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...complete reversal. I was born in 1938, and my parents didn't worry about my self-esteem: they worried that too much praise or attention would "spoil" me and make me conceited! Parents showed very little interest in their children's schoolwork in those days - that was the teacher's business, not theirs. And of course, physical punishment was used routinely. Despite these sweeping changes, personality traits have not changed - people today are no nicer than the people in earlier generations. But it does no good to tell that to the helicopter parents. They are convinced that they are playing...
...You’re absolutely wrong,” says the teacher. “The point I’m making is that if you don’t put the rocks in first, you’ll never get them...
Some of the biggest spending cuts in the new budget - nearly $10 billion - will hit education and social services. Spending on kindergarten through 12th grade will be reduced by $8.4 billion over the next two years. This means teacher layoffs, fewer school days and more crowded classrooms. Higher education funding will also be cut by $888 million at state schools, where students will be expected to shoulder 10% higher fees. And, according to the new budget, $1.5 billion will be saved by eliminating senior citizens' annual cost of living increases and other health services (again, depending on where the federal...
Adolfo Carrion knows a thing or two about city life. In addition to serving two terms as New York City's Bronx Borough President, he has a degree in urban planning and job experience as a minister and public school teacher in the Bronx, which is why Barack Obama has tapped him to serve in a newly created executive branch position - White House Director of Urban Affairs. (See Who's Who in the Obama White House...
...Born in Manhattan; his family moved to the northern borough when he was an elementary school student. His father was a minister and Carrion followed in his footsteps, working briefly as an associate pastor. He also worked as a public school teacher before going to graduate school...