tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987137491090073694.post8436884199327709371..comments2023-06-06T08:38:48.961-07:00Comments on Mama Bean's World: "Waiting for Superman": One Mom's TakeMama Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18033217052870979294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987137491090073694.post-89179282238655212482011-04-02T22:42:58.833-07:002011-04-02T22:42:58.833-07:00I am "that" parent. I'm the room mom...I am "that" parent. I'm the room mom, chaperone the field trips, help out in the classroom, show up at the meetings and take an active roll in my children's education. I'm also now a parent that pays private tuition and has no hope of having disposable income any time soon. The public school we attended isn't the "worst" school, it isn't the the most unsafe it doesn't have the worst test scores. And that is scary. In one year it had a profound and negative effect on my child. I showed up. I spoke up. I was motivated and ready to help. I was told to get lost...by every school administrator and government official I appealed to.<br /><br />I'm not giving parents a pass. I agree, the schools are not responsible for raising our children. We are! Taking money away from the school certainly won't help. Giving teachers the support, training and tools they need to deal the the very real problems caused by parents not parenting would. Seems everyone is measured by a standardized test score but the parents. Well, that doesn't seem to be working.<br /><br />I had a different take-away from the movie. I'm happy to hear anyone talk about what is going on in our classrooms that isn't followed by that shrug of the shoulders - what's a person to do.<br /><br />I failed to make a change for my child or anyone else in the public school. What I did so is go back to school myself, to be a teacher.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14792690964574794122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987137491090073694.post-35945954644824759752011-04-02T13:53:11.781-07:002011-04-02T13:53:11.781-07:00I would also add, that adults in general need to &...I would also add, that adults in general need to "step up" because to wait on parents only means there are boat loads of kids falling behind every day. People need to get back to the "community" mindset and volunteer, regardless of whether they have a child in school or not. I've heard of churches, soroptomist groups, boys & girls clubs, etc. "adopting" schools to volunteer their time and makean investment in kids in general. I think it's pathetic to say the school "system" doesn't work without at least starting from the ground up - and that would be the home. I think the most disturbing part of that movie was the room where all those "teachers" sit every day while getting paid to do nothing - ridiculous and embarressing as a society that we allow that kind of thing to go on.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238377321146097741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987137491090073694.post-34999870657472344712011-04-02T01:14:16.637-07:002011-04-02T01:14:16.637-07:00You are so right, Lori! Parental involvement is t...You are so right, Lori! Parental involvement is the key to success most of the time. I am also amazed at how many kids I meet who seem so clueless about the world. No one talks to them!! As a high school teacher, I see that confusion about life continue for many kids. I find I have to explain things I believed "everyone" knew.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696082318457789814noreply@blogger.com