George called the other afternoon. He asked if I could give him some time on Thursday night to help at a science fair. I said yes and showed up last night about 5:30. The school was packed. Judging had taken place earlier that day and everyone was coming for dinner and to see the science […]
We hear many parents say that it’s the schools job to teach children. I’m not really sure where parents are coming from when they say that. It may be said out of frustration…out of anger…out of the lack of feeling a parent has the any ability to help their children succeed…out of remembering how difficult […]
There are a multitude of things a parent can do to assure their child gets the best education possible. One of those ingredients is so often left out of the equation.
I’ve said many times in my 29 years as an educator that we do a pretty good job at teaching our children the basics and an overall lousy job of helping them decide what to do with it in our education system.
Are you bullied? Worse yet, is your child bullied by others? Or, is it POSSIBLE you are a bully yourself?