God Bless My Wonderful Grammar-school Teachers

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Hi Lee,
I was touched to read your latest blog on your primary teachers.
Don't get me wrong, I know the "TRUTH" about the children's garten and what the seeds need to foster growth and knowledge.
Its the "PERCEPTION" of being just Kindergarten that I was refering to. Anytime or everytime an elementary school has a "little" extra spending money, it goes directly to the FCAT test taking grades. Forget the "babies" we'll catch them in first grade. My school retained over 30 first graders last year! Kdg. teachers just"color,cut and paste" all day.
Kinders don't need computers, interventions, or to be tested for EH,SLD, or receive ELL and Speech services. Its just kindergarten. Hailey and Jake will grow out of "it". And we all know or should what usually happenes if you wait(neglect) to long.
If you have a master's degree in early childhood education the "PERCEPTION" is: "that's all you got"?huh? "What no masters in an.."ology" or mathmatics"?
hee hee "E.C.Edu. who needs it"?
"Not smart enough for big boy pants"?

Some blogger on this blog made that inference.

Thank you for all that you do!

Kindergarten Teacher for Life:)
aka "comma splice queen" you wrote that on my paper once. It's true, commas either you love em' too much or not enough ;)

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Posted by Anonymous to Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch at 8:57 PM

What we need is Ms. McPherson and her ruler to get after the culprits who don't see that kindergarten is a vital part of education. Meanwhile, I hope that cowdung is rained on their ignorant heads. lee

I didn’t go to kindergarten; that’s new to the school experience of recent years.

But I adored all my grammar-school teachers, especially Ms. McPherson, my first-grade teacher. I became a linguistics expert because of Ms. McPherson. If you said a word wrong, Ms. McPherson would paddle your hand with a ruler. Such was allowed then. I both feared and adored her; I was the best language student in the class. I was too scared not to be.

I can recall every one of my grade-school teachers after over seventy years. They stand in their holy role and beauty before me to this day. I meant to tell my former student who wrote me what an important job she is doing as a kindergarten teacher. She will have a place in her children’s memory forever.

Nobody remembers a college teacher—my job. But they remember their primary teachers. If you get good ones, it’s a lifelong blessing. I got great ones: Ms. McPherson, Ms. Roberts (taught me two grades), Ms. Byers, Ms. Pishney, and Ms. Lewis.

Kisses from this long-ago student to their wonderful memories. lee


From: Anonymous [mailto:noreply-comment@blogger.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:32 PM To: tdecesar@tampabay.rr.com Subject: [Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch] New comment on Anothere Teacher Crucifixion in the Erwin Traditio.... Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Anothere Teacher Crucifixion in the Erwin Traditio...":

JUST Kindergarten?? Kindergarten teachers lay the foundation for how children will perceive their school experience for many years. My kids have had bad, worse and FABULOUS. We need more fabulous.

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Thomas Vaughan has left a new comment on your post "The Press Takes a Powder When Teachers Are Involve...":

Yvonne Lyons is the Executive Director of the CTA. My criticism of her performance in an email to her elicited a smug and sarcastic response where she suggested I discuss any future issues with someone else at the CTA and went on to endorse the district's personnel policy. Her email response to me was insulting and I told her so.

Today in an email to members she advised teachers not to use the early release days as "Wacky Wednesday" as if the professionals who pay her salary need her admonishment.

She forgets that she works for US, she is OUR employee. She has no more respect for us than the district.

She must go.

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Posted by Thomas Vaughan to Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch at 7:11 PM

Hillsborough County teachers need a new union. I speak as a former union president at the college where I worked and was a union member for 28 years. lee