tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post4585728806722659436..comments2023-10-08T06:37:26.421-04:00Comments on Little Hunting Creek: My Three Year Old Could Paint ThatLittle Hunting Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-70209347306706074742012-07-04T19:23:36.071-04:002012-07-04T19:23:36.071-04:00Well said. A wake up call to we who evaluate educ...Well said. A wake up call to we who evaluate education as purely a dollars in/dollars out ROI analysis.Barbara at Cat Fur Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450325608055716499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-11557039425420727232012-06-29T14:10:49.790-04:002012-06-29T14:10:49.790-04:00Congratulations on your publication!Congratulations on your publication!The Slapdash Sewisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668474749166329852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-52775958129224486962012-06-27T16:04:56.238-04:002012-06-27T16:04:56.238-04:00Being in the possession of a terminal degree in an...Being in the possession of a terminal degree in an applied art (and seriously, people now days don't even seem to understand the term "terminal degree", which I think points to a serious lack of... something) and having spawned two children in one year (and thus having two paint-splattered toddlers to deal with), I can honestly and with absolute academic surety say to those highly annoying Spartans, "YOUR FLIPPIN' THREE YEAR OLD CAN <i>NOT</i> DO THAT."<br /><br />Unless the three year old in question happens to be a certifiable genius. I suppose that could happen.<br /><br />And god forbid we all <i>enjoy</i> our lives.<br /><br />Now I have to go check out the WP online and see if the editorials are posted there. Awesome!Beangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402852482784879141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-6393383591875311502012-06-27T15:16:37.269-04:002012-06-27T15:16:37.269-04:00Hurray for your letter to the editor. You put it ...Hurray for your letter to the editor. You put it quite well.<br /><br />Our new superintendent of schools organized a series of meet and greets at all the neighborhood schools and really rubbed me the wrong way. Among other things, he said that:<br />- he wanted 100% of the HS grads to go to college or further vocational training (worthy goal, but hyperbole for our severely developmentally disabled students)<br />- he wanted the students to train for careers for the 21st century<br />- he compounded the insult with the joke, "Home ec won't cut it in the 21st century."<br />- music is spared because it raises math test scores (what about music for it's own sake?)<br />- art is spared because of its importance to our local economy (see my comment ibid)<br />- pe is spared because of the cost of rising obesity in our area<br /><br />I would like to note that music is partially funded by grants from outside foundations, PE is funded by our local health district (which has it's own taxing power) and art is funded by the PTSA and taught by parent volunteers. <br /><br />He has grudgingly earned my respect for how much he has cut at central administration and how little he has cut in the classroom in these difficult budgetary times. But he had a shaky start there with his flip remarks while I sat there listening and knitting.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716616407420487026.post-66384047789126813722012-06-27T11:42:03.890-04:002012-06-27T11:42:03.890-04:00I could not have said this better. Those who comp...I could not have said this better. Those who complain about expenditures for art, education, research etc are driven only by fear...and are mean spirited souls.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517527498809073174noreply@blogger.com