http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/775/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:36:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/775/#comment-20412 Richard Thibodeau Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:10 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/775/#comment-20412 TRENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAYS.......When I first saw the title, I was hoping it might have been about a trend that we need to welcome and nurture: MORE CARING CITIZENS, RETIREES WITH ALL OF THEIR ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL SKILLS, QUALIFIED MENTORS, TUTORS, HALL AND LUNCH ROOM MONITORS WHO CAN DO WONDERS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SCENES FOR A LOT MORE SERIOUS LEARNING. THE SENIORS ARE OUT THERE. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE DETROIT NEEDING "SYSTEMIC CHANGE"-SOUNDS REALLY IMPRESSIVE! I THINK THE REAL ANSWERS ARE MORE ON THE VERY HUMAN AND VERY DO-ABLE LEVEL. AT ONE OF THE RECENT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS I PARTICIPATED IN , A VETERAN EDUCATOR GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE FOR THE KIDS SENIORS ARE WHEN THEY COME ONBOARD. TRENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAYS.......When I first saw the title, I was hoping it might have been about a trend that we need to welcome and nurture: MORE CARING CITIZENS, RETIREES WITH ALL OF THEIR ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL SKILLS,
QUALIFIED MENTORS, TUTORS, HALL AND LUNCH ROOM MONITORS WHO CAN DO WONDERS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS
SCENES FOR A LOT MORE SERIOUS LEARNING. THE SENIORS ARE OUT THERE. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE DETROIT NEEDING "SYSTEMIC CHANGE"-SOUNDS REALLY IMPRESSIVE! I THINK THE REAL ANSWERS ARE MORE ON THE VERY HUMAN AND VERY DO-ABLE LEVEL.
AT ONE OF THE RECENT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS I PARTICIPATED IN , A VETERAN EDUCATOR GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
FOR THE KIDS SENIORS ARE WHEN THEY COME ONBOARD.

]]> http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/775/#comment-15416 Walter Grace Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:00:11 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/775/#comment-15416 What were we expecting? When parents leave, so do their kids. My best friend of 25 years left Michigan two years ago after the birth of their daughter in favor of a job in Montana. He had to work three jobs to maintain the same standard of living here. This is at least one more kid that won't go to school here. The business and economic climate is a huge disincentive to stay here. Even though there's a glut of forclosure palaces, few people have the perfect credit history to afford a house. This was just an example. We should demand that our state government step down and they forfiet any severance pay and rebuild from the ground up. Businesses need a government that understands their concerns and will take into consideration what other states are doing to attract new jobs. Individually, we're smart, collectively we're worse than incompetent. We need a regime change in this state. What were we expecting? When parents leave, so do their kids. My best friend of 25 years left Michigan two years ago after the birth of their daughter in favor of a job in Montana. He had to work three jobs to maintain the same standard of living here. This is at least one more kid that won't go to school here.
The business and economic climate is a huge disincentive to stay here. Even though there's a glut of forclosure palaces, few people have the perfect credit history to afford a house.
This was just an example. We should demand that our state government step down and they forfiet any severance pay and rebuild from the ground up. Businesses need a government that understands their concerns and will take into consideration what other states are doing to attract new jobs.
Individually, we're smart, collectively we're worse than incompetent. We need a regime change in this state.

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