Comments by ladybug
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Posted on July 8 at 3:10 p.m.
For 8 years I have known Rex. He loves his dogs with everything fiber of his being. I have watched him train the 3 year old dog Daisy. Those dogs don't move from the truck unless he tells them to. They are wonderful people and wonderful dogs. I support my parents 110%. Good Job mom and Rex!
Posted on December 6 at 4:37 p.m.
I am very proud to be an ESU graduate. I am in my first year of teaching and also feel like I have a year under my belt. I'm teaching in Western KS and feel like I represent the best ESU has to offer.
Congrats to ESU!
Posted on April 19 at 5:18 p.m.
Thank you Emporia_Proud!
I want to be the best teacher I can be and know that I have a caring heart. I wouldn't become a teacher if I didn't care.
Yes, barbara61, I don't know your situation and from what you have said, you have not only been through hell but are living in one with the district. If you can get one advocate in your childs school, that one advocate will bend over backwards to help you. I hope that you have found someone like that. If I was staying in the Emporia District and had your child, you can be damn (sorry) sure that I would advocate for every child that came into my classroom.
I hope that you can get someone with some pull to listen to you. Glen Strickland is now a school board member and I personally know his wife. She was my forensics coach in high school. I think you should contact him and express your concerns. He is a man that will get things done. Good luck to you barbara61, I hope that with all the stresses that you have gone through in this district, you can find someone to listen and stand up for what's right.
On In Seclusion
Posted on April 18 at 7:32 p.m.
I am a recent elementary education major from ESU. In my experience from a new teacher's point of view, seclusion works to calm down and regain control. The whole point of time out was just that, take a time out and come back after control has been gained.
I know that when I am the teacher and a child I sent to time out was gone for more than 30 minutes, I would find out why. Regardless of the situation the child is in, I would find out what is going on. No child should be out of the classroom for more than 30 minutes. I am disturbed by the fact that the little boy the story is about sits around, takes naps, takes off his shoes and is allowed to NOT learn.
I agree that a teacher can not spend all of the class time dealing with one student and denying the others of the whole purpose of school, BUT some students do require more attention than others. If a teacher needs to take 5 minutes to pull a child aside and get him/her calm, then it is worth that wait for the other students. This is because once the situation has been defused, the learning environment for all the students continues to be positive.
Classroom time outs work in similar ways. I am currently substitute teaching until I get my own classroom (hopefully in the fall). I have seen the classroom time out work and have implemented it. I have never left a child in time out for more than 30 minutes and that was an extreme situation. After that time, you give the rest of the students something to do (read a book is a great something to do) and you ask the child why they were placed in time out. 90% of the time the child will know and understand what has happened and can explain to you why they were in time out.
Now, I understand that this is a 90% rate and mostly with students that are not identified. Those that are identified, usually have an IEP (Individual Education Plan) and in this IEP, especially for behavior kids, there are requirements for a teacher to follow in discipline and other areas.
This will always be a difficult topic and without all the help that is needed in some classrooms, there will always be problems. Emporia needs to investigate the time outs in this district and reevaluate if it is worth having for all students.
Children are in school to learn not sit in a room alone and have their possibly already low self esteem go into the toilet.
LadyBug (RB)
Recent ESU graduate and soon to (hopefully) be a classroom teacher!
On In Seclusion
Posted on April 9 at 6:14 p.m.
Great job Amber! We miss you here at home, come home soon! Your friends and family miss and love you!!!!
Posted on March 29 at 9:15 p.m.
I sent out a pretty rude and racist email to my friends and family with a link to this blog. I live in Emporia and have worked in the schools. Now that I have calmed down, I have some suggestions for this community.
1. Set up a drivers education program for those coming into this community from other countries that do not drive. I believe that this would aid in bringing the community together and help with the safety issues.
2. The drivers education program should have the same requirements of those teenagers that are learning to drive.
3. Let's campaign to treat everyone equal. I know in my heart that I only hate an abusive ex and that I am not racist towards one group of people or another. I know Emporia has had some issues but I think that if we really try, we can make the community the way it was when I was a child.
4. EDUCATE EDUCATE EDUCATE!!! You wouldn't know how to spell your name or how to drive a car or how to act in a public setting if you weren't educated. Let's see if we can't get some public education classes set up for people. I don't think it should just be for the forgieners but for anyone wanting to attend. Do we have to charge for these? You know, I don't think we should. There are plenty of people willing to do this for free if we ask around.
This is just my two cents. It might be unrealistic for some but I think it might be worth a try.
What do our city commission candidates think?
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Posted on July 8 at 3:16 p.m.
I want to know where the good things are that mom and Rex said. They recounted the interview to me and I know they are not very happy about it. They have asked me to write to you that if you support them, please give them a call to sign the petition.
I really hope that my stepdad doesn't get any more mean and hurtful text messages. That is not the point of the phone number.
On He’s got a message for the city