TEACHING YOUNG MINDS

4 Responses to TEACHING YOUNG MINDS

1. Quentin Colgan says:

   Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 11:33 pm

   This is an incredibly valuable lesson for these kids–one they may not get in school: Fascism MUST be stood against.

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2. Harold Ey says:

   Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 6:34 am

   ‘Use whom ever you can to get what you want’ This should be the new battle cry for the union leaders. There are many aspects about this that confirms the largess of Union greed, you would think that accredited Teachers (who should be teaching) could put union ideals behind the needs of students,( not so ,as indicated by PS post) and realize that ALL of us are going to have to give up some of what we now have and enjoy, if we are to keep our way of life viable

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3. juanita says:

   Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 7:50 am

   Going to meetings has been an important part of home school for us. We read agendas, documents – then we actually attend.

   What do you learn from being a mob? You learn to be a bully, or you learn to be a toady to a bully. You learn to be led by the nose by people who are usually not too concerned about what YOU think, they just want you to shut up and do what they say, right? They’ll tell you – “we don’t want too many ‘loose cannons,’ here’s what to say in your letter to the editor…”

   My kids went along watching and listening, oftentimes making very interesting observations. Then came the frisbee golf issue – they had just learned to play in the previous year and they couldn’t believe the city would ban it in the park. They wanted to do something. So, we carried the petition. It was the first political thing my husband had ever done beyond vote. It was uncomfortable – neither of us believe in “bothering” other people to do anything. But petition is a way to redress your grievances, so we did it, and our kids watched. Then they watched while Ann Schwab and others on council tried to tell us our petition wasn’t legal. The frisbee folks had to be at meetings for a couple of years, keep up a steady pressure INSIDE the system.

   We realized, we could, at any time, go up and do anything we want at that course, including shooting. We know when the ranger is there, we could go up there and shoot soda bottles until the ground looks like bakery confections. But we realized, that is not how you work the system. If you want other people to respect you, you respect them. We saw Lon and others working so hard, we didn’t want to mess it up for them.

   Success! Every time we use that course or pass it by, we feel like we did something right.

   My kids have learned a lot from participating, but they’ve learned to work the system instead of make a spectacle of themselves for nothing.

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4. Tina says:

   Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 9:33 am

   Harold, Regarding the “largess of union greed”, stay tuned for part two.

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