St. Paul Education is unique in that the school board represents both Catholic Schools and Protestant schools however this is a topic that is about to heat up in other areas of the province.
Is it time for separation of Church and public schools?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
ADHD/sleep disorder connection
I have read more then once about a connection between tiredness and behavior problems in children. If a child is trying to stay awake, they might fidget, move around or talk out of turn. As a parent, I would certainly request a sleep study for my child before getting into medications that alter the brain chemistry.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Facebook issue
This is the first I have herd of kids actually being suspended because of comments on Facebook. It is interesting in that Facebook is not a school sanctioned activity nor does it really have anything to do with school. Kids are not permitted to be on Facebook during the day at school. This opens up a whole new issue because comments made online do not directly affect education or learning. We can not suspend students for cheating on exams (we just have to give them their second chance) or for vandalizing a teachers home but we can suspend them for making comments on Facebook when they are emotionally distraught over the death of their friend.
Are schools now police? Is suspension from school a punishment for bad behaviour in any setting? We can grey-area this topic forever ... for example if a student swears at another student on the street in the evening, can they be suspended? It is against school rules to swear at another student.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Canadian students suspended for clothing
This is ridiculous! Of all the reasons to suspend students, clothing is one of the worst. In this case the girls outfits are not all that offensive and they are celebrating their team.
As a parent, I know that you have to pick your fights and clothing and hair styles do not rank all that high on my list of concerns. Schools need to stay focused on academic and education issues. Leave the dress codes up to their parents.
But thats just my opinion!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Canadian college issue
I am a strong supporter of inclusion but I do have to question this one ...
"The university's dean of graduate studies waived a failed comprehensive exam for the doctoral candidate, who said after the fact that he had acute exam anxiety."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/02/man-lucacs-cp-profile-exam-anxiety.html#ixzz1A11BxWTt
Personally I can think of more then a few exams which gave me acute exam anxiety after the fact, most particularly Organic Chemistry! I still get nightmares over that exam.
It's the "after the fact" that really makes me question this one. He is getting a PhD so he must have faced more then a few exams already, perhaps he should have known about the anxiety in advance.
I wonder if high school students could make the same claim about diploma exams now that there is a precedence set at the University level?
I do admire this professor standing up for what he sees as incorrect.
Weapons in college
This is not a great topic to start off the New Year but when I read it I just had to give my head a shake.
"After hearing that legislators in Texas and perhaps other states will again try to change the law to force colleges to allow students to bring loaded concealed weapons into classrooms,..."
I predict that if this does happen that we will see an increase in home schooling.
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