[Durham INC] New from the Rev-elution - Jeanne Lucas

[Christine Chamberlain]

Hi Pat,  I agree with you!  Worrying about what kind of fight his parents may have or if they will have food to eat IS more important that learning 4x4.  


The teacher/principle/school system should not be expected to solve this.   Solve it OUTSIDE the classroom.  I sent an email a few minutes ago that better explains my comment, I'll not go into detail with this post.   It that email though, my point is, it's not an educator's job to solve Johnny's parents fighting, etc, etc.  

 
Christine Chamberlain


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From: pats1717 at hotmail.com
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 09:46:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] New from the Rev-elution - Jeanne Lucas


 
My mom (the school board member and SWCD board member) tutored kids in our neighborhood in Ohio.  She said of one child, "Worrying about what kind of fight his parents are going to have tonight is a lot bigger issue than remembering what is 4x4."  We have way too many kids like this -- kids who don't know where they will be sleeping that night or how much food will be on the table at dinner, kids with no books in their house, kids who are told to "make sure they get in the first lick in a fight," kids who came out of the womb with brains stunted by drugs or bad nutrition, kids crippled by mercury or lead in their neighborhood.  It's just such a huge gap from where these kids are to what they need in analytic skills, emotional intelligence and social facility to work in globally competitive 21st century jobs.  
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