tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516000.post4518158180076573449..comments2023-10-19T08:18:37.317-07:00Comments on Mildly Melancholy: Lord, Help Me.Nacho Loverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370735026568009605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516000.post-70717609153309670212007-03-05T16:56:00.000-08:002007-03-05T16:56:00.000-08:00Oddly enough I had the same thought today as your ...Oddly enough I had the same thought today as your previous commentator. I had a girl who rarely comes to my class, and who was failing all her classes, come to me with a withdrawal slip today. She was transferring to a charter school that caters to more independent students, who work at their own pace to earn their HS diplomas. This is NOT a girl who is self-motivated. As I filled out her slip, I glanced at her and thought, there are kids in other places who would give ANYTHING for the chance at a decent education, and here you are, blithely throwing yours away. Tragic, and infuriating.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914867548686274842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516000.post-3271346948208692852007-02-28T07:04:00.000-08:002007-02-28T07:04:00.000-08:00Hello!Just stumbled across your blog and read this...Hello!<BR/><BR/>Just stumbled across your blog and read this entry. Teachers worldwide have my sympathy for a largely thankless job.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure I'm not the only one, but when I look back at school, I can't say I enjoyed it (what child does?) but I am deeply thankful for the education I received nevertheless, and to those teachers who made the effort to make lessons interesting and ensure that something stuck between my ears.<BR/><BR/>I've worked in management in a large British media organisation for several years now and never cease to be astounded by, for example, e-mails sent to me from the personnel department with more spelling mistakes per word than bullet holes in a downtown Basra house. Don't they care? Apparently not. Aren't they ashamed? Even less so, it seems.<BR/><BR/>Then there is the endless debate in the media about the woeful (or wonderful - take your pick) state of education in this country. It certainly seems to be a fact that for many young people learning is decidedly not cool. What gets my goat is that I have spent the last couple of years working with Afghans, who would give an arm and a leg for the kind of education you can get over here, and envy us greatly. It's ironic! And saddening.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com