August 14, 2005

• So…. I’ve been hanging out on the computer and reading blog pages, looking up old friends and basically just wasting my time. I decided I’d better limit computer time from now on or else I might end up doing nothing but. 

  
  

  Read an interesting article on home schooling <Thanks dad for the link>.  The Public education system is definitely still in denial. I am a teacher who has worked for the PS system for years, however I recognize that there are major flaws in the system. My dad always asks “so how do we fix it?” At this point I say “we tear it down and start from scratch”. The public education system is broke and needs to be replaced. Holt and Gato have both written some good pieces about this topic. The foundations of our public education are rooted in the industrial revolution… the current system was put in place to train citizens for the business setting … i.e.. FACTORIES, which was great at the time, but let’s move on. Now a days most people do NOT work in factories, so obviously it’s time for real changes… not just band aids. Well enough soap box… here’s the link if anyone is interested in checking it out.   Please realize I don’t condemn PS in any way, a lot of them have great things to offer and there are a lot of fantastic teachers out there. The Burearacracy of the education system is what needs to be fixed, and unfortuantely that affects the average classroom teacher.

  
  

  http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=8495

  
  

  Silver_fangz spent the night with friends…. she just got home. She’s kind of tired since she stayed up till 5:00 am…. but she has to clean her room anyway. It sucks being a kid, but someone has to do it. LOL

  
  

  Hubby is sick… poor baby. I hope I don’t get it! I have been sick so much since getting here! I hate it! I think it’s the humidity… and the illness always takes like 2 or more weeks to go away. YECK!!

  
  

  Ok, nuff said for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend….

  
  

  Aloha!

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