A Fine Line - All Comments

re: Retire, Aspire. Sarah Lit the Fire!

Jaime — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:21:06 GMT

Foyne,

Absolutely brilliant!!! If anyone has the attributes of necessary grumpiness, executive & international experience, leadership and grit covered, it's teachers! Plus, giving them something to do after retirement leaves the "younger wannabes" to do the legwork for them!

re: Huh?

Shorewood — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:46:36 GMT

But what did you think about the answers of the two candidates?

re: How To Get That Teaching Job

Jaime — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:32:39 GMT

Foyne,

PRICELESS!!

I'm sending this to a friend who is doing just that right now, applying for a teaching position!

I'm sure she'll enjoy it coming from a 'vet'!!

re: Free To Scream-Kids and the Shower Rod

David Tatarowicz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:56:33 GMT

Foyne

Obviously your first mistake was Reading the Directions ........ you know a man would never do that :-)

Dave

re: The End of Paycations?

Jaime — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:26:52 GMT

Foyne,

Thanks...I needed a good reality chuckle!

My personal favorite is: “The neighbors are playing ukulele, hula dancing, barbecuing a bloody apple plugged chicken on a spit, pretending they’re in bloody Hawaii.”

I hope your summer is treating you well! :-D

re: Changing Behavior w/o Changing Minds

David Tatarowicz — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:07:20 GMT

Foyne The re-usuable bag campaign has sponsors because they are paying for the bags. The Conservation Committee has a tax paid budget of only $1500, which would not cover the costs. I don't think it is correct to link this project with school needs --- a much better link I think would be the $1,000,000 in taxpayer dollars that are going into plastic grass at the high school. By the Way -------- could they use one of those Smart Boards to keep score at the SHS Field :-) Dave

re: Changing Behavior w/o Changing Minds

Jaime — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:12:46 GMT

Foyne, We always ask for paper bags when available so we can recycle. All our recycling goes into paper. We also use plastic, but only for kitty litter and as outer protection for the paper bags we use for drippy garbage. It's my understanding that #2 plastic will deteriorate over time in landfills.(?) RE: the ads on bags: I guess for 'free' bags, it's okay, but I've never understood paying $$ for anything for the 'privilege' of displaying someone else's name/product around town! BTW, Smartboards rock; it'd be a real boon if a few of them would be around for the middle school!

re: Playdar: Is Your Child On the Screen?

Nancy Peske — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:17:40 GMT

Great piece! I think we forget that kids don't automatically know these skills or learn them from older kids. Too often, they get stuck playing inside because it's just not safe to let smaller children play outside in a public space completely unsupervised, so they're not quite as adept at some of these activities as we were at their age. Backyards and in front of the house are great, but then they don't have access to the monkey bars, foursquare grids, kickball diamonds, etc., so it's good to make sure they have playground time, too.

re: I Hear Sirens

rodney rovang — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:05:22 GMT

As a kid I liked the idea of impending bad weather. Bad weather could do all the things I would have done if I could have gotten away with it, like scare the teacher, get me out of school early, and even leave the school in a big pile of rubble. So maybe the teachers were all choked up about the bad weather but the kids were thinking, hey, we are getting out early and the funny smelling teacher can't hug me and tell me to read over the Summer.

re: Playdar: Is Your Child On the Screen?

rodney rovang — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:52:13 GMT

I don't think Brett Farve should come back. I think he should take his young'uns to the playground in Mississippi and teach them how to swing on a swing and spit tobacco.

re: Uptown, Upscale, Uncommon

rodney rovang — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:45:31 GMT

I went to school in the old days but I missed that creativity you are talking about. In third grade I almost perished from worksheet poisoning. I really feel badly about all the flies I captured just to pull their wings off so I could watch something more interesting than the assemblage of sea hags that were assigned to educate me.

re: Playdar: Is Your Child On the Screen?

David Tatarowicz — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:36:47 GMT

Foyne May I add that once someone has helped their child to learn the art of catching - throwing - bouncing - batting - a ball, or perhaps swinging a tennis racket --- they can further help the social development skills and independence of their kid by having them gather up their glove, ball, tennis racket or whatever the appropriate equipment for the preferred sport, along with perhaps a sports drink, and then locking them out of the house for a least 2 hours a day during the summer, to go to the park and actually engage in such activities with other kids --- and minimal parental interference ...

re: Fireony

Tim Fojtik — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:39:07 GMT

Brilliant.

re: I Hear Sirens

Jaime — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:40:02 GMT

Trust me...in spite of having to bolt out the door on the last day, students will ALWAYS remember a teacher who has inspired them. That bond was made throughout the year and won't be broken by any incoming storm front!

re: National This and That Month

Jaime — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:18:09 GMT

Foyne, Why didn't we have teachers like you back in the stone age?? (...per my 20+ y/o daughters!) Great song! May is now officially my favorite month!

re: Beauty and the Budget

deder — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:34:25 GMT

Since the SHS drama productions are paid for out of the proceeds of drama ticket sales, I fail to see the logic here. Certainly we are not going to suggest that all student groups hand over their fundraising efforts to the general fund, are we?

Raiding the coffers of student groups (of which there are dozens) to support the general fund, seems like it would be the beginning of the end of these student groups, which are such an important part of the high school experience.

re: Beauty and the Budget

Jenny Steinman Heyden — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:15:38 GMT

This is a very poignant post!! I will be saving this in working with the development committee when we try to FIRST fix the broken and cut places and THEN build the endowment for the theatah. Trouble is, the showy and flashy stuff always attracts folks. I consider it my personal responsibility to make sure the real issues are solved first. Your words are both encouraging and a good, solid reminder that teachers, the very backbone of our educational system, deserve our respect and encouragement as well, on all fronts.

re: The Emperor Has No Homework

David Tatarowicz — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:59:21 GMT

I Hated Homework --- I never understood why I had to do the same stuff at home that I did all day at school ............

Although I passed all my tests --- I got terrible grades because I did not do my homework !!

And I also thought at the time (you are going to hit the roof with this comment) that homework was partly given because the teachers were lazy and figured those who weren't getting it would eventually get it upon enough repetition.

re: My Child Says He's Bored. So What Are You Going To Do About It?

Jaime — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:59:41 GMT

Foyne,

This pretty much covers the irrational expectations of teachers by the majority of the free world:

www.jibjab.com/.../177991

Have a great weekend!!

re: Faux Finish

Jaime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:57:58 GMT

Foyne, I agree totally; I've never understood the notion that for every positive idea/act/whatever, there HAS to be some kind of reward to prove its' worth! Why can't it just stand on it's own merit? Thanks for shining light on this! You deserve an a....umm....nevermind!