tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post2818513610447779568..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: “It’s Really About Language.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-31296193122101560782009-11-18T12:02:06.041-05:002009-11-18T12:02:06.041-05:00I don’t see any statement from the principal about...I don’t see any statement from the principal about “interrupting classroom time.” <br /><br />And it remains quite unclear to me how saying the word “meep” in a school hallway seriously disrupts the educational process.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-67321803692466758882009-11-18T11:37:15.845-05:002009-11-18T11:37:15.845-05:00It was about behavior more than language, which th...It was about behavior more than language, which the student in the NPR piece admitted. After all, he said they were standing in front of the teacher's lounge, repeating this word, and interrupting classroom time with it. Not a big deal, but it couldn't continue. So he sent a note, it stopped, the kids aren't interrupting anymore, and life goes on. As I said, it wasn't a big deal, so why should the prinicpal spend a lot of time talking to the press about it?Iron Guy Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719802406868125435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-69132894923203982432009-11-16T11:54:00.441-05:002009-11-16T11:54:00.441-05:00This principal’s reaction obviously raised more qu...This principal’s reaction obviously raised more questions than it answered, eventually becoming national news. I suspect it caused more stir than the undefined and possibly chimerical “disruption” that never happened. The fact that he chose not to speak to the press about something he’d felt was important enough to alert all parents suggests that he might wish the whole thing had never happened.<br /><br />And yes, I thought this sounded like an Andrew Clements novel as well. But would anyone believe it?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-9624465105864287412009-11-16T10:48:32.182-05:002009-11-16T10:48:32.182-05:00sometimes i see situations like this in the news a...sometimes i see situations like this in the news and wonder if "proactive" principals getting their names/schools some attention isn't a boost to their resumes – and the whole reason they behave this way. i mean, it isn't as thorny as having pregnancy clubs or book banning, they can throw around terms like "social networking" and prey off parents fears that they don't know what their kids are up to...<br /><br />remember that story about the school here in boston that had to send home a message that there were no vampires (or was it zombies?) in the school? like saying "nothing to see here, move along" only makes people want to look closer. of course, this can backfire when it turns out that it's the principal drawing attention to themselves, but how they spin that in an interview down the road is their business.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912666564620423037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-40495481416893158112009-11-16T10:11:27.013-05:002009-11-16T10:11:27.013-05:00I saw this and, working in a school as I do, wonde...I saw this and, working in a school as I do, wondered if this was something some students came up with after some already simmering tension between them and the administration. Sort of like frindle, isn't it?Monica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.com