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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: MCLB "Anniversary?" Millions of children left
I said, "Some dynamite principal." You copied that below. And, by the way, it is "NCLB." Art >>> rparkany@borg.com 01/09/03 04:37AM >>> No, Art: like you said the FIRST time you posted on this tripe: *Some dynamite LNCB*... ;-} rap. Art Burke wrote: > > The "jobs" are things that are done around the school every day. What > makes them special is the ownership and pride that the child gets from > having the job - some of that comes from the ritual the principal puts > into place for getting it - the application, the references, the > waiting, and so on; some of it comes from the fact that everybody > respects the work. There is no failure and a kid is never denied the > chance to work his or her job - if homework is not done, or the kid is > late, he or she still gets to do his job. I don't think that large gobs > of time are involved. > > Like I said, some dynamite principal. > > Art > > >>> ecrump@interversity.org 01/08/03 04:09PM >>> > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Art Burke wrote: > > Principal was telling me about the "Job Corps" she started in her > > elementary school. > > This sounds interesting. What kind of jobs were they? Do they have some > > kind of training program for doing the jobs (I don't mean, necessarily, > > some kind of programmatic training; could be just one kid who knows a > job > helping the next kid learn how to do it). How much of the school day do > > the work of the jobs take up? What kind of recognition do kids get? > > Maybe these are questions you can't answer. I realize you only heard > about > this from the person who initiated it. Just curious is all. > > --Eric Crump > > ------------------------------------------------ > Direct list questions to listmom@interversity.net -- "Dein Wachstum sei feste und lache vor Lust! Deines Herzens Trefflichkeit Hat dir selbst das Feld bereit', Auf dem du bluehen musst." JS Bach: Bauern Kantata Richard A. Parkany: SUNY@Albany Prometheus Educational Services http://www.borg.com/~rparkany/ Upper Hudson & Mohawk Valleys; New York State, USA ------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe ARN-L: http://interversity.org/lists/arn-l/subscribe.html
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