tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768945813587888212.post6240589477505703366..comments2023-06-18T10:20:27.090-04:00Comments on Laurie Goodman's Blog: Feeling the pressure.Laurie Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333070518293834658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768945813587888212.post-56038107041974536762010-11-14T20:29:27.665-05:002010-11-14T20:29:27.665-05:00Thank you for posting this. I was at the meeting l...Thank you for posting this. I was at the meeting last week at the HS and I agree that something needs to be done to address the pressure that our children are under. Three suicides of young people in the past year...it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out we have a problem. My kids are spending 3, 4 hours every night on homework, practicing sports, taking piano lessons, church youth group, girl scouts...it's insane and I know I'm as guilty as the next parent but I also feel like I have to encourage this level of activity or my kids will be out of the loop. Other kids will beat them to the good colleges, good jobs, good life. I want to start re-thinking this pressure, but I think we all need to do it together. <br /><br />So thanks for keeping the issue up. I'll be at that movie screening and will be interested to see how we as a community react.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768945813587888212.post-74409273199630183192010-11-12T10:29:56.815-05:002010-11-12T10:29:56.815-05:00Not that I know of. And I'm glad about that. W...Not that I know of. And I'm glad about that. Waiting for Superman seems to be an over-simplified sales and political-agenda piece that, interestingly, increases the overachiever pressure with its emphasis on test-based "accountability" (among other things).<br /><br />Respectfully, your six-degrees connection between the two films is tenuous, at best. <br /><br />Most importantly, Race to Nowhere seems to be more of a conversation starter, allowing communities to first identify the problems and then work together to come up with solutions in which we all must participate. (Note: the HSA is also going to screen the film for the RHS faculty.)Laurienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768945813587888212.post-85964149772111903902010-11-12T09:10:37.974-05:002010-11-12T09:10:37.974-05:00The George Lucas Educational Foundation calls '...The George Lucas Educational Foundation calls 'Race to Nowhere' "Another Inconvenient Truth".<br /><br />'An Inconvenient Truth' was directed and produced by Davis Gugenheim.<br /><br />Gugenheim wrote and directed 'Waiting for Superman'.<br /><br />With both documentaries focusing on education, are there any plans to preview 'Superman' in the district?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com