nellebelle

----- snip----- And actually
> we are here to learn about unschooling and not to talk about what hubby
and I
> do in regard to our e-mail. Thank-you!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I didn't mean to offend you. I have never before seen email with two
signatures. That is nice that you are working as a team for your son.

I am also not familiar with seeing the subject of an email changed to the
name of a person. Typically, when people reply to an email, they leave the
same subject as the email they are replying to. That makes it easier for
people to go back through the archives and search for messages on particular
topics.

Mary Ellen

sablehs

About the over perscribing of Ritalin.
Note before a potental flaming: I understand if some find it
necessary for Ritalin. But as I said before, I also know personally
as a teacher's daughter that it is becoming increasingly
overperscribed to children who really don't need it at all.
Tracy

{this is the printer version}
http://www.carolinajournal.com/print/print_issue.html?id=146

<snip>
In some schools, Dr. Sax said, mandated tests have eliminated recess
altogether. He also said standardized testing has compelled
elementary-school curriculum to speed up, forcing children in
kindergarten to put down their blocks, dress-up clothes, and
show-and-tell items in order to master reading and writing.

Demanding attention all day

The problem, Dr. Sax said, is 5-, 6- and 7-year-old children,
especially boys, are not at an appropriate age to sit through a day
that consists entirely of reading, writing, and arithmetic. They
find it difficult to pay attention. �I�ve seen this happen many
times,� Dr. Sax said. �Sometime around the end of first grade or the
beginning of second, the boy�s parents are summoned to the school
for a team meeting. �Johnny isn�t reading at grade level,� the
counselor tells the parents. �He doesn�t pay attention,� the teacher
adds. �He may have ADD,� the psychologist warns. �We think you
should speak with your child�s doctor about getting your son on
Ritalin.��

<I also agree with this snip>

�We�re literally knocking out our brightest and most active
children,� he said. �We are the first adults to handle the
generation gap through the wholesale drugging of our children,�

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