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Before getting into a deeper discussion of my original piece and the response to it, let me clarify a few positions.
First: One of the consensus values regarding education is that providing education to all will, in turn, provide opportunity to all. Extending the educational opportunity makes real the value of a society of equal opportunity.
Second: A literate society benefits society as a whole as well as the individual member.
Third: Becoming literate enhances the ability of each member to pursue personal opportunities and lift oneself up.
Fourth: The U.S. Constitution was written as a social contract document to limit powers of the government, while protecting the physical presence and rights of the minority.
In my original piece I used a historical analysis to support the claim that the early Puritans held literacy in high regard. Mr. Willing agreed to the importance of public education to this group. However, he misrepresents the Puritans as having come from the "Enlightenment, and had a profound respect for higher education." To be precise, the Period of the Enlightenment did not begin in Europe until around the 1650s ending around 1790 to 1800. To think that the Puritans were part of the Age of Reason is misleading. The emphasis that Puritans and other Congregationalists placed on literacy had begun as a response to monarchs and established religions attempting to limit access to newly translated and published bibles, as well as interpretation of said bibles. They choose to step outside of mainstream European society, as have many other outlier groups, the Puritans sought refuge from overly repressive regimes and societies, seeking sanctuary in North America. One of the latest groups to do so was the movement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Although the basis for the Puritans and early Congregationalists was to create basic literacy for religious purposes, it established the value of literacy and became an important part of the American traditional values system, that all should become literate. Based on their mandate, they found the best means to accomplish such was through a public education system, supported entirely by the local community.
Universal literacy has become one of the most important reforms of the American Experience and set us in the position to lead by example for the rest of the world. However, contrasting the value of universal literacy was clearly not a value of the "Old South". Mr. Willing criticizes my critique for the introduction of the "Old South's" approach to education as a means to link the current conservative movement to that approach; whereas, the responsibility for education is placed on the individual and their family because of the important conservative value of personal responsibility. It is linked by the nature of the arguments offered by the current fiscal conservatives. The arguments being made now could just have easily been made in the latter half of the 19th century for those defending the old system. Although the system was forced out and a public education was imposed, it didn't find the same support as in the North and West. Funding has always been a problem and the focus has always been to provide the mere minimum.
We have developed two traditions, one of universal literacy and the other of personal responsibility. The aspect of the "Old South" is that if we privatize the schools that it will soon become a reflection of the "Old South" tradition. The progrssive position is an argument against taking the risk of privatization and undoing all that has been accomplished toward the goal of universal literacy, which is of higher value.
Mr. Willing accuses me of "making presumptions without a case". He is reading something into it that isn't there. Education, like any other social institution, must change in form and structure to remain relevant. The centralization of education services was consistent with the idea of the Industrial Revolution and Age. From manufacturing experience it was learned that applying economies of scale would enhance the function of the institution. This had absolutely nothing to do with the content of education but only the form and function. The changes to content came about from a number of very basic variables. Greatest of all has been the ongoing commitment to equal opportunity.
There is an assumption made by many that there is only one type of morality and that is religious morality. Contrary to that assumption is that morality does exist outside of the religious framework. Since the public schools are forbidden to teach or reinforce religion, it is only logical and proper that they teach and reinforce secular and humanistic morality. Many of the moral principles are found in both secular and religious morality, but when the moral principle is strictly religious in nature; then it is forbidden. Let me give this example; orthodox Jewish women are commanded to dress modestly. If in a public school setting, all the female students are orthodox except for one, then to teach that the one student who doesn't conform is not just wrong, but unconstitutional. Same goes for children of parents who are not legally married, the school cannot promote legal marriage as a moral or disired principal, it is best left to personal choice outside of school. Two of the landmark decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court were Engel v. Vitale in 1962 and Murray v. Curlett in 1963. These two rulings essentially establish the abolishment of school prayer and the reading of the bible as part of class instruction. Public schools have been very careful to maintain themselves as secular institutions.
Schools do teach and reinforce respect for the law, full literacy, access to higher education and diversity. Mr. Willing's assertion, that the secularization of schools is somehow wrong, makes no sense with respect to the law. Mr. Willing creates a logical absurdity by claiming that we should have respect for the law but then we shouldn't secularize, when the law clearly states secularization.
Why are the federal and state governments involved in education, when by tradition it has been a function of the local communities? Quite simply it is about equal opportunity to education. To provide an equal educational opportunity for someone who is attending a small rural school and for someone attending a large suburban school, the only way to assure equal opportunity is to "level the playing field" through monetary resources. The small rural school probably doesn't have the tax base to support education in a manner that the suburban school does, which has a much larger tax base. Therefore, funds are collected and pooled at the federal and state levels and then redistributed. This has been found to be the most efficient means and for many conservatives the most contentious. We the citizens, through our government have the right to know what our tax money is being spent on, whether it is local, state or federal. This has led to the creation of a system of government bureaucracy that has grown around the oversight of the distributed funds. One of the greatest criticisms of handing out vouchers is that the public has no voice or oversight into the private school.
Mr. Willing's inclusion of the example of the Communists is not only wrong but entirely misleading. In the first place he cites the 1940s as the period of the communist threat, but in fact communism in the United States was at its peak in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the programs instituted by the "New Deal" effectively pulled the teeth out of the movement. To attempt to equate communism to the inclusion of state and federal governments into education is categorically incorrect.
Mr. Willing goes on to claim the Political Left is killing public education through fostering policies that don't support economic success is, at best, a strange statement. Since when is education designed to support economic success? Education is designed for one mission and one mission only, to make people literate and capable of functioning in our society. As all institutions they are interrelated with other institutions, but to put on education as a means to economic success is inconsistent with the stated mission. Mr. Willing's statement could be equated to religious policies that support economic success, since religious institutions are a major component of our society. I have also seen where he refers to education as an industry rather than an institution. This is mixing conceptual meaning that has no logical connection.
Mr. Willing goes on to attribute the current system of education to Horace Mann and John Dewey. Both were instrumental in creating a universal approach to education. Again, Mr. Willing gets his dates wrong and the periods the two men were influential. Horace Mann, who is attributed as the father of American education, lived and worked in the first half of the 19th century, while John Dewey was a major influence in the first half of the 20th century. His critique of the two was more like claiming they were devils incarnate. When, in fact, the two contributed mightily to the emergence of a great American Society. They put the foundation under the American system.
Mr. Willing continues to claim that the liberal left is committed to killing public education by continuing the protection and adjustment of the policies of the past. I really don't know what evidence that he has to this statement, he certainly hasn't produced it here. There is no doubt that the left wants to reform education and make it more in line with the today's technological environment. One of the problems the left is concerned about is the reestablishment of sectarianism, religion and the loss of oversight in the public school systems. Schools are going through a great transitional period, trying to catch up with change in other parts of society and globalization. Much of the current system was designed to accommodate the Industrial Economy and not the Information Economy. However, teaching and teaching techniques remain at the forefront of bringing about universal literacy and preparation for life's journey.
In my closing of the original piece Mr. Willing was perceptive of my use of a Selah to accommodate further thinking. To return to previous education models, such as privatized schools, will in fact devastate the general literacy of our nation. Rather than unifying the nation, which our current system has effectively accomplished, it will divide the nation. It will become a mark of our general decline as a civilized nation.
Michael McClusky
6:58 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
"Equal opportunity" cannot mean equal result. All attempts to do this will iinevitably fall into frustration. I say this because I have read other authors who are too pre-occupied with equality of station. These attempts have always fallen by the wayside.
Steve ®
7:07 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Today I reached a long term deal with a company in Australia to carry our products.
Today Lyle rambled and typed 1,753 words for a blog.
You decide who provides more towards the greater good of society.
7:20 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Today I renewed a contract for my company that will ensure that the 13 people who work on that account will continue to be employed for the next three years with the addition in the budget for a few more hires.
Today Lyle rambled and typed 1,753 words for a blog.
You decide who provides more towards the greater good of societ
7:40 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@ Randy: Why does it matter what Steve makes? Guns, butter, condoms, whatever. Are you implying he is making something illegal? Or just trying to justify a specious argument, knowing you have no argument? Do tell.
7:41 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Democrats are all about crony capitalism, picking winners and losers why who get the gubmint cheese.
7:45 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Steve was implying he did much more for the 'good of society' with the expansion of his business market than Lyle has done today. I would say that depends on his product. He could make singing wall trouts for all I know. Or whoopie cushions.
7:47 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Welcome to the Patch, Eugene, where sock accounts are a dime a dozen for some people.
7:55 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@ Randy: So you are now the arbiteur of what is good for keeping 13 American employees occupied and providing for their famillies? Even if they were making wall trouts, who are you to judge? You don't have to buy one, unless Obama takes over the company and forces you to buy one, or taxes you to support the company. That is the difference, albeit one you can't comprehend.
8:04 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
You and Steve seem to have elected yourselves arbiters of who is more useful to society. Fair is fair.
Way to derail a discussion of education, by the way.
oak creek resident
10:20 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Looks like we all live in the real world, and need to work in order to pay taxes so that cowards like Lyle can sit home and mental masturbate all day.
Heather Asiyanbi
7:27 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
And just like that, AWD's comment is deleted. We're done with hate speech and racist rants. Period.
7:28 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
someone on the left should address his concerns about trillions of dollars spent on the war on poverty that seems to be lost.
Steve ®
7:41 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Interesting Heather, so you support a "free home rape kit" instead of legitimate questions about a trillion wasted on education?
Keith Schmitz
8:43 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Good for you Heather. Really cleans up the joint.
Heather Asiyanbi
9:19 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Steve - I haven't read through the comments on that blog, but if I see something racist or that qualifies as hate speech, I will delete that, too. I don't see how you pointing me to Jason's blog is equal to the comment AWD made.
C. Sanders
9:40 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I did not see any "hate speech" portrayed in what you deleted. PC run amok, again?
Bob McBride
9:45 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Perhaps if AWD were to attach a "satire" disclaimer to his posts, Heather and the others wouldn't have to trouble themselves with deleting his posts. Seems to work for at least one of the Patch approved "content providers" around here.
9:52 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One doesn't have to get to the comments section of Jason's blog to find the offensive content. Take a look at the pics that Jason posted--I think that is where the 'home rape kit' comment is referring to...
7:48 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Lyle, I tried really hard not to fall asleep while enduring your blah, blah, blah. 1650's? 1847? 1962? What about the obvious connection between union stranglehold since 1970's and the demonstrable decline in public education? Nothing to see here, eh? But even though you offered up a lot of bog gas and fancy dancing, you failed at refuting Mr. Willings refutement of your original screed. One for the ages, for both of you. Not one of your better weeks.
joe bradley
8:15 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
We landed some new business effective 10/1, thus allowing our company to continue employing all employees and adding to the 401k contribution. Today Lyle rambled and typed 1,753 words for a blog. You decide who provides more towards the greater good of society, Lyle is a part of the moocher class, I am a part of the producer class.
8:34 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I'm impressed with your productive lifestyle. I'm also impressed that you manage to get any real work done after creating all those Patch user-accounts..
Lyle Ruble
8:30 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I . find it remarkable that I respond to a rebuttal of one of my early blogs and hardly a single comment on the response. I spent nearly 50 years in the workforce and people act as if what they are doing is the first time someone has ever manufactured and sold products. Sorry, but I have earned my retirement and I will continue to write.
The Audacious Epigone
8:35 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Don't make me feel older than I already do.
I will be 64 next month and I can tell you, in the 1950's, folks went to great lengths to not be seen as "mooching". Back then, it was pride....people rolled up their sleeves and worked and found any way they could to keep from taking handouts or charity
8:36 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
You are right Lyle; hard to engage you as we ignore the shiny object you try to wave in front of us.Sucks to fall flat on your rebuttal.
8:38 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Tell you what, Lyle, now that you're here, we can actually discuss education.
You'll have to admit that standards have fallen in the last forty years. Why do you think that is?
Keith Schmitz
8:49 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Yeah, every one is lazy. Yet another of the great GOP myths -- and examples of how they hate people.
Lyle Ruble
8:59 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@Randy 1949...I would be more than happy to engage in discussion with you. As to your question of the reduction of education standards, it has nothing to do with education per se, but everything to do with the growing social problems. If you think about a school, especially in the low performing ones, every social problem you can think of walks through the door every day. Our expectations have changed for teachers. They are not expected to just teach any longer. They are called on to function as psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, nannies, nurses and conflict mediators. I would speculate that there is a close correlation between school poor performance over time and the increase in poverty and social problems. The breakdown of society is being manifested throughout the school system. Compare schools in suburbia and those in the inner city; the suburban schools are not plagued with the issues that confront the urban schools. Therefore, the suburban schools out perform the urban schools on every measure. You set the parameters at the last forty years and it is no coincidence that it correlates to the decline of the manufacturing base and the move from a manufacturing society to a service and Information society. During the Reagan Recession, beginning in 1981, we lost jobs from the lower end that have never been recovered.
Lyle Ruble
9:02 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@The Audacious Epigone...You can't compare the 1950s to the present. In the 1950s there was a surplus of jobs and the U.S. economy was filling the need of the Second World War. It has nothing to do with pride, but job availability.
Lyle Ruble
9:04 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@GearHead...A MS in engineering and an MBA, I don't know if I can stop laughing. I am sure you are a competent engineer and possibly a businessman, but as a human being, you just don't make the cut.
oak creek resident
10:25 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Lyle nobody responded to your rebuttal (of a rebuttal) because it was a stiffed shirt snooze fest. It really seems like you are trying as hard as you can to make us think that you are intelligent.
That, or maybe you really do find your writing interesting. Nothing against intellectual conversations but your writing about puritans and... the.. oolld soouth..Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
oak creek resident
10:27 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Standards fall because we need to lower the bar as to allow more kids to pass. Can't have our tests be racist now can we? Think I am joking, but if more whites pass a test than a black or hispanic, libs call that test racist.
lol funny huh?
10:38 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I think you're talking about college admissions tests. I wasn't aware that we had race-weighted scores for third-grade pop quizzes in arithmetic.
H.E. Pennypacker
8:53 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
too many people in the wagon; and not enough to pull it. Earned your retirement? The world doesn't owe you a living, each of us have to carry our water even if we reach the magical age of 67.
9:55 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Pennypacker -- What you don't understand is that those of us who have reached retirement still work very hard. We just aren't getting paid for it. But the almighty dollar seems to be your deity.
H.E. Pennypacker
10:00 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Randall you seem to have a hard time with simple mathematics. Try multiplying something by zero and that is what you get if you don't produce anything.
Lyle Ruble
10:09 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@H.E. Pennypacker (a.k.a. ?).... I feel fortunate that I was able to work all the years that I did and now have time to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Did I say the world owed me? Your assumptions cut deeply into an already questionable credibility. Your attempts to insult me and others just prove how low some will go when they haven't anything constructive to add. You give all conservatives a bad name and misrepresent the conservative movement. Why don't you just admit that you're a right wing extremest?
10:14 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Pennypacker -- So Mitt Romney 'produces' something when he puts his money to work and lives off the capital gains but I don't? And why do you hate poor Ann Romney so? All she ever produced was five boys.
Your set of values is worth as much as one to the tenth power.
The Audacious Epigone
8:30 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I have a little study called the 1980's that shows that tax cuts do spur growth and that reducing the size of government and standing up to unions, communists and Muslims can lead to smaller deficits and sustained economic growth and increase security.
Keith Schmitz
8:50 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Where did you get that from? The Bureau of your butt?
9:13 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@Lyle -- My own elementary education was what i would call semi-rural. We had as many as three grades to a classroom, although the grades were small, perhaps ten students to a grade. We learned to read and write, most of us, although there were a few who were obviously never going to be any great shakes at it. There were definitely areas in which the curriculum could have been better, and I had to make those deficiencies up on my own once I reached high school.
I just don't recall any problem with discipline. We were there to behave and no one questioned it.
Lyle Ruble
9:22 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
@Randy1949...There wasn't the kind of discipline problems, but you also had parents that fully supported the teachers. Now parental support is a thing of the past in many of the inner city schools.
9:27 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
In which case, you seem to agree that the situation in some urban schools is pretty hopeless. The students who want to learn are hindered by the ones who don't. And what do we as a society do about that?
8:54 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
As a society, Randy, we increase competition in education by increasing school choice, paying excellent teachers more through merit, and firing the useless bottom-feeders in both the classroom and central office. Make teachers accountable and reward excellence. Nothing will change until society (you and me) rejects excuses.
Steve ®
9:26 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Today I as well as others above produced products, engaged in worldwide commerce, spent thousands, employed direct and indirect employees, created revenue, created tax revenue (that is already spent), paid for the employees tax revenue (that is already spent).
Today Lyle rambled and typed 1,753 words on a blog. Continues to add to his word count but not to the pool of money he wants to spend.
Producers produce. Moochers type and take from the producers with a negative result on the greater good. They are defended by other moochers who want to take more of what the producers produce.
9:33 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
And I continue to pay the taxes that provide you with workers able to create your products. You're welcome.
Vicki Bennett
8:25 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Although Lyle's delivery was long and hard for the "uneducated" to read, it was a good argument for public education. What he was really saying is that there are those in our society that want to limit education to the poor, the minorities, and in some cases women. The Patch has become the "hog calling" venue for the right.
Bob Sacamano
8:48 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
No one is trying to limit education to the above victim classes Vicki. And get off of this 'uneducated' business, the conservatives on the board have better resumes that Lyle and pseudo intellectuals like you.
Vicki Bennett
9:01 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You can have an education and be uneducated. If you have a closed mind, you are uneducable. I happen to have two advanced degrees, do you? The right are trying to privatize schools. Can an inner city child afford a private education without government funding? Instead of investing in public schools and change for public schools, the right is trying to take funding away from them and reinvest it in private education. Private education should be a choice, but not a choice that is supported by public tax dollars. Open your mind and try to put yourself in the shoes of the poor and disenfranchised. If you're a church goer, "What would Jesus do?"
9:31 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You seem to be pretty closed minded when it comes to reforming our public education system. Public education doesn't necessarily have to happen at a public school.
Please open your mind to the alternatives, Vicki.
9:51 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I have yet to hear any real details about these 'reforms' you guys propose, other than lower paid teachers and a return to religious indoctrination at school.
9:56 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
If those are the details that you are hearing, then perhaps you just aren't making an honest attempt at listening...
oak creek resident
9:49 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
College admissions, job promotion testing, you name it. The tests are racist if more whites pass than blacks, even if its something as black and white as a math test.
Shows how inferior the liberal mind is, does it not?
C. Sanders
9:55 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
It follows the same theme that liberals would prefer that everyone gets an "A", that all Olympic athletes get a gold medal and that the playing field is made so level that there is no reason to get up on the morning because there is no reason to challenge one's self, and the government will provide everyone the same level of support and sustenance. For that matter, everyone could spend their entire life just blogging on the Patch.
Lyle Ruble
10:01 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@oak creek resident....I don't catch your connection between knowledge testing and the inferiority of the liberal mind. It has been proven that some tests were biased in favor of white participants, but the majority of those have been modified to be valid over a wide range of cultural participants. It was the liberals who pushed for the reforms. Now I ask you, what is your plan for reforming public education? For a change, please be specific.
10:05 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
My post was about why so many high school graduates can't seem to spell or punctuate properly -- many more than would have been the case in my generation. Many college graduates have the same problem too, judging by the what I see here on the Patch.
For the record, I do think that lower test standards for 'minorities' are condescending and demeaning. Although, have you ever taken an IQ test that is geared toward the cultural literacy of another group? It's an eye opener.
Lyle Ruble
11:14 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@C. Sanders...You certainly have a low opinion of people. To think that dependency is the primary motivator is wrong. Government's position is to create equal opportunity, not equal outcome. For those that are destitute or unable to meet their most basic needs; we; represented by our government, step in to assure survival. For example: how can a hungry child take advantage of the opportunity to learn.
Some of chose to take the opportunity of the Patch to raise public awareness and to challenge the vitriolic positions of the extremists of the right.
oak creek resident
7:48 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
It shows the inferior liberal mind in that it cannot connect A-B-C, it only sees one trend and immediately goes for the racism, sexist, etc cause.
If there is an achievement gap in grade school, high school, ACT/SAT testing, why the hell would there NOT be on in workplace testing? Yet the liberal mind calls any gap racist.
That, my friend, is the inferior liberal mind. I personally believe it to be a birth defect or some type of mental illness.
oak creek resident
7:51 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Yah the liberal "reform" was to dumb the testing down, or to make "F"s and "D"s acceptable grades, as what happened in some recent promotional PD testing in another city in order to allow blacks to advance.
Your liberal reforms make the issue worse, and is the reason america is on such a steep decline.
My reform is to kill liberal policy and do away with teacher's unions.
9:51 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Heather Asiyanbi is running wild with her delete button. I don't think I've ever ran into a more hyper sensitive PC person in my life.
C. Sanders
9:58 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Heather deleted my remark yesterday that read: "Good God, bloviating has reached a new level". Apparently a little satire doesn't work here?
10:38 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You have to provide a Jason-esque disclaimer in order to be allowed to do satire around here...
oak creek resident
7:45 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
It's a cowards way out, liberal coward that is. Because she cannot refute the facts. she claims "HATE SPEECH" and delete it off that basis. Cowards way out and it all comes back in the end.
Phil Claiborne
9:53 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
To the question put far upthread: "Lyle" provides more towards the greater good of society.
C. Sanders
10:08 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Phil ... oh, thanks for clarifying that those involved with the production, sale and distribution of goods and services which grow our economy [or keep it from further shrinking] DON'T "provide for the greater good of society"? Are you an entitled free thinker that proudly benefits from the sweat of others?
10:29 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@ C. Sanders -- I beg your pardon, but quite a few people get very rich organizing the sweat of others (to the tune of several million dollars of compensation per year) and doing very little sweating themselves.
Lyle Ruble
10:42 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@C. Sanders...In John Stewart Mill's work "Utilitarianism" he makes a cogent argument why the philosopher is entitled to what he gets from others. (1863,Mills, Utilitarianism Chapter 5).
10:26 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
" Now I ask you, what is your plan for reforming public education? For a change, please be specific."
Hear, hear, Lyle! All I glean from the conservative commenters is to 'stop throwing money at the problem', which seems to mean give every child a voucher for the average cost spent on a pupil in the district and send them to 'competitive' private schools.
This would actually work quite well for the average student. Where it falls apart is for the student with special needs -- blind, deaf, severely cognitively impaired -- whose education is much more costly than the voucher. A private school can say, "Sorry, we aren't equipped to meet you child's special requirements." They also have the option of expelling students with behavioral problems. So of course those schools will seem to excel in their average test scores. But where does that leave the others?
Phil Claiborne
11:17 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@ C. Saunders...I didn't mentioned "DON'T" provide for the greater good, I wrote "provides more," as in working smarter, not harder, as long as the ratio of brains to backs remains few to many. (Now I've got to get back to my distribution work, ...ahem, I mean thinking.)
James R Hoffa
12:40 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
It's very humorous to come back after a short leave of absence and read the 'discussions' that have taken place in Hoffa's absence.
Seriously - thanks for the laughs everyone!
First off - Hoffa is quite capable of speaking for himself and doesn't need Mr. Willing or Mr. Ruble attempting to adequately convey the sentiments of an entire ideological subset. As Lyle himself once commented, Hoffa has his own brand of propaganda and tends not to play well with others.
Second, what both Mr. Willing and Mr. Ruble conveniently ignore is that no matter what model of mass education is followed, its success is wholly dependent upon a single factor - the willing participation of the student involved. In either case, we as a society can only provide the opportunity - it's up to the individual students to fully embrace and take advantage of the opportunities provided.
Michael McClusky made a great comment over on Mr. Willing's response pertaining to aptitude and attitude. Hoffa believes that it goes without saying that attitude is more important than aptitude, as aptitude tends to naturally result from the proper attitude.
James R Hoffa
12:41 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Thus, the question becomes who's responsible for adjusting and developing attitudes? While it may not necessarily be fair to charge the teacher with such a responsibility, educators that have taken it upon themselves to do so have met with great successes and immortal fame in the face of otherwise expected failure. Jaime Escalante (Stand and Deliver (1988)), Joe Louis Clark (Lean on Me (1989)), etc, just to name a few.
Interestingly enough, both Escalante and Clark frequently clashed with and stood firmly opposed to the dictatorial controls and influence that the teachers' unions unquestionably have on our public education system.
No matter what answers to our problems with public education that we receive from the political left, there is a dominant and overriding theme - increased public funding via taxation.
Lyle himself exemplifies this point, wherein he stated "[f]unding has always been a problem and the focus has always been to provide the mere minimum," and yet, he leaves his readers wondering what his basis for comparison is. It is a fact that the US spends more money for public education on a per student basis than any other industrialized nation in the world. And yet, we continue to experience lackluster and diminishing results.
James R Hoffa
12:41 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
If the rest of the world can achieve better results for less money, then clearly funding is not the problem that is keeping our system down, despite the unfounded assertions of Mr. Ruble. And people such as AWD are getting fed up with throwing away their hard earned and extracted under force of penalty/imprisonment money on a broken and ineffective system, and rightfully so.
The unions that have taken over our public schools are the biggest part of the problem. Because of the unions, men like Escalante and Clark are the rare exception to the rule as opposed to the standard, as they should be. By loading up local boards of education with sympathizers, that effectively control administrations, the unions effectively insulate teachers from the reality of the situation, and thus there is never any pressure or incentive for teachers to actively engage in proper attitude adjustment of the underachieving students. And in some cases, the union even opposes such efforts made by rogue and successful teachers like Escalante, as he personally accounts in his self-authored book. One thing that you definitely NEVER heard from Escalante, Clark, and the like were gripes about compensation, working overtime without additional pay, air conditioning, being evaluated based on student performance, etc - and yet these are the primary concerns of the Chicago teacher's union in their on-going strike/battle with the board of education and City.
James R Hoffa
12:41 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Another problem is selecting teachers merely on the basis of the paper they hold and setting compensation accordingly. Effective teaching is much more an art as opposed to an objective science. You can have 10 doctorate degrees to your credit and still be a crappier teacher than a dedicated high school graduate with no formal higher education.
Teaching to the test is another problem. And yet, it is something that the lazy or inexperienced teachers attempt to do an a daily basis. Instead, teachers should teach for understanding, as effective test performance results from understanding.
Yet another problem is standardized testing - but not so much the content of such tests, but rather the manner in which they're administered under the pressure of timed conditions. It also makes little sense to merely test for the regurgitation of useless memorized facts, unless the student plans on becoming a professional quiz show contestant, as opposed to testing for understanding of the material, as is exemplified in the Rodney Dangerfield comedy 'Back to School' (1986).
An overly sensitive and 'pc' environment also contributes to the problem via unnecessary government regulation of public education, as many of Escalante's and Clark's methods would be considered inappropriate if not illegal today, despite the fact that they effectively produced the results that everyone desires.
James R Hoffa
12:42 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
While our problems may be many, they are definitely easily fixable and can be done within the existing framework and without the need to completely re-invent the wheel. If our public education system was truly 'all about the children,' as the political left and unions commonly claims, then we wouldn't have many of the problems that currently exit. No matter what system is used, so long as it stays true to such a credo, then it will undoubtedly be successful.
12:48 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Good to see you, Hoffa. A good teacher has the knack of correcting errors without completely demoralizing the student. S/he leads the student to knowledge and mastery of the subject without forcing it on them.
James R Hoffa
1:10 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Randy1949 -
Thanks for the welcome back!
Sometimes force is required as the only and most effective way to get through to certain students.
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Lyle Ruble
1:28 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@JRH....Welcome back, I've missed your input. I agree that Escalante and Clark are both excellent examples of effective educators.
One issue I feel I need to clarify with you is that my comment concerning underfunding of education was a review of the approach that many 'Old South' states employed when forced to join the public school mandate. That tradition in many locations have persisted to this day. Wisconsin was never part of that movement and has always placed education first. I don't think we would be any more effective by throwing more money at the problem. The problem rests in the community and the group we are attempting to educate. Schools are required to educate in spite of all the social problems. Where we should be working is to solve the problems that interfere with the education process. In some instances maybe something like educational boot camps.
James R Hoffa
11:02 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
@Lyle -
Thanks for the welcome back! However, Hoffa will continue to be sporadic at best until the situation with his family emergency has normalized.
"That tradition in many locations have persisted to this day."
I'm curious as to the hard data on dollars spent per student in southern state school districts compared to their northern and southern counterparts. Is it really still as big of problem as you're claiming it is here?
If the data does indeed back up your position, then the low spending in the south on public education is certainly being made up for by the overspending in the north and west, as our average as a nation is still far beyond every other industrialized nation on earth. And again, for spending the most money, we're still achieving mediocre results at best!
"I don't think we would be any more effective by throwing more money at the problem."
Hoffa is glad that we can at least agree that continuing to throw money at the problem will not improve or fix anything.
"The problem rests in the community and the group we are attempting to educate. Where we should be working is to solve the problems that interfere with the education process."
The problem with this is where do we draw the line pertaining to government intervention? Is the state (people) somehow responsible for bad or negligent parenting? What role should the state play to correct such a problem? Doesn't this detriment good parents while letting bad parents off the hook?
Lyle Ruble
7:13 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
@JRH...I am sorry to hear that your family is dealing with an emergency, my thoughts are with you.
I think, that you are perceptive with your question concerning whether or not we, as a community, have the right to intervene in parenting and family structures. This is an area that we need to debate further.
M Ulander
5:36 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I would like to refer you to the article in the New York Times,"How to Fix the Schools." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/nocera-how-to-fix-the-schools.html?smid=fb-share The article references Marc Tucker, the founder of the National Center on Education and Economy. Mr. Tucker does research comparing education in the US and education in countries that are doing better at educating their students.


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Actually, it isn't a good point because most world maps (found in Europe, South America, Asia, etc.) don't place the USA right in the middle but to the left. Only American maps are so USA centered!
an elementary school teacher from France. - AnonymousFebruary 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM
I am from europe. When I saw the map i thought "wtf, the map is wrong..." until I realized, it must be an american map.
The anonymous teacher is right - most likely it's shown otherwise.
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I've been doing my best to reach out and find everyone who was at Triple Crown in Salmon Arm. In case you haven't seen them yet, I shot more than 20 hours of games at Triple Crown for the CPPL this year. On special for the Triple Crown event, digital copies are 50% off, making them only $1.50 per download.
You guys look like pro's when you play, so why not show your friends?! All photos can be found by going to "galleries" at http://ianharding.com/paintball/
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At one point, after taking a ball off the end of my lens, I decided to try to capture a few shots with the paint still present. This was one of the results. I think it looks kinda cool. :cool:
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The photo with the paint on the lenes defiantly looks awesome.
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Installer had to fix bad factory wiring. Went well after that. After 1 year the red pump bearings sounded like they had sand. Weil-McLain didn't honor but supplier did. 1 yr later is noisy again. Will have to live with it. Gained efficiency, lost the quiet. Would have second thoughts on another purchase of Weil-McLain equipment.
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I have owned my Ultra Series gas boiler for about a year now. What I really like about the boiler is that it is efficient. Well-McLain includes Venturi mixing bodies in this piece of equipment which allows for gas and air to be combined more thoroughly. In times like these, efficiency is important. Another key factor that I like about this boiler is its reliability. No matter what the conditions, this boiler has always been reliable in times of need. What I dislike about the boiler is that the aluminum body dents easily. Thankfully, the dents are easy enough to pop out. If this boiler ever goes bad, which I doubt it will since it has not let me down so far, I would definitely buy the same brand again. If a friend was searching for a boiler, I would highly recommend Well-McLain boilers. They make quality boilers that are becoming more and more efficient.
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I am very depressed and feel like committing suicide. I am a Muslim. I feel like life has no meaning and feel like questioning the existence of God. I feel like God doesn't care and just wants to make my life a living hell. I apologize if what I am saying is against the rules because I had no time to read. So I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me if I said anything wrong. I really feel like committing suicide, I don't know what I should do, I don't know if God will forgive me for the things I've done. I pray five times a day, I read the hadith, I try to please God but I find life so difficult. I don't know why God would want to do this to me. God doesn't talk to me or answer my prayers, God seems so harsh and unapproachable, God just seems like he isn't there. And my so-called brothers (and sisters) in Islam aren't much of a help either. I feel like there is not one single human on the face of this planet who can help and understand. I feel like there is no point in living. I might lose my faith any time and just commit suicide. What can I do? Once again, sorry if this goes against the rules or offends anyone, I am unable to think clearly at the moment. I just hope I can find help. |
my brother dont lose hope,be patient because all good things come to those who wait.what is better,to suffer on earth and enjoy in heaven or vice versa?dont be sad,be happy,dont compare yourself to people who are better than u,compare yourself to people who are worse than u,u want to commit suicide,think of those who are killed innocently,those who died without knowing the truth,look at u,u even have money to surf the internet,but do u know that there are people out there who wish to have what u have?think of the orphans,think of those who are mad,think of those who are sick in hospitals,look at the poor,look at the lame,just look at the less privaledged in society and compare yourself to them.dont u think allah is very merciful to u?dont only thank him when u are in good health and everything is moving smoothly in your life but let your faith be strengthened when u are in problems,because others have WORSE PROBLEMS THAN WHAT U ARE GOING THROUGH.so begin by asking Allah's forgiveness by doubting his existance,then thank him for whatever problems u are facing,because otherts have worse problems than what u have. |
I feel the same , I pray 5 times and fast but still im not finding an answer from GOD , i posted a question hours ago saying why should i stay in islam . im just not happy and sometimes i did think of killing my self , and asking my brothers and sisters is a waste of time, because they all answer the same, just keep praying and etc , and eventually some useless replies to you is when people reply by quran and hadith , but its not what you really want here ..... i pray 5 times but i just cant see my self living like this, i feel there a point will come i ll explode... have you same questions, but still no answers !!! |
Brother Allah has answered your question, read the following carefully, And as far as your question, regarding answers from ALLAH. I want to tell you that if you are thinking that Allah will answer your prayers directly in a way that you talk to you parents or friends, then sorry to say you are disrespecting ALLAH, and shaitan will drag you to hell. I hope you know what happened when Musa (Moses) {Peace be upon him} asked Allah (SWT) to unveil so that Musa (PBUH) could see Allah (SWT), here is the quotation from Glorious Quran, And when Musa (Moses) came at the time and place appointed by Us, and his Lord spoke to him, he said: "O my Lord! Show me (Yourself), that I may look upon You." Allah said: "You cannot see Me, but look upon the mountain if it stands still in its place then you shall see Me." So when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He made it collapse to dust, and Musa (Moses) fell down unconscious. Then when he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to You, I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers." (7:143) Moses [Peace be upon him] when recovered his senses asked Allah to forgive him as for what he has asked he was not capable of. And brother you are no Prophet no near a Prophet and asking Allah (SWT) to answer you like you chat with your friends. You should repent crying. Your and my Lord has answered your question and he made me a reason to answer you. Look this is how Allah give you answers, remember that I have quoted the verse from Holy Quran, these are the words of your and my Lord he has answered you from his words and not mine. Do u still doubt in his existence? I want to tell you that if you are sincere in your prayers Allah answers your question by giving answers to your heart, or put you in a situation in which you will find your answer. But Brother if you still have any question regarding the existence of Allah (SWT), ask here. We will try our best to answer you as much as our knowledge is capable of. |
Dear brother Can you not see all these brothers/ sisters are crying and praying for you? Yet you don't see His mercy! Thank Allah at every breath that you take. DR ANWAR. |
@abudullahimranAZ:)you still in good iman enough. Despite of vulnerable life you seek clearly towards to increase your faith, Alhamdulillah. I feel on same situation I'm almost giving up and losing my faith, I don't know where I will start nor turn back, I feel nothing, I give up calling him too. I'm squeezing myself browsing Islamic site even sometime doesn't come in my mind somehow looking forward one day I'm embracing my faith with Allah. Mashaallah. Include me in your prayers sisters and brother I'm May not understanding for now but later on Insha'Allah I'm on your same means holding Islam faith. |
I myself unfortunately have lost my way, I felt as though I was reading glasses my own story and thoughts upon stumbling across this forum. Although I feel I have got over the worst year of my life which consisted of dark thoughts daily, and I have begun growing closer to part of my family with whom I was totally detached from for many years, my worst evil of being g stuck in nightmare of class A drugs for over 10 years now on and off is driving me to despair. What ever I do seems to circle around this nightmare life and I just don't know what more I can do after finding g that rehabilitation and recovery is designed for those who don't work for a living. If I focus on rehab with faith as my guidance, I'm forced to give up work and unable to support my family the little I do, if I don't give up work my health care support network us minimal, I just feel I'm in a continuous vicious cycle with no end in sight. If anyone with similar experience and difficulty can offer productive advice I would much appreciate Regards Denmark786 |


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Wanted to write the Bohemian, there are a few more big food producers hiding behind organic names, that they didn't include.. spectrum, hain celestial, some of newmans own, which have gmo ingredients, companies you would never suspect but it is sadly true. Im in vote for the National Labeling Campaign!! :) ...and Hello to you Sheperd :) Yes the Grange is a special place for me too! keep up the good work.
The Grange is indeed growing, here in Sebastopol, and throughout California, as this article indicates. I joined in 2010 and find it a rewarding and fun group to be a part of. We meet at the Grange Hall on Highway 12 on the last Tuesday of each month, starting with a potluck--great food--followed by a meeting. We are open to all. The Grange, which I used to attend at our family farm in Iowa in the middle of the 20th century, is a very family-friendly organization. People of all ages are welcome. Check it out.
I love to walk, I ride a bicycle and ride a scooter regularly and have never been harrassed in 25 years as referenced in this article.
Every year hundreds of good intentions are translated into new codes, rules and regulations. Unfortunately good intentions also obey the law of unintended consequences. Let me give you an example. In the 90's I participated for years in a homeless feeding program in San Francisco at the Civic Center on Sundays. One day (to help) we decided to let all the people with crutches and canes go to the front of the line without having to wait. Well within 3 weeks the numbers of people with canes and crutches more than tripled from before.
When we ask for new laws we very rarely see how they play themselves out over the years in real life. In many cases they create as many problems as they solve. We need to find wiser and saner ways to deal with our issues rather than want to regulate everything.
now that we elected the better guy -- time to let him know what we think of his behavior. You know Jerry Garcia (the great philosopher) once said when you choose the lesser of two evils, you're still choosing EVIL.
well since all news agencies are pushing their own agendas, i doubt that this 1 well ether.
An endowed chair? Really? "The purpose of the endowed chair is to foster greater understanding of the Native American culture and communities of California. This endowed chair was made possible through the $2.5 million donation from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria."
Building a casino wouldn't have been on the minds of getting him his endowment now would it?
Roseland is the Washington, D.C. of Santa Rosa. Everyone knows Roseland is where it's at, but nobody wants it to vote.
"If minorities are already well-represented in Santa Rosa, then why can't parents in the city's most predominantly Latino neighborhood get a simple crosswalk painted on the road in front of their children's school?"
Stop spreading the hate and division. Replace the word "minority" with "White" and you'll see the stupidity of your ideas. Is there some reason the parents can't lay two boards down and spray white paint between them to make a solid white line then pick the boards up and move them five feet and repeat it again? That's what we did at our school in a White neighborhood.
As a native of San Francisco, now here, I have seen district elections make San Francisco a laughing stock and a place where not only is there no consensus but you have the most corrosive parochialism at work.
"This is a Black District" This is a White District", this district is "reserved for a Latino."
Don't do it! I am voting no on Q and you should too.
The family Mr. Sarris claims to be his has, according to the matriarch of the family Velia Navarro, no Native American blood at all. He is not an Indian. The stories Mr. Sarris has told about Ms. Navarro's family, including her beloved great grandmother and grandmother, are patently untrue and deeply offensive to the family. The casino project is an environmental catastrophe, which no amount of money will be able to put right. It has destroyed sensitive vernal wetlands habitat and the genetically unique Sonoma County Tiger Salamanders unfortunate enough to live on the casino footprint site. No other developer would have been able to build on this land, which was set aside as critical habitat for the salamander before casino construction began. No payments to the county will be made until 2014, if at all, as the tribe does not have to pay if it does not make enough profit. The tribe does not have to allow independent audits, including by state officials, to determine if it has made enough profit. These are all facts, and all verifiable.
I live in Roseland, and the new elementary school, Roseland Creek, has a nice bike path all the way through the West side -- so it's perplexing that the other school can't get a crosswalk painted. One thing I've noticed since moving here -- from Marin county -- is that helicopters fly over our side of the city almost NON stop. Lots of times they fly low, with search lights, and really disturb the peace. What is up with them polluting our airspace with noise, and cops constantly up and down the streets. They SHOULD allow us a district representative, because they sure see Roseland as an area in their jurisdiction. When it comes to cracking down, they're all over Roseland. Sure, we have our share of crime, but after four years here, what I see is hard-working families like ourselves, just trying to make a good life for our kids in Santa Rosa.
On the surface this seems like something I'd support but the more I think about it, it's seems like a NO vote from me. Here's why:
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It's easy to grow a lot of your own food once you have a garden established. Things like arugula, lettuce, berries and other vegetables can be grown wherever a lawn thrives. Goggle "how to grow food" for ideas on creating a garden.
I think those brown people would prefer not to work among poisons. Higher incidences of health problems, in particular birth defects, are one of the reasons Cesar Chavez spoke out in favor of organics. Their working conditions should be better in many ways but this benefit, in addition to the pesticide and herbicide runoff into water, were ignored by the Stanford study and New York article. After reading the times article my first question, as it should always be in this age of budget cuts to desperate universities, was "who funded it?". Thanks for letting me know.
Kamala Harris hasn't done squat. Her "Bill of Rights" is basically lifted whole cloth from New York State Attorney General Schneiderman's bill.
She is desperate to join the Obama Administration which as everyone knows is in bed with the banks and Wall Street. She is a phony Democrat in Name only and will whatever it takes to keep her name in the press and pretend like she's doing something real. Look at the details of her bill and then decide if it's effective.
What's needed is a serious Occupy-type movement to take back the foreclosed houses and maintain them in better shape than could the foreclosing banks.
Also, hedge fund bloc purchased properties should be squatted by locals in a clean, organized and socially useful manner. This has to be an organized and viable movement, not degenerate into a bunch of homeless trashing these places and creating photo ops for the financial powers that be.
Glad that you are censoring people's thoughts and their choices of websites in this "alternative media journal." Nothing like an ad-hominem attack on a person and his business to show your fairness and tolerance.
Keri Brenner's favorite boogeyman is her problem. Don't lower your paper to the level of some Stalinist witch hunt.
This journal has the promise of becoming a fine local newspaper that people turn to for news and information. Don't let it turn into a blaring mouthpiece for some trust-fund witch hunter like her. You owe the Hungarian guy and his business an apology and maybe a free ad to make up for attacking him.
Leilani Clark.... you are a traitor to America... probably bought and paid for, or did you happen to go to one of those parties, you know, they take your photo while you are committing despicable acts? They either own you or you are incredibly stupid, in either case you would do the world a favor if you resigned and started to read and study. People like you who sell out and 'trade with the enemy' are nothing more than brown shirt boot lickers and a disgrace to humanity. How much are they paying you to ruin America? I guess you love something, money... and what is so sad, you have no idea, once your job is done by screwing your community, you will be ground down like the rest of us, because your handlers and their ilk think you are just as worthless as the rest of us. Get real, grow up, and use your brain. You are only a dumb slave, so don't let your ego trick you into thinking you are more than that.
The arguments in support of the ballot measure to abolish the death penalty are exaggerated at best and, in most cases, misleading and erroneous. Proposition 34 is being funded primarily by a wealthy, left-wing company out of Chicago, the ACLU, and similarly-oriented trust funds. It includes provisions that would only make our prisons less safe for both other prisoners and prison officials and significantly increase the costs to taxpayers due to life-time medical costs, the increased security required to coerce former death-row inmates to work, etc. The amount "saved" in order to help fund law enforcement is negligible and only for a short period of time. Bottom line, the "SAFE" Act is an attempt by those who are responsible for the high costs and lack of executions to now persuade voters to abandon it on those grounds. Obviously, these arguments would disappear if the death penalty was carried forth in accordance with the law. Get the facts at and supporting evidence at http://cadeathpenalty.webs.com and http://waiting4justice.org/.
We have to fight the box! and Monsanto! bringing in chain stores would only make gmos more available! what about community gardens in these areas?? guidelines on stores in areas like these and on what they need to carry to be open?there are so many other guidelines they have to go by already to have the license they have, so why not? wtf? were gunna give the go ahead for shit like walmart but not try an bring our community together and plant a garden on all that land?? WAKE UP!!!! two wrongs dont make a right!!
If they didn't do it here, they would do it some where else. These people can meet behind closed doors all the time. they can have concealed meeting with each other on secure networks all day long. That most of these men shape the world we live in and happen to be in the same place is just because they can.
If the 99% really want the change the way business is conducted don't do business with anything these guys touch. Oh wait I'm on a computer. I need to the get to the grocery store. I need to eat food and feed my family. And the list will go on.
If your decision to do all these thing with a high mind to only consume those things you know what's in them and where they come from, then your doing your part. Yelling a staff going to work at an elite male only camp does nothing for any cause. Unless your into primal scream therapy.


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Hello from Wisconsin! We are delighted to contribute a week's worth of postings from the Midwest! You'll see that Wisconsin isn't just about the cheese—our chapter boasts 120 members from diverse environments: corporate, law, academic, and other settings, many of us from unique national companies and associations. Our state's two library schools have renewed focus on special librarianship and growing interest from our student members is evident. We are an active, enthusiastic chapter and happy to contribute our thoughts on future readiness! It's great in the Dairy State!
by Marilyn Manross, Wisconsin Chapter, Business & Finance and Competitive Intelligence Divisions
When I decided to participate in the SLA Future Ready 365 blog, choosing a topic was a challenge. My background is diverse, but I am new to the field of library and information science, recently receiving an MLIS and am a job seeker. I wondered what I could offer SLA's experienced, educated and varied readership. There are many things that are exciting about the field of special libraries including sharing information and revelations about personal and professional development. "Write what you know" said Mark Twain (and others); so, I reflected on the past few years.
The knowledge that not everything can be learned in the classroom is apparent – now, even more so than when I received my undergraduate degree (many years ago!); academic study does not fully prepare us for the real world of work, fulfillment and success. It is even clearer to me that the responsibility is on the individual to expand his/her knowledge base in creative ways. Some take part in fieldwork and internships, some do volunteer work, some blog, and some create entrepreneurial businesses. Social media offers many ways to connect with people of like minds, and networking is even more crucial today. One significant opportunity, however, is often forgotten or set aside for a later date: membership in a professional organization.
Organizations, especially SLA-Special Libraries Association, have diverse memberships with rich backgrounds and wide-ranging responsibilities, interests and personalities. Becoming a member is (and should be) more than paying a dues statement. Taking advantage of all an association has to offer takes work, but reaps huge rewards. Students and professionals alike should be reminded of the huge number of programs and the assistance that associations offer. Here are a few of the benefits of an association membership – especially our own SLA.
- Learn: Industry knowledge is enhanced by understanding competencies, ethics, trends, and salary and other surveys. Understand what your association stands for and offers its members.
- Research: Associations offer wide and deep industry materials, LIS developments, resources, and scholarships and internships information via websites, blogs, newsletters and job postings. Access, read and use them.
- Network: Connect with library professionals, peers, students, faculty, industry experts, friends and potential employers. It is critical for success.
- Participate: Be active in SLA. Join divisions in your field of study and others groups that interest you, local chapter leadership teams, national committees and discussion boards. You truly get back a lot when you give of your time and knowledge.
- Share: Get involved in mentoring programs, LinkedIn Groups and Discussions. Meet with those outside your career field to advocate for special librarians. Spread the good news about who we are and what we can do.
- Grow: Develop new skills, expand your knowledge, gain confidence and have fun at local, state and national chapter meetings, seminars, webinars, conferences and committees. Professional and personal development is a life-long learning process.
Through my membership in professional associations, I have been involved in many worthwhile and enjoyable activities. I attended the SLA national conference in Philadelphia – a wonderful experience! I also gave a presentation to a faculty-student group on my international and independent study experiences; organized a educational seminar co-sponsored by an association and my library school; developed programs for a women's networking group; attended numerous sessions at a state library conference; joined a mentoring program in SLA's CID (Competitive Intelligence Division); and am a member of a steering committee in a field that interests me. I also continue to participate in many university alumni and other networking groups, contribute to several LinkedIn Groups, consult for a real estate board of directors, and volunteer at my local library and in a childhood development program. Have I done all that I could to become an active association member? No, not yet… that is an ongoing process and a goal to keep in my sights. The benefits of being involved in an association are endless. Get (more) involved in SLA today. Enjoy your membership!
Marilynn Manross received her MLIS from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies in August 2011. A non-traditional student, her graduate school experience included a study abroad in Paris, an independent study "Corporate Librarianship in France" and three scholarships (one to attend SLA 2011 in Philadelphia). With administrative and financial experience in diverse industries — research, operations, office management and investment portfolio administration — she is currently exploring opportunities in a corporate research department, library or information center. Her next job may be located in her native Milwaukee or as far away as New Mexico, Virginia, Canada or Europe. Marilynn highly values her memberships in SLA, ALA, WLA-Wisconsin Libraries Association, SCIP-Strategic & Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity and Alliance Française de Milwaukee.


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The Logan County High School boys' soccer team started their season with a scrimmage against Heritage Christian Academy on Thursday night. Both varsity and junior varsity participated in the game and ended up losing 5-4.
The varsity team played the first half of the game and ended it with a score of 4-o.
The first goal was made early in the first half by senior Diego Garcia and was assisted by senior Korey Jaynes. The second point was scored by Landon Stratton with an assist by sophomore Tanner Chapman. Senior Jacob Smith then scored the third point against Heritage Christian.
At the end of the first half, coach Eric Evans yelled the to the boys that if they wanted to score they better do it in the next minute, and they did.
Junior Landon Stratton came through for the team and made his second goal of the game which was assisted by junior Logan Johnson.
The junior varsity team flooded the field after the second half and played hard but couldn't defend Heritage Christian against their comeback in the last half.
Heritage Christian came back against the junior varsity team and won 5-4.
"I expected them to score but I didn't expect them to come back," said head coach Eric Evans. "But the junior varsity team has to learn."
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LITCHFIELD >> The Litchfield Inland Wetlands committee will have a public hearing this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield firehouse to again discuss the proposal for an expanded Stop & Shop on West Street (Route 202).
The new supermarket is proposed to replace an existing 24,000-square-foot Stop & Shop on West Street (Route 202) that is located in leased space in a building that includes a Rite-Aid.
As part of the project, two existing buildings located within the overall site would be razed. To create space for some existing tenants that would be displaced, an addition of 2,500 square feet would be added to the building at the front of the plaza that houses the Litchfield Hills Wine Market.
The expansion of Litchfield's Stop & Shop is opposed by a group called Project Litchfield Action Network, or PLAN. Created by local citizens, PLAN has voiced its concerns from the outset over what they call "Giant Stop and Shop."
PLAN members created a Wordpress website where the group accepts donations and looks to raise awareness with Litchfield citizens. The group takes issue with, among other things, increased run off from the larger parking lot polluting the water table and wetlands, displacement of local businesses and the threat of local money instead being pocketed by a large corporation.
"The larger Stop and Shop will make the property less like a 'Village Green' and more like a mall: it will erode the rural character of our town," reads one bullet point on PLAN's website.
PLAN members view themselves as a "group of citizens who are concerned about the impact of a huge store on the character of our town.
"We are not against the store. We shop there," PLAN says on its website. "However, the proposed plan would leave an empty storefront on 202. The empty space would invite another corporate store into our town. Adding that to the larger Stop & Shop would worsen already existing air, water, light, traffic and noise problems."
Wednesday's meeting will be a continuation of a Jan. 9 public hearing in which Steve Trinkaus of the Southbury-based firm Trinkaus Enginering, LLC spoke on behalf of PLAN, citing compliance problems with the new and revised plans. Trinkaus said the storm water management system is not compliance with the town's zoning regulations.
If the wetlands panel approves the plan, it moves on to the town's Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Heart of the Campus: New Plazas Help Transform the College
"Transformative"…that's how people have described Wesley's new North and South Plazas. The historic setting of Wesley College's campus has been transformed from a disconnected collection of buildings near the center of Dover to a clearly defined collegiate environment.
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To be on a campus these days is to witness a college more integrated than most in this country: nationally, 14 percent of college students are African American; Wesley's minority population well exceeds that. That wasn't always the case, as alumnae Gloria James '73, the Reverend Charlotte Nichols '73 and Peggi (Young) Watson '73 well know.
Since 2005, Wesley College's honors program has been a symbol for outstanding scholastic prowess and persistence, nurturing a group of students who excel amongst their peers in their academic accomplishments at Wesley. In seven years, enrollment has tripled in size. Incoming students must now be placed on a waiting list to join the program.
Recognizing Excellence
Wesley College won the Corporation of the Year Award during the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce's Excellence in Business Awards Dinner on June 28, 2012. The event also recognized excellence in small business, outstanding partnership and the Leadership Central Delaware Class of 2012.
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