No I have not.
However I have been in several classes where free tiem is given or even "study hall" where you can hear a pin drop. Those are a full period. Not 5 minutes.
Reading the Bible in School
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No I have not.
However I have been in several classes where free tiem is given or even "study hall" where you can hear a pin drop. Those are a full period. Not 5 minutes.
Sorry, my failure to fully explain. You see all these debates about reading the bible and prayer in school. A problem for some but not all granted. But everywhere is different. So what is the harm in allowing 5 minutes every day for the student to use as they wish? Certain guidelines of course. Such as being quiet, not interfering/bullying others, nothing lewd...
If I was the principal in an area that had frequent debates/problems about school in prayer this would be my solution. In areas where it never comes up then it is not needed.
Oh, well that clears things up then. Maybe we should get a petition going, or an open letter from the forum? We can all sign it and let this teacher (hell, maybe every teacher in the US) know that they're doing it wrong, and all they need to do is have a five minute quiet time each morning. Can you imagine the impact this is going to have?!
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****, that was a terrible piece of journalism. Top to bottom.
You nailed it. Stoked specifically said every and all problems with our educational system can be permanently corrected with 5 minutes of free time. But you had the balls to call him to the carpet. Bravo to you!
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All of this.
Are you surprised?
I never said this teacher was right or wrong. So failed there, no surprise.
I see this as something that is only needed in certain schools depending on the unique problems that school has. It is also something that the principal should implement and not individual teachers.
But it is entertaining watching you, fixed and franklin act like fools in your attempts to insult me ever since I became a mod.
Interesting question. I can offer the perspective of comparing my experience (similar era to your father in suburban Chicago) and my kids' who attended a different suburban public system in the 90's and 00's. In a lot of ways they were very similar - we both went to neighborhood schools that were within walking distance, grade school was k-5/6, then middle school/jr high then high school 9-12.
The BIGGEST difference was that when I was young kids went home for lunch in k-6. That was not so much the case for my kids, though my oldest two did come home in 1-2 grades as did many of their classmates.
In CLASS, the biggest difference was the seating arrangement. We always sat in rows - my kids' classrooms tended to group 4 desks together or in a U shape. They also did more group projects - when I was in school, there was very little group or collaborative work.
And of course, we didn't have computers. There was no copy and paste, we learned to take notes on note cards!
Their schools were also far more diverse than mine - both racially, ethnically and economically. In part, that just reflects changes that have taken place over time rather than any major difference in educational systems.
Stupid is as stupid does; so sayeth Momma.
That you're so desperate for approval that you feel the need to comment on subjects you know little to nothing about, and almost always come off sounding like dummy-Johnson? Nope, not surprised at all actually.
"Attempts" he says... Lulz.
People often attack those that do not agree with them. Not surprising indeed.
I say attempts because it doesn't bother me. I have been called far worse than you can ever say on here. Fire away.
good comments. particularly the first and last I quoted.
I also have a problem with a parent who specifically tells his child to disregard the request of the teacher. Way to teach your child respect. I wonder what that father would say if the teacher had said to the students "Now if your parents object to this assignment, tell them your doing it anyhow..."
not really knowing anything beyond what was reported here (which is undoubted intentionally vague) it's difficult for me to find much fault with the way the teacher handled this.
Normally I wouldn't say anything (you know, you're like the board Grandma), but you also sent me this rep:
05-07-2014 09:57 AM
moevillini
Thread: Reading the Bible in School
good comments. couldn't have said it better myself. well, maybe I could of.
Go home Gramms, you're drunk.
JimLes
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The solution to the problem of not having prayer time in a public school? Whichever way you put it, this is just school mandated prayer time. You're not solving a problem, you're creating one. Saying "kids can do what they want with the time" isn't really making it any less of a school mandated prayer time.
Even if they can specifically use that time for anything else they wanted? Such as sleep or talking?
I see that as the school, if it is even a problem in their school, as giving people the chance to pray if they want but by no means mandating it. It would also have to be individual prayer and not out loud. School faculty would be explicitly forbidden to lead or organize any religious activity.
JimLes
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Wait, so you're solving the problem of kids not sleeping or not talking? It's not about what the kids could do here, it's about why you want to introduce it to begin with. Which is prayer. The fact that you get an option to not engage in it doesn't make it any different.
I think it does make a difference.
But you make an interesting point (that it allows the introduction of prayer where there was no option for it before). One I will have to think on.
lol, then it is a good problem to have.