If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
too many graduations
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:21:29 -0700, annie
wrote: I've been happy with the level of ceremony at the various graduations we've had so far. For preschool, the kids were encouraged to dress in a simple theme (patriotic red, white, and blue, for example) and they wore felt caps (made by the teachers and reused each year). They marched in, sang a few songs, and each got called by name to come get a little scroll and a hug from their teacher. My granddaughter's preK did a similar thing. They dressed in red, white and blue (no hats) and sang the songs they had learned all year to show the things they had done. It was cute and the kids did not seem stressed. They had a performance in December too and the difference between that one and the end of the year was quite amazing. They each got an certificate of completion and awards for completing the *bookit* program and a few got attendence awards or awards for good behavior (I didn't really like these because they gave them out only once per quarter and the prek and K kids really don't understand the long wait for such things). My dgd did not get this award in the first three quarters, but she got one at the end of the year when I think they sort of gave them to everyone. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
#32
|
|||
|
|||
too many graduations
"Beliavsky" wrote in message ups.com... On Friday my son's preschool will conduct a "graduation" ceremony. When I visited the school he will attend next fall, the kindergarteners were rehearsing for their graduation. My first graduation was of high school in 1987. I think having yearly graduation ceremonies devalues the important ones. A real graduation ought to signify a particular level of academic accomplishment, certified by grades and possibly standardized tests. If children in preschool and kindergarten are too young to be evaluated in this manner, they are also too young to be having graduation ceremonies. Instead I'd prefer that the schools just have a party on the last day. I think it's ridiculous to have ceremonies and heap praise on kids for the normal and expected progression through school. This has created a problem that goes beyond the school years, as this report indicates : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=10538676 "Companies are hiring consultants to help manage the "over-praised" Me Generation. The result? Kudos for showing up to work on time! Awards for getting a report in! Forget Employee of the Month - how about Employee of the Day! Some managers are resistant, saying the only praise they ever got was a paycheck." |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|