An excerpt from the Washington Post -
In Arizona, teachers can now be hired with absolutely no training in how to teach
By Valerie Strauss
New legislation signed into law in Arizona by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey (R) will allow teachers to be hired with no formal teaching training, as long as they have five years of experience in fields “relevant” to the subject they are teaching. What’s “relevant” isn’t clear.
The Arizona law is part of a disturbing trend nationwide to allow teachers without certification or even any teacher preparation to be hired and put immediately to work in the classroom in large part to help close persistent teacher shortages. It plays into a misconception that anyone can teach if they know a particular subject and that it is not really necessary to first learn about curriculum, classroom management and instruction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/05/14/in-arizona-teachers-can-now-be-hired-with-absolutely-no-training-in-how-to-teach/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_as-arizona-955am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.44c3524d23bd
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Happy Mother's Day
As a mother to two sons and a grandmother to three precious little girls, I've learned some things.
I've learned that the greatest impact on a child's life happens in the first five years.
This is tough because as a new mother, or even a seasoned one, the first five years of a child's life are hectic. You're busy taking care of them and they're busy discovering and exploring the world around them. But it is in the first five years that lifelong lessons are learned. In those first five years, kids learn how to behave, how to treat others, how to take care of themselves, and how to think for themselves, to name a few. And the tricky part is, as a parent you have no idea if what you're doing is right or good for that child until much later. In these first five years, you're operating on a hope and a prayer.
I've learned you don't do your child any favors by always coming to their rescue.
When a child blows it, they need to understand that they need to figure out what to do to solve their issue. I'm not suggesting that we let them suffer, but I am saying that they need to understand that the world will not bail them out. When they screw up, they need to fess up, correct the problem, make amends and move on. Too often parents become a lifelong crutch. In their desire to help, they become a hindrance.
I've learned that kids have to be taught how to work; how to complete a task and do a good job.
If kids are allowed to get away with doing half-ass work, they will grow up thinking that's good enough in school, at work, and in relationships. Kids have to be explicitly taught how to do a job and do it well. That begins with picking up their toys and cleaning their rooms. Simple things that have a lifelong impact.
I've learned that once your kids are grown, you have to step aside and let them live their lives.
And to me . . .
That's the hardest lesson of all.
I've learned that the greatest impact on a child's life happens in the first five years.
This is tough because as a new mother, or even a seasoned one, the first five years of a child's life are hectic. You're busy taking care of them and they're busy discovering and exploring the world around them. But it is in the first five years that lifelong lessons are learned. In those first five years, kids learn how to behave, how to treat others, how to take care of themselves, and how to think for themselves, to name a few. And the tricky part is, as a parent you have no idea if what you're doing is right or good for that child until much later. In these first five years, you're operating on a hope and a prayer.
I've learned you don't do your child any favors by always coming to their rescue.
When a child blows it, they need to understand that they need to figure out what to do to solve their issue. I'm not suggesting that we let them suffer, but I am saying that they need to understand that the world will not bail them out. When they screw up, they need to fess up, correct the problem, make amends and move on. Too often parents become a lifelong crutch. In their desire to help, they become a hindrance.
I've learned that kids have to be taught how to work; how to complete a task and do a good job.
If kids are allowed to get away with doing half-ass work, they will grow up thinking that's good enough in school, at work, and in relationships. Kids have to be explicitly taught how to do a job and do it well. That begins with picking up their toys and cleaning their rooms. Simple things that have a lifelong impact.
I've learned that once your kids are grown, you have to step aside and let them live their lives.
And to me . . .
That's the hardest lesson of all.
Ditch These Folks . . . Fast
From the Huffington Post -
10 Toxic People You Should Avoid Like The Plague
Quit trying to beat them at their own game.
Dr. Travis Bradberry
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/10-toxic-people-you-should-avoid-like-the-plague_us_591344f2e4b07e366cebb80e
10 Toxic People You Should Avoid Like The Plague
Quit trying to beat them at their own game.
Dr. Travis Bradberry
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/10-toxic-people-you-should-avoid-like-the-plague_us_591344f2e4b07e366cebb80e
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Still Happening
An excerpt from the Root -
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
By Breanna Edwards
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the same hairstyle almost every little black girl has had at least once). And parents are upset.
According to the Boston Globe, Colleen Cook, whose twin 15-year-old daughters, Deanna and Mya, attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, have been subject to several detentions since last week and now could actually be suspended from school over their hairstyle.
http://www.theroot.com/mass-charter-school-students-sent-to-detention-banned-1795173513
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
By Breanna Edwards
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the same hairstyle almost every little black girl has had at least once). And parents are upset.
According to the Boston Globe, Colleen Cook, whose twin 15-year-old daughters, Deanna and Mya, attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, have been subject to several detentions since last week and now could actually be suspended from school over their hairstyle.
http://www.theroot.com/mass-charter-school-students-sent-to-detention-banned-1795173513
Friday, May 12, 2017
We Need His Calmness Now More Than Ever
From the Huffington Post -
Happy Little You Can Now Surf Random Bob Ross Videos Online, Forever
You never have to choose between Bob Ross videos ever again.
By Priscilla Frank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/random-bob-ross-videos_us_5914ce4ce4b0fe039b33549e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Happy Little You Can Now Surf Random Bob Ross Videos Online, Forever
You never have to choose between Bob Ross videos ever again.
By Priscilla Frank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/random-bob-ross-videos_us_5914ce4ce4b0fe039b33549e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Patti's Cinnamon Crumb Cake Recipe
From Entertainment Weekly -
Celebrate Mother's Day with Patti LaBelle's cinnamon crumb cake
It’s soul sweetening
By RUTH KINANE
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1,1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. table salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
For the streusel topping:
1,1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
http://ew.com/books/2017/05/12/mothers-day-patti-labelle-cinnamon-crumb-cake-recipe/?xid=email-email-ewbooks-20170512PM-tout3
Celebrate Mother's Day with Patti LaBelle's cinnamon crumb cake
It’s soul sweetening
By RUTH KINANE
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1,1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. table salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
For the streusel topping:
1,1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
http://ew.com/books/2017/05/12/mothers-day-patti-labelle-cinnamon-crumb-cake-recipe/?xid=email-email-ewbooks-20170512PM-tout3
President Rock?
An excerpt from GQ -
Dwayne Johnson for President!
BY CAITY WEAVER
The cold, hard truth is that if Donald Trump can be elected president, Dwayne Johnson can be elected president. Easily. He probably has better odds of winning an election than Trump, and Trump did win, so what does that tell you? If anything, Trump's election proved that celebrities can just dive right in—they don't even have to make a pit stop as governor of California before the presidency.
“If [becoming the president] is something he focused on,” says Ron Meyer, the NBCUniversal vice chairman, “he probably would accomplish it. I think there's nothing that he couldn't do.”
http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover
Dwayne Johnson for President!
BY CAITY WEAVER
The cold, hard truth is that if Donald Trump can be elected president, Dwayne Johnson can be elected president. Easily. He probably has better odds of winning an election than Trump, and Trump did win, so what does that tell you? If anything, Trump's election proved that celebrities can just dive right in—they don't even have to make a pit stop as governor of California before the presidency.
“If [becoming the president] is something he focused on,” says Ron Meyer, the NBCUniversal vice chairman, “he probably would accomplish it. I think there's nothing that he couldn't do.”
http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover
Unforgiven
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/12/watch-unforgiven-casts-spotlight-on-americas-6-1-million-forgotten-voters/?source=newsletter
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)