Comments for matching tracksuits http://matchingtracksuits.com fun in threes Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Busy by Auntie M http://matchingtracksuits.com/2008/08/13/busy/#comment-6924 Auntie M Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:40:57 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/?p=1079#comment-6924 English honors, eh? It should be an interesting change from teaching the poorly motivated. Of course, it's a different set of issues. My team of teachers will have all of the 6th grade gifted students. I've not had more than one or two gifted students in my classes for the past few years. I'll need to revamp a few things, I think. Good luck for the new school year! English honors, eh? It should be an interesting change from teaching the poorly motivated. Of course, it’s a different set of issues. My team of teachers will have all of the 6th grade gifted students. I’ve not had more than one or two gifted students in my classes for the past few years. I’ll need to revamp a few things, I think.

Good luck for the new school year!

]]> Comment on Talking by Thud http://matchingtracksuits.com/2008/08/15/talking/#comment-6922 Thud Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:09:20 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/?p=1061#comment-6922 We don't have a first word yet from the Sprout, but we've figured out that "meem meem meem" means "cat." We don’t have a first word yet from the Sprout, but we’ve figured out that “meem meem meem” means “cat.”

]]> Comment on This and That by nina http://matchingtracksuits.com/2008/08/07/this-and-that/#comment-6882 nina Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:37:59 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/?p=997#comment-6882 good god, dear lord, my god, god almighty, good heaven, etc, all work -- but what's missing (besides respectful caps) is the slang. You can't translate slang without sounding silly. You could put it in southern (?) lordy lordy, or whatever, but that would be totally weird. good god, dear lord, my god, god almighty, good heaven, etc, all work — but what’s missing (besides respectful caps) is the slang. You can’t translate slang without sounding silly. You could put it in southern (?) lordy lordy, or whatever, but that would be totally weird.

]]> Comment on No Non-Autistic Child Left Behind by Dee http://matchingtracksuits.com/2006/02/21/no-non-autistic-child-left-behind/#comment-6876 Dee Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:15:18 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/2006/02/21/no-non-autistic-child-left-behind/#comment-6876 This applies to all children with special needs. Any child with an IEP is exempt from the standards of the No Child Left Behind act and is therefore not entitled to a quality education. Schools have gotten creative in developing "portfolios" to document that they have met the standards regardless of how much your child actually learned or retained. Our public school system has passed my son into the seventh grade, but he can't spell second grade words or do basic math without difficulty. We had to fight to have him retained in the fifth grade. As a result, we revoked his IEP in an effort to hold the school accountable for providing him with a real education. My friend whose child is severely autstic, was doing great in his school environment and actually learning. He can speak, dress himself, and isn't potty trained. Budget cuts eliminated the program at his school and he was bussed to another school with limited resources. His learning regressed. The cookie cutter approach to teaching our children is drastically flawed and the entire educational system needs an overhaul. Stop spending money on meaningless research projects and spend it on our children, who are our future. This applies to all children with special needs. Any child with an IEP is exempt from the standards of the No Child Left Behind act and is therefore not entitled to a quality education. Schools have gotten creative in developing “portfolios” to document that they have met the standards regardless of how much your child actually learned or retained.

Our public school system has passed my son into the seventh grade, but he can’t spell second grade words or do basic math without difficulty. We had to fight to have him retained in the fifth grade. As a result, we revoked his IEP in an effort to hold the school accountable for providing him with a real education.

My friend whose child is severely autstic, was doing great in his school environment and actually learning. He can speak, dress himself, and isn’t potty trained. Budget cuts eliminated the program at his school and he was bussed to another school with limited resources. His learning regressed.

The cookie cutter approach to teaching our children is drastically flawed and the entire educational system needs an overhaul.

Stop spending money on meaningless research projects and spend it on our children, who are our future.

]]> Comment on Measuring Microsoft by Paul http://matchingtracksuits.com/2006/09/05/measuring-microsoft/#comment-6854 Paul Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:47:24 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/2006/09/05/measuring-microsoft/#comment-6854 Thank you for the fix. I did not find it with "a little snooping on the internet." My Google searching turned up only your post. Thank you for the fix. I did not find it with “a little snooping on the internet.” My Google searching turned up only your post.

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