Very well said. I still feel that if all parents would instill a love of lifelong learning and a respect of teachers and education the same way that they do of their church, then we would not have as many problems in the schools today. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 8:38 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Education circa 1937 in Asbury Read the last line
The law in NJ, states, that until the age of 16, education, is mandatory. Even in Catholic Schools, kids, who didn't keep up, were advised, to attend a public school! When I think back on it, the Catholic schools in essence, were saying, we send our "refuse", to a public school. Back then, if this happened, the student, excelled, in a public school, which by Catholics, were considered, "inferior", then! I believe a parent is subject to arrest, for negligence against their child. I hate to say it, but yesterday, being Ash Wednesday, I attended Mass at Mt. Carmel. To my delight, I got to see my own grandson, receive communion and his ashes. The order and discipline employed, delighted me. This can occur in a public school, as well. All kids need to see, are caring adults. I've seen it at the recreation level, e.g., Pop Warner ball, for instance. I saw no kids, talking back, saw kids, taking instruction, saw kids paying attention, etc. Why can't this happen in the classroom? I can spend up to, 4 hours a day, tutoring or just showing kids, hygiene! When things are explained to children, if they have half a mind, they heed, any positive instruction. I've been to the alternative school, years ago and saw how rapt, the kids became, when someone took half an interest, in them. Kids are like puppies, they "feel" you. I am not qualified, academically, as I didn't major in education, but as a "friend of the children", I can share so much! I don't speak on redevelopment, or how one, secures real estate deals, because I have no expertise, in these fields. We have "experts" on these subjects, already here and believe me, I'm a "quick" learn and I hear what they are saying, like how long a building, or renovation, SHOULD, take! I applaud the wonder, that a small city like Asbury Park, DOESN'T employ the expertise of its' own citizens, who can save this town money, but choose to "have it their way"! WE lose and the developers WIN, off of our backs! That's all I'm going to say, because I don't pretend to know what I'm talking about. You have Lawyers and people of good will, to explain to novices like me, what the REAL deal, is. You have Werner, to explain historic value, DeSeno, to explain legalities and people with REAL education, to follow the debacle, of our school system. All, I'm saying, is, I don't mind being corrected, if I'm ignorant on a subject. I'm just here, to be supportive if I can and to be corrected, if I'm wrong. I sit here, with an open mind. Those who know the musical and historical history, as I don't, thank you! SB --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To loaf like oafs, to nod like clods seemed the best idea to 40 > students at Asbury Park High School, N. J. They were so lazy they > would not even bother to be bad. Irked immeasurably by Asbury Park's > 40 sluggards, Superintendent of Schools Amos E. Kraybill announced > last week he would expel them. "They are wasting their time," he > cried, "and their teachers' time and the taxpayers' money." Out they > would go, he said, legally or illegally. The Board of Education backed > Superintendent Kraybill. But soon Superintendent Kraybill changed his > mind. He reprieved the 40 laggards, announced he would consult with > their parents. Meanwhile, said he, they had been frightened into some > slight improvement. > > Have school boards the right to oust lazy or stupid students? Many a > tax-paying parent might feel that, having paid his money, he has his > rights. Last May this question interested one Jean West, 19, freshman > at the Teachers' College of Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) which is > State-supported. Suspended for failure to maintain a required > standing, Miss West sought to restrain Miami University from expelling > her. Her counsel argued that higher education is for everyone, that > Miss West, daughter of a taxpayer, had a right to hers. She won her > case, but a higher court reversed the decision last December. R > Reason: a pupil who falls below a set standard must not be allowed to > retard his fellows. > ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
