http://ideamen.edublogs.org/2007/11/28/grant-students-some-after-school-media-outlets/ Creating ! Since September of 2007 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:46:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ideamen.edublogs.org/2007/11/28/grant-students-some-after-school-media-outlets/comment-page-1/#comment-6 kempemat Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:27:16 +0000 http://ideamen.edublogs.org/2007/11/28/grant-students-some-after-school-media-outlets/#comment-6 Eric, this article does the same for me as it does for you: it gives me a sense of hope for the future of education, but at the same time, it makes me upset. This is great, students are going to be given an opportunity that will last with them for the rest of their lives. They will learn so much about writing that will help them in their further schooling, and someday in their careers. It is so great to hear that people are willing to take the time to help these students, and it is great that the money is being given to such a good cause. But as you state, what about everybody else? What do the kids who don't get the money and the after school program do? What will they have to put on their college application or job resume? Yet again, some students move ahead in life, and others get pushed back down. As future educators, we will either be teaching in schools that will have the available funding to pay for programs such as this, or we will be in the schools that struggle to buy classroom supplies. What will we do if we teach in the latter example? Give up and wait for that job opening in the rich district, or make a difference where we are? It will take time, money, energy, and a whole lot of effort, but we have had the opportunity to be educated beyond high school, and have the ability to make a difference. Good post Eric, it raised a lot of issues for me. Eric, this article does the same for me as it does for you: it gives me a sense of hope for the future of education, but at the same time, it makes me upset. This is great, students are going to be given an opportunity that will last with them for the rest of their lives. They will learn so much about writing that will help them in their further schooling, and someday in their careers. It is so great to hear that people are willing to take the time to help these students, and it is great that the money is being given to such a good cause. But as you state, what about everybody else? What do the kids who don’t get the money and the after school program do? What will they have to put on their college application or job resume? Yet again, some students move ahead in life, and others get pushed back down. As future educators, we will either be teaching in schools that will have the available funding to pay for programs such as this, or we will be in the schools that struggle to buy classroom supplies. What will we do if we teach in the latter example? Give up and wait for that job opening in the rich district, or make a difference where we are? It will take time, money, energy, and a whole lot of effort, but we have had the opportunity to be educated beyond high school, and have the ability to make a difference. Good post Eric, it raised a lot of issues for me.

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