[MOSAIC] Passion . . . long and OT/Lori

[Jan Kammert]

Absolutely they don't want out.  Not at their age.  If you suggest to
a child that education is a way out, you will usually sound as if you are
suggesting that the child reject his/her parents.  Children need to feel
attached to their parents even when their parents are not healthy for
them.  I do not know what the solution is, but I think that telling kids
there's a better world for them away from their family will turn the child
away from education.
Jan


On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 RR1981 at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 12/25/2006 12:53:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> jwidmann at rocketmail.com writes:
> 
> Rosie,
> We are both in NC, and I see this as well. Parents  that believe that 
> baseball, football, soccer, and dance are more important  than reading! 
> 
> 
> It isn't really sports and dance that I see interfering.  Most of my  
> students cannot afford these types of activities.  It appears to be just a  general 
> apathy, I believe partly because most of the single parents that I deal  with 
> didn't have good school experiences, many didn't finish high school, and  most 
> are just "tried" of providing the basics.  My students live in  poverty, and 
> for what ever reason, don't realize that education is the way out,  or don't 
> want out.  Many of them live in neighborhoods filled with gangs,  and probably 
> have siblings who are gang members.  
>  
> Rosie
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