| 1. | 3/17/2008 9:19:00 PM | I like the character education point that was brought up. I don't feel the community/school spirit like in years/decades past. |
| 2. | 3/18/2008 4:17:00 PM | We especially need help in understanding students and parents with mental health issues. It doesn't matter how advanced our curriculum is if we can't deliver it to a group of students effectively due to one child's behavior that demands all of the teacher's focus and energy. We need to know how to manage their behaviors. |
| 3. | 3/18/2008 4:44:00 PM | students need to treat all with more respect, other students and teachers. |
| 4. | 3/19/2008 1:50:00 PM | Respect and honor make me think of character education. I have found that I need to spend more time on this in my classroom than just modeling it myself. |
| 5. | 3/19/2008 4:54:00 PM | Character education starting in the elementary level is needed now more than ever!!! |
| 6. | 3/19/2008 5:02:00 PM | Character education has become essential. Too many kids are not getting it at home. The growing lack of respect, empathy, and personal responsibility among the students is frightening and sad. |
| 7. | 3/19/2008 7:20:00 PM | Very laudable. How can we evaluate progress toward it? |
| 8. | 3/20/2008 3:18:00 AM | The kids in my homeroom will not take hot lunch on a day where they serve Mexican dishes. I have heard them whisper,"Mexican food tastes terrible and I would never eat it." Even though I will make a point to eat it that day and say how good it sounds I can tell by their eyes they have made a silent agreement to not eat it. We really need to work with the students on diversity training and not just the staff. The students seem to believe all people of hispanic desent are here illegally. |
| 9. | 3/20/2008 1:48:00 PM | The meaning of that word is hard to define at this level! |
| 10. | 4/9/2008 4:57:00 PM | "respect and honor" are top shelf priorities, but that shouldn't be manifest in taking a majority of our inservice hours (especially if assessment practices and technology changes are to be effectively implemented). |