tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post811304531856111736..comments2023-10-26T04:38:06.297-04:00Comments on TeachPaperless: A Letter to the Teachers of My ChildrenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091328599818819777noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-85481307581344532962012-06-01T00:55:22.501-04:002012-06-01T00:55:22.501-04:00I find it to be completely obnoxious. This could ...I find it to be completely obnoxious. This could only hurt a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-41468171149493518472010-03-07T07:49:23.152-05:002010-03-07T07:49:23.152-05:00I love this letter!I love this letter!amy's getting rid of tonsil stoneshttp://www.therabreath.com/art_tonsilstones.aspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-29189916509764004172010-02-27T22:53:10.206-05:002010-02-27T22:53:10.206-05:00What a well written post. Bravo!What a well written post. Bravo!mccain blogshttp://www.mccainblogs.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-4575463025453646002010-02-16T22:26:52.800-05:002010-02-16T22:26:52.800-05:00I wish I could send my kids to your class!I wish I could send my kids to your class!virtualization management experthttp://www.tek-tools.com/virtual/overview.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-24580947738480587022010-02-05T23:12:04.507-05:002010-02-05T23:12:04.507-05:00@ Anonymous Sept 8th, 2009.
(1) Yes, I homeschoo...@ Anonymous Sept 8th, 2009. <br /><br />(1) Yes, I homeschool :D. <br /><br />(2) I try it out with a bunch of 9 year olds whose class I've taken since they were 6. I wonder if that counts. I still think parents and community are more important than teachers. There's anywhere between 10 - 40 parents versus 1 class teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-74846316993827606232010-02-05T22:58:32.058-05:002010-02-05T22:58:32.058-05:00@ Mrs. Sullivan - Meaning and context is more impo...@ Mrs. Sullivan - Meaning and context is more important. "I" and "me" have the same meaning and the context is understood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-71686426587126148742010-01-02T15:14:06.958-05:002010-01-02T15:14:06.958-05:00I'm curious to hear how your letter was receiv...I'm curious to hear how your letter was received by the various recipients. Did you post about that in a separate posting?Mrs. Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488622751961477944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-45536765795320882312009-12-10T00:12:16.364-05:002009-12-10T00:12:16.364-05:00Condescension rarely works with any human being, a...Condescension rarely works with any human being, and teachers as a whole are used to hearing from parents, henceforth named "those who know better" on a weekly basis about how they should change their entire routing to suit one child. <br /><br />I think maybe if you offered to show them a few things, or to set up some technology in their classroom, maybe they'd be more amenable. It's pretty cliche, but actions speak louder than words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-17136770986249875492009-09-19T20:58:01.410-04:002009-09-19T20:58:01.410-04:00What a great letter. I wrote a letter that I neve...What a great letter. I wrote a letter that I never sent to my children's teachers and posted it on my blog. I think if I actually sent mine I'd get a verbal brusing for it.My Mindless Wordshttp://mymindlesswords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-19383921803842467172009-09-08T21:21:04.993-04:002009-09-08T21:21:04.993-04:00I agree - good luck doing this with a whole class ...I agree - good luck doing this with a whole class full of students, not enough computers to go around, and other parents who don't wanttheir kids exploring the internet. Home schooling sounds like your best bet, or move to a different country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-29108807883270164222009-09-08T21:09:18.354-04:002009-09-08T21:09:18.354-04:00Why should a grammar correction elicit an eye roll...Why should a grammar correction elicit an eye roll? Can't we all help each other?Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017747698444646863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-54726566293475217292009-09-08T20:59:39.215-04:002009-09-08T20:59:39.215-04:00Here's a challenge - practice what you preach ...Here's a challenge - practice what you preach and try this out with a class of 6 and 7 year olds - let us know how it works out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-7842150141703201542009-09-08T14:15:01.571-04:002009-09-08T14:15:01.571-04:00*insert eye rolling emoticon here*
Glad to know y...*insert eye rolling emoticon here*<br /><br />Glad to know you know so much more than your kids' teachers do about what tbey should learn and how they should learn it. Why don't you just save the whole lot of you a bunch of trouble and home school your kids?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-26639124919000577982009-09-03T19:41:58.012-04:002009-09-03T19:41:58.012-04:00Nice article, but before you send it out to your k...Nice article, but before you send it out to your kids' teachers, you may want to correct the two subject pronouns "I" and change them to object pronouns "me." ...thought you would like to learn a little about them as well as about my wife and ME. "And perhaps ...getting to know a little about my wife and I." You need to change the "I" to "me." You probably neglected to do you homework on the night that subject and object pronouns were assigned. Your children's teachers will take you more seriously if you use grammar correctly.Mrs. Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328645170464835632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-89071996298056386912009-08-31T08:51:55.914-04:002009-08-31T08:51:55.914-04:00This is great for me to read. My son just started...This is great for me to read. My son just started kindergarten this year with a teacher who told me she knows nothing about technology and I sense she is not interested in learning. <br /><br />My husband teaches high school computer science, I was a classroom teacher for 5 years and now work designing and facilitating online courses. As much as a would love to send a similar letter to my son's teacher, I fear her reaction. I am quietly freaking out as my son is surprisingly happy in the classroom despite the fact that from what I hear, his day sounds like crowd control and zoo-phonics even though he can read. I don't want to rock the boat too much while he is happy but will follow your advice here on how you work with teachers who are not challenging your children or preparing them for the 21st century. Looking forward to reading what follows.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685477736587400497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-4577575563290557632009-08-31T07:03:56.624-04:002009-08-31T07:03:56.624-04:00Shelly, as always, thanks for thinking out loud he...Shelly, as always, thanks for thinking out loud here. <br /><br />You've got me thinking about what our letter would say. <br /><br />And it starts with an interesting conversation within the family (at least in our family).<br /><br />Would love this to take off... "lettertoteacher" delicous/diigo tag, anyone?Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861427053408203618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-40063283087170721762009-08-30T21:31:01.933-04:002009-08-30T21:31:01.933-04:00@ Devin and Paul and folks,
Just emailed off a co...@ Devin and Paul and folks,<br /><br />Just emailed off a copy of the letter to the kids' homeroom teachers, art teachers, music teachers, librarians, GT Resource teachers, tech lab teachers, and administrators.<br /><br />Thank you for all of your encouragement. Even being in the teaching profession, (or perhaps exactly BECAUSE I am in the teaching profession), I always have a sense of trepidation come September. Here's to brighter educational futures and teachers and parents working together.<br /><br />- ShellyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091328599818819777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-64090576812795248452009-08-30T21:22:50.060-04:002009-08-30T21:22:50.060-04:00I think it's safe to say that you're an ou...I think it's safe to say that you're an outlier parent. Thinking that I'd like to have a whole classroom of kids like yours is unrealistic for this year and probably for any year. When and if your view is not outlying we'll no doubt have other outliers to challenge that dominance.<br /> <br />Today, lots of parents only want their kids to fit in to the dominant culture or not be damaged by it as they grow up. We certainly don't have anything close to a collective agreement about the 'right' attitude for parents. <br /><br /> Your post is so very useful because it asks us to think about what we're doing, as parents and as teachers. ThanksDan McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17165245665212961209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-20936970113342898222009-08-30T20:57:32.978-04:002009-08-30T20:57:32.978-04:00Oh - forgot the second half of my comment.
This w...Oh - forgot the second half of my comment.<br /><br />This was a great post. Makes me as a teacher wonder how many of my parents think this way - and how many of my parents will insist on things being done "as they always have been".Ryan J. Wassinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085506270713324198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-16132612230317274342009-08-30T20:55:36.715-04:002009-08-30T20:55:36.715-04:00Paul, that's a great idea! It would be very i...Paul, that's a great idea! It would be very interesting to see what some of the parents wrote back. I might think about that for next week (when we get students...)Ryan J. Wassinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085506270713324198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-36433719785577746192009-08-30T20:43:45.813-04:002009-08-30T20:43:45.813-04:00I give parents an assignment on the first day to w...I give parents an assignment on the first day to write to me almost what you have here...<br /><br />Now...send yours to your kid's teachers. I double dog dare you ;)Paul Bogushhttp://blogush.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-24693026673791206412009-08-30T20:41:21.778-04:002009-08-30T20:41:21.778-04:00I hope you do deliver it to the teachers and I can...I hope you do deliver it to the teachers and I can't wait to read about their response.Deven Blackhttp://educationontheplate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-77895504081717026222009-08-30T20:27:02.174-04:002009-08-30T20:27:02.174-04:00Wow! Great idea and so well-written. Makes me thin...Wow! Great idea and so well-written. Makes me think that I should do the same for my kids. How are you sending it to the teacher? Having your kids hand deliver it?concretekaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817234454056267050noreply@blogger.com