"secondary ed isn't really much more than a game at this point in many schools"
I agree. But it's a dangerous game being played by people and entities who are showing a frightening lack of concern for the game pieces (i.e., our children). I don't mean to be melodramatic, but this:
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ge...for-answers-in-wake-of-student-suicides. Reading the quotes from the good kids trying to find their way in this good school with good teachers and administrators who are trying so hard and still this happens over and over and over - it's heart breaking and very frightening.
Even though DS7 is young enough that he's not yet in the game, I know it's coming faster than I can imagine. We are telling him all the right things and modeling the behavior he'll need. I hope it's enough. Even more - I hope the people playing - and using - this game will finally cut it out. As a kindergarten teacher's poster says "The child is not going to be somebody. The child IS somebody."
I'm sorry to be emotional here. But the problem is so much on my mind these days.
Sue
