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Oh Here We Go: Arizona bans ethic studies classes, and plans to remove teachers with “thick accents” from ESOL courses
On May - 3 - 2010
When will the madness end????
I could not think of a picture to use...so here you go
Well in Arizona, it has only just begun. Apparently schools that have ethic studies courses and/or teachers are about to have a shake down. Education policy in the state is looking toward the new immigration reform as inspiration because really, where did this come from?
And supposedly teachers who have “ungrammatical” and “heavy” accents will no longer be allowed to teach english as a langauge.
This is a slippery slope indeed. I don’t even know where to begin. And it gets more bizarre, because according to the Huffington Post, Arizona spent about a decade hiring people from Latin America to come to teach in their state…in order to establish a billingual program, that they proceeded to dismantle in 2000 when voters passed a ballet measure requesting for all instruction be in English…
Some things are too ridiculous to comment on.
Source: Huffington Post: Arizona Ethnic StudieS banned, teachers with accents to be let go
WHIRR WHIRR Helicopter Parents on the Loose!!: Moms quit jobs for their child’s college dreams – CNN.com
On April - 27 - 2010
"please let me live my life!" he thinks while they fly above...
Moms quit jobs for their child’s college dreams – CNN.com.
According to Wikipedia: “Helicopter parent is a colloquial, early 21st-century term for a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child’s or children’s experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions. The term was originally coined by Foster W. Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay in their 1990 book Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility[1], although Dr. Haim G. Ginott mentions a teen who complains, “Mother hovers over me like a helicopter…” on page 18 of the bestselling book Between Parent & Teenager published in 1969. Helicopter parents are so named because, like helicopters, they hover closely overhead, rarely out of reach, whether their children need them or not. In Scandinavia, this phenomenon is known as curling parenthood and describes parents who attempt to sweep all obstacles out of the paths of their children. It is also called “overparenting”.”
And if you want a prime example of this phenomenon, see the article above. Feeling lazy? Here you go: Moms quit jobs for their child’s college dreams – CNN.com.
In this article you can find the picture, perfect example what a helicopter parent is. Once again, I feel the need to apologize and insist that I am not being a hater…but this one was just too juicy to resist.
I mean really. Reading this article took me back to my high school days and I got chills going up and down my spine. Honestly, some students who go to high school these days are really just victims of ambitious-elitist-academia-by-proxy, due to their parents childish and ridiculous hold on their lives. Oh my the damage these helicopter parents do.
From a personal perspective, I have always had a really close relationship with my mother, she really helped me during my high school years to figure out the big bad world of college admissions…but quit her job to do it? Really? And quit her job to schedule my entire life around mind-numbing activities, so I can go to some for-profit disguised as a non-profit institution filled to the brim with helicopter parent products?
No thank you, I’m good.
In today’s society it seems like the culture of overbearingness is deemed normal. I just don’t see how putting such intense pressure on your children to attend SAT tutoring, tennis lessons, fencing lessons, and Oboe society sessions has to do with their well being. Most of the time they are just going along with it, running from appointment to appointment with their head spinning. Does anyone do anything anymore for the pleasure of it? Because it is their passion? College admissions and resume fodder is what drives the youth of today!
And unfortunately it does not seem to get better with age. Even in college I witnessed incidents of people doing things just to say they did it, and this is a habit that will no doubt follow these particular individuals for the rest of their lives.
I actually had a conversation today with two women about another form of helicopter parenting: the athlete version.
The women were mentioning how the swimming team in my area for 5-6 year olds were so competitive…that they make the children go swimming 4 o’clock in the morning. Every morning…..
WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON.
If you look at many of the most famous athletes, many of them had at least one helicopter parent…Venus and Serena, Tiger, Michael Phelps…all had helicopter parents that pushed them to the limit…
Yes it is the main reason they are where they are today, but at what price? Can you imagine 5 and 6 year olds forced to wake up 3:30 in the morning to go swimming? I don’t even want to think about it.
But I digress…basically Moms all over the country are abandoning their personal goals and dreams to dictate the academic moves of their children…
Would you quit your job to ensure the success of your child’s college admissions? And that be your primary goal? Would you let your child do what they want to do? When and where do we cross the line????
If you want some additional food for thought, and a great counterargument check out TIME’s article on helicopter parents:
The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
Whoo Hoo: Joe Biden predicts drastic hiring increase in the coming months -Job.com
On April - 27 - 2010
What’s up Peeps.
Hello? Is there anyone out there??? HELLO??? *crickets*
Right…well I should explain myself…
Between my finals for school, mediation training, and everything in between…I’ve have more than fall off the boat…I damn near got swallowed by a big biblical fish…..
Enough with the confessions! Let’s get down to business…
According to my dear friend and confidant not Vice President Biden is swearing on all he knows that an upwards of 200,000 jobs will be created between now, and the end of May.
Click here: Joe Biden predicts drastic hiring increase in the coming months -Job.com.
Yeah, but naysayers are…well…saying that this is mainly because of the census, and these so-called “created jobs” will fade away to oblivion by the middle of the summer.
I hate to throw salt on Biden’s game….but the beauty of throwing out statisitics is you sound really official, but it can be all hype and the odds of anyone having the time to look into it are slim to none…
Personally I think it is all hype. A lot of people applied to work for the Cenus and were not hired. It’s not as if everyone who applied to the Census was hired, that is one statistic we won’t see in the news anytime soon…
The comments section works now! Sorry about that
On March - 31 - 2010
Hi readers! The comments section works now so comment away! Sorry about the inconvenience!
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NY TIMES: Business Students can Find Jobs!
On March - 15 - 2010
How may we all be helped?
Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students
There is hope! If you are a business student or looking for a banking job, the opportunities are there! And that doesn’t mean just being a bank teller.
Interns and prospective job seekers share their stories of rejection and success.
Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/education/08banking.html
The Chronicle Review Repost: “Are too many students going to college?”
On March - 8 - 2010
Ooops, the question on my mind, that I have been too afraid to ask out loud:
Are too may students going to college?
More of my thoughts on this later…
CONSUMER CAUTION: STUDENT LOANS!
On February - 16 - 2010
If you have student loans, check out this article. A cautionary tale of why student loans and defaulting on student loans will ruin your life! Defer at your own risk. Pay off Uncle Sam everyone.
Michelle Bisutti, a 41-year-old family practitioner in Columbus, Ohio, finished medical school in 2003, her student-loan debt amounted to roughly $250,000. Since then, it has ballooned to $555,000.
Obsolete When All Employed
WE ARE BACK!!!
On February - 15 - 2010
We are back!
Hello Beautiful readers! Warmest welcome to our Grand Opening launch for Obsolete When All Are Employed. Ebony and I have been working quite hard at making your (un)employment experiences as easy to swallow as possible.
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