Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : Ralph Smole
From : Queen
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 08:39 pm

  Re: Re: FAILURE
  By: Ralph Smole to Finnigann on Fri Sep 30 2005 10:08 pm

 > Maybe if that half of the population that you're talking about had paid
 > attention in class;did their homework and stayed in school, they might be ab
 > to READ and SPELL today. Also, maybe if their parent(s) helped a bit the sam
 > results might be realized. It is NOT governments job to educate our kids. It
 > also not MTV's job either. Kids today are more interested in TV and computer
 > games than homework. Simple enough.

Sorry... disagree.... granted, kids like I was learn easily, I got everything
the first time around, didn't understand why the other kids didn't get it.  If
I got a B I was devistated.  My husband was the same way.

And, when our son went to school, he was the same way, but then, something
happened.  He got bored.  He used to come home crying when he was in 1st grade
complaining that he wasn't learning anything.  I went to his teacher first,
told her that he needed more challenge... when that didn't work, I went to the
principle, then voiced my disappointment in the parent teacher meetings.  They
promised to tax his ability more... did they?  NO... then finally, in 2nd
grade, he learned to turn them off.  They weren't teaching him things that he
didn't know, everything was boring.  By Third grade, when he was getting things
that he didn't know, he had already given up.  By Fifth grade, I pulled him out
of school, home schooling was hard, but at least my son started learning again.
After the basics, he was caught up and doing 9th grade work at a 7th grade age.
Then, I made a stupid mistake again.  I let him return to school in 8th grade. 
Again, bored, again turned them off.  They tested him to see if he was a "slow
learner" because they had special classes for THEM!  NO... he passed those IQ
tests with flying colors.  They just couldn't understand.  I have no faith in
public schools teaching the "other" kinds of kids.  

He got into a Tech school when he was 16, by the time he was 18 he had his
state certification in Auto Mechanics.  So, he isn't stupid by any means, just
couldn't handle the humdrum repititions of regular school.  At Auto Tech, as
soon as he learned one thing, he was passed on to another... wasn't held back
for the other kids to catch up.... doing the same thing over and over again
until he was bored to death and gave up completely.

Right?  Probably not... but, that is his make up, school did not help him.  How
many other kids are bored to death, but don't have parents as determined as I
to try to set it right?


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