Most recent public comments by Mary Curfman https://nowcomment.com/users/96470 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215323 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215323 I love to have texting and maps available on my phone but because I didn't grow up with it, for me, my interests and pursuits are elsewhere. realize that not every kid is consumed with computers and technology but through time, we will become a society where more and more people have always been around it, more people who don't know a time before computers or cell phones. Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:40:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215317 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215317 Maybe some hand-holding is needed and schools and families in partnership can guide and direct their students, while giving them safe and positive resources. Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:28:58 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215315 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215315 When the Kindergarteners start school with little to no social emotional skills, it is pretty obvious that by building that skill set first, the academics will take hold and may be performed at a higher level. Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:17:54 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215295 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215295 I agree with you. Before this class, I saw most video games as simply recreation and felt (though I still feel) that kids play too long at a given time. I've had conversation with peers about some of our student who are exposed to some of the violent games so early on and I do think it is a major societal issue. The cultural generational gap can't really close until we agree on what is important and where are priorities lay. Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:01:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215286 My first reaction to this paragraph was that if we wait long enough, our students will become the professionals that have an understanding that may help bridge these gaps. Then it occurred to me that the way and speed that technology changes may never allow us to catch up, that the generation gap will be a perpetual cycle. Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:32:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215268 Anitha, Is it possible that for teachers, the burden of being educated on these platforms so as to be an effective motivator and encourager actually falls on the school, school districts, states? Shouldn't schools or districts be held accountable for some of this teaching of teachers? Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:18:53 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215257 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2215257 I still have a hard time believing that schools are supporting students and partnering with them in these ways. I think it is amazing! Tal's school definitely has their priorities in the right places by giving their students this level of support. This does have me wonder about the school itself. Is it Public or tuition based? Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:05:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199618 I love the writers use of juxtaposition. I've never been to Philadelphia but despite some of her harsh and negative descriptions, there is an allure because of the realness of Philadelphia she invokes. We tend to love the things we love, warts and all. I think that when you grow up in one place, that childlike comfort grows and matures so that you believe in, but also actively see, the positive through the negative. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:52:23 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199608 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199608 Using anthropomorphism, The reader wants to hear what Philadelphia is verbalizing but then realizes what the write hears is reflected through other senses. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:52:23 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199588 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199588 I love the use of imagery here. I imagine a young girl desperately begging to be included in the group of older kids who shun her until she grows up some more. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:52:23 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199572 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105180?scroll_to=2199572 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:52:23 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199322 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199322 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:57:09 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199321 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199321 Frustration and anger over racial situations that haven't improved much. Kansas City has an interesting history but it has been primarily focused on the successes of it's white citizens. In more recent years the darker, sadder history of Kansas City is being talked about. It's this history that has created the frustration and anger in the African-American community. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:57:09 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199320 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105201?scroll_to=2199320 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:57:09 -0500