Tuberculosis in Schools

Tuberculosis has been reported to be on the rise inside public schools. Two cases has been reported at near by local high schools of students testing positive for the various. Schools are doing even more testing to find students who may not be showing as of yet. Tuberculosis is a series various that spreads through the air.

A health official said "Tuberculosis is an airborne disease passed from person to person."You don't get TB from casual contact with someone who has it," said Barbara Cole, Riverside County Health Department. "It's a result of ongoing, prolonged contact, sharing the same airspace. So obviously in a home setting, with family members, they can be at risk. In a school setting -- any indoor setting where people share air on an ongoing basis -- it's possible to become infected."

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Mental Energy

If you are a classroom teacher you probably can relate to being tired mentally. I have noticed since school begin that it takes a lot of energy to deal with kids in the classroom. Mental energy is a different type of energy than physical energy. The constant thinking planning and devising for kids bring about some real tiredness. I recommend that you get two hundred milligrams of B-complex to deal with the stress that you get from being in classroom.

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Raising Expectations Firer Starter

On August 12, 2008 Raising Expectations held its very first FireStarter[donor program] fundraiser at Nani Salon & Spa, a beautiful new facility located in Atlantic Station. Owner, Shandon Anderson was gracious enough to not only offer his beautiful facility as a backdrop for our event but also had his staff members available to offer free mini-spa treatments for all those that attended. This FireStarter event was one of many avenues our esteemed board members and co-founders pursued to accomplish the goal of raising funds to match our United Way grant and share the great news about our work. Attendees included APS Board Member Khaatim S. El and new state representative Rashad Taylor just to name a few.

Raising Expectations, Inc. is a youth development program offering high quality, well-organized support services and mentoring to local Atlanta youth. For nearly 14 years, RE has served the lives of Atlanta’s youth with an unparalleled commitment to their education and advancement.

We are still raising much needed dollars so please support our efforts to spark the fire of hope and ambition in the lives of our youth residing in Atlanta’s Westside communities (Vine City, English Avenue, Washington Park, and Simpson Road Corridor). Donations can be made online at our website http://www.raisingexpectations.org/ or mailed to Raising Expectations Inc. P.O. Box 92814 Atlanta, GA 30314. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 678-768-4932.

In Service,
Maria E. Armstrong
Co-Founder
Raising Expectations Inc.
678-768-4932

http://www.raisingexpectations.org/

“Tell a child that they will never amount to anything and watch as a tiny flame is extinguished before it ever had the chance to become a source of warmth and light. Tell that same child that nothing is out of their reach given the
skills and confidence to achieve their dream and watch instead how that flame becomes a bright, life-sustaining fire. “

The CRCT Scores Shows Kids Cant Learn

The CRCT scores in Georgia came out early this week. According to the scores 20 to 40% of 5th and 6th graders did not pass the history part of the CRCT. What does this mean? It means to me that the criterion tests that our children have to take is too much for them to digest. Tests have shown that some students do well in the classroom, but when it comes time to take a test on what they learned, they are nervous and do not test well. Another factor is that the elementary school teachers focus on math and reading not social studies. However, in middle school, students take the crct test that focus on social studies. All the subject matter that elementary school teachers teach will always focus on the part of the crct test that will be given.
Our students should not be subject to material in the classroom that is driven based on the crct period. It should be a well rounded curriculum. So now we are seeing the effects of how our criterion tests and classroom learning is not a measure of how students successful learn.

anonymous high school teacher

Politics and Education

Who will win the race for the president of the United States that is the question. Since the George Bush presidency our educational system has failed. Education on the local, state, and federal level has being suffering for a long time. Our Kids have not recieved a quailty education since the No Child Left Behind Act was put into place. The year is 2008, and we have two new individual running for the presidency. I, personally think that they will let us down again win it comes to our children and education. Politics and Education just don't seem to mix.

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Children An Endangered Species

If are kids don't start learning critical thinking skills, and how to process information then they are doomed. You can't put a child infront of the tv all the time and expect them to think. You must challenge a child mentally by making them read so they can strengthen their brain. I think its important for the youth to be put to the test with their real world skills. Alot of these kids don't have a clue about whats really going on in the community or anything. Current events is like a joke for them all they care about is hair styles, shoes, and video games. You must begin to test the child mentally inorder for the child to be successful, if not we all will parish for a lack of knowledge.

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Educational Robots

The school system seems to be turning out children who can't think for themselves. I noticed that being in a classroom of twenty or more kids that when given an assignment that requires them to use critical thinking skills that seem to have a hard to using their brain. Many kids from middle school to high school are not being taught to think but how to be dependent on the system. If teachers don't teach our kids critical thinking skills then what is the point of going to school. We don't need more robots we need people who can create. Maybe this is just part of the overall plan by the powers that be, and they want us to follow behind them like babies so we can be told what to do.

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