tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post6144167670176377277..comments2023-09-09T10:29:29.789-05:00Comments on The Green Room: Chicago High School WoesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709842445396738547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post-58227453255585701952009-08-27T15:15:47.541-05:002009-08-27T15:15:47.541-05:00E., you are so right. Sometimes I think our socie...E., you are so right. Sometimes I think our society is going to hell in a handbasket; the public school situation is just one symptom (casualty) of that.KMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257999141454710815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post-46842142377608196742009-08-27T14:35:18.003-05:002009-08-27T14:35:18.003-05:00Anon, I totally agree with you. The problems are ...Anon, I totally agree with you. The problems are so complex and inter-related that it is far too simplistic to put all of the blame on the school district and the teachers. <br /><br />The problems are systemic and societal, but some of them also stem from bad parenting and bad choices, which the school has no control over.<br /><br />My former neighbors, for example: the 8-year-old told me once that she had been up most of the night with her infant sister, giving her bottles, changing her diaper, giving her Tylenol because she was sick and crying. I don't think this is a rare occurrence in that household, and in many households.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709842445396738547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post-17545494396093920462009-08-27T13:19:07.621-05:002009-08-27T13:19:07.621-05:00Here is the issue . . . children are coming in i...Here is the issue . . . children are coming in ill prepared. When a kindergartener enter a ps kindergarten and doesn't know their name, there is a problem. So, that teacher spends weeks/months teaching the basic of all basics to kids and after 180 days they are woefully behind and will never catch up. These children need to go to high school and the school again has to deal with the woefully behind student. This school has hundreds of students in the same position, which is why so many public schools seem so inadequate. If every child came to school on the first day prepared then more schools would be top notch schools. This doesn't address the issue but maybe shows what a deep dark hole it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post-7914991446434810982009-08-27T01:01:36.714-05:002009-08-27T01:01:36.714-05:00Don't worry, Anon. I'm sure Ron Huberman ...Don't worry, Anon. I'm sure Ron Huberman has read my post and is already making big changes to fix the problems.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709842445396738547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247899948019262860.post-66669395686152539052009-08-26T23:25:07.531-05:002009-08-26T23:25:07.531-05:00Oh crap what are we going to dooooooooooooo!!!!!Oh crap what are we going to dooooooooooooo!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com