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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:31 PM Original message |
School Fundraisers and why I hate them |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why so little science? Is it not on those tests |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Art...Music |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Science is not tested in early grade school |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. It is tested in MO |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Not until 5th grade in California |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And the really dumb thing |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I don't rely on the school system to teach my children everything |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Me too |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't sweat the scence stuff |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. My son |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Sweat the Science stuff. Kids can grasp a lot more then we give credit for, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. My daughter told me about sound wave and the tympannic membrane in K. |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have always ignored these things. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've always hated fundraisers. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hear ya |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. And what frosts my cheeks ... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I was thinking the same thing. They probably act like they are helping students develop |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is an oldish British saying... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think you need to separate the curriculum from the fundraisers. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Also |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ha! |
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't this the result of all of those "Proposition ###" votes? |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Our school eliminated fund raisers like these |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. So are you blaming the schools for this? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Uh... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Sorry, didn't mean to come across as harsh |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. I am not sure that I agree with your statement |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. I agree fundraising gets old. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Priorities are a mess... |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. I do agree that the fundraisers are a pain and the stuff is usually crap, |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. I want to know what black hole, the almost $13k/yr we pay per pupil, |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. My issue with fundraisers is that |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I hate those fundraisers that involve food |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Market Day's expensive, too. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. We don't participate any more either. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. I never let mine sell stuff either.. I would always send this note to the teachers every year. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. I dislike fundraisers as well, but I try to contribute by donating money instead. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. Several concerns here |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Dear Proud2 |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. It's NCLB, that's for sure. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. I went through this with my kids |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. You might suggest to the powers that be at the |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. I remember having to do that as a kid...HATED HATED HATED it!! |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
40. C'mon Gilligan |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
42. I hate them too! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. Really? My kids get tons of science throughout their curriculum. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've got kids in 1st and 3rd grades. |
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