech therapy and ...am very sure he is dyslexic. I don't want any label on him but guess what the school teacher says he may not pass grade one. So I am considering having him get his official LDA attached to him so he has a fair chance of making it through the system.
  
  This Christmas I bought an electronic circuilt board meant for 8 years ...he can now configure his own circuit designs yet we toil through school exercises like ' what are ten activities we do in hot weather,....what are 10 foods we eat in the summer.......boring. You know what we really need is alternative learning system based on children's learning patterns. Too young too know where a child's interest lie. I don't think so...As the child at the beginning of this commentary said..why does he need to know about wriiting a business letter. We are still in the same old Little House on the Prairie one room classroom. We need to redesign our school system. It is scary because we don't know where a child's interest lie but for those that are not enjoying their experience in school it is hell . That is where we can start.

• Posted By: RandleSR39 @ 01/04/2009 12:34:56 AM

  This doesn't really have to do anything with the article but... I am a boy and i'm doing good in 8th grade. (straight A's) but just recently i got a detention. Reason being: i forgot my reading book at home for this not School District approved '0' period. we read in here for 20 minutes only because our test scores dropped by 1 point from last year. now i have a 2 hour detention. even my parents think that is dumb. i forgot my boo k at home because i was READING it at HOME. so i was doing EXTRA READING. but no they just have to act dumb. They didnt even give me a chance to explain myself. Also i've noticed that a lot of kids in my so called HONORS classes tap and shake their legs and feet alot. So do i. this is both boys and GIRLS. I dont know whats wrong with these people. Here's another problem with my district:
  In all classesHonors/Regular:
  Science: they make us learn about the periodic table, chemical reactions of metal ions, astronomy, einsteins theory of relativity etc.
  Math: they teach us quadratic function and higher level stuff. Honors: they teach Geometry( i have a regular class in math for having one point under on the last test wtf)
  English: how to write a business letter( when am i going to write a business letter at age 13) persuasive essays, fictional narratives( with pre chosen plotsNO CREATIVITY HERE) and other idiotic stuff
  History: the only easy stuff like american historical figures
  PE : even this is hard: they make us run 2 miles in 8 minutes
  Lunch: they give us 3 foods for about 5 dollars(where are we supposed to get this money
  
  And no recess or breaks just lunch and thats only 40+ minutes
  ONE WORD ON MY DISTRICT: IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  DISTRICT SUCKS ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  THAT'S WHY THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!