tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post6639800766668018881..comments2023-07-03T05:58:37.124-07:00Comments on THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: More interpersonal nastiness than usualThe Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-6985390729166814402010-03-23T17:49:07.204-07:002010-03-23T17:49:07.204-07:00Skimmed it and while I wanted to agree with you, I...Skimmed it and while I wanted to agree with you, I found it whiny.<br /><br />When I was in third grade, I was terrified of going up to the next school in our chain (pre-school choice days), because it was rough. Later, when we went to middle school, I was actually told by a student already there that we were going to get our ass handed to us! <br /><br />In the first case, the school got cleaned up by a new principal and 4-6 was a positive experience. In the second, well, me and my friends did pretty much get our ass handed to us every day and it was a nightmare, seriously.<br /><br />My point? Well, if a kid going to private school had told me "You're going to get beat up and I'm not," it would have been annoying ... but true. OMG, kids say MUCH worse things to each other every day -- I have kids, myself, and am a teacher, I hear it.<br /><br />I am very suspicious of the privatizing, the charterizing, the switching-deckchairs-on-the-Titanic-ing, etc ... but seriously, the problem with "school choice" is not the kids teasing each other about what middle school they are going to. <br /><br />If my parents could have chosen which public school in the city to use, yeah, I think that would have forced a tiny bit more accountability on the system.<br /><br />As a teacher, I'm pretty appalled at the marketing to get the "good kids" to come to our school. But hey, it makes us have to think -- what do we have to brag about? And how can we support those programs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-55112628503338460782010-03-22T16:51:57.994-07:002010-03-22T16:51:57.994-07:00Great perspective, thanks!Great perspective, thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com