Comments on: Graduation by Rambling Raven http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/ Celebrating African American Literature. Promoting Our Voices. Showcasing Our Stories. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Raven http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11920 Raven Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11920 Donna, wow!! Thanks for that heartwarming statement. I take my hat off to you and congradulate your son. Sadly, too many parents are not able or willing to become so completely involved in their children's education. I would think that the fear of losing a child to the streets or the system would be the rallying call but so far it has not. I wish we had several million parents like you. Thanks for your input you really put what I was trying to state into perspective. Donna, wow!! Thanks for that heartwarming statement. I take my hat off to you and congradulate your son. Sadly, too many parents are not able or willing to become so completely involved in their children’s education. I would think that the fear of losing a child to the streets or the system would be the rallying call but so far it has not. I wish we had several million parents like you. Thanks for your input you really put what I was trying to state into perspective.

]]> By: Yasmin http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11919 Yasmin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:41:43 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11919 @ Dona...thanks for sharing...what an inspirational story...and it shows that with everyone working together we can keep our kids from falling between the cracks. YGG! xoxo [rq=2647,0,blog][/rq]<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Apooo/~3/FMBucTockuY/" rel="nofollow">In The Nude by C. Alexandra Allen</a> @ Dona…thanks for sharing…what an inspirational story…and it shows that with everyone working together we can keep our kids from falling between the cracks. YGG!
xoxo
[rq=2647,0,blog][/rq]In The Nude by C. Alexandra Allen

]]> By: Dona http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11918 Dona Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:42:17 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11918 I am so glad that you touched on this topic. I am a member of my daughter's school SLC (School Leadership Council) and we have been trying to figure ways to get the parents involved in their childrens education. I am a firm believer that education starts at home. I myself had to find out the hard way what an impact my involvement made on my childrens education. I once was working a half hour away from home so dropping in during the day was almost impossible unless I took a half day or was off from work all together. When my older children (three sons; the last of the three will be graduating High School in two weeks) where in school I truly believe that because I worked so far away and the children knew it they felt that because I wasn't involved they could cut the fool @ school. Well to make a long story short the last son whom will be graduating this year was truly a problem child for the school system. He was removed from his 4th grade class to another school due to behavior problems, when he made it to the Jr High school level he was threatened to be removed from this school during his 7th grade year and placed in an alternative school that was basically for problematic children that were being just pushed to the wayside. At this point I said to myself that I had to do something because I refused to lose my son to his environment. So I had him placed in an out of district placement school. I got involved in almost everything I could at his school, I transfered jobs to be closer to home and I stayed frutile to my efforts in saving him from the environment. Well low and behold during his 10th grade year at the out of district placement he started to rebel because he wanted to go back to his home district school to be amongst his peers. I refused his request and he in turn started rebelling at school. So we (his teachers, counselors, principal and myself) met and came up with a plan that would allow him to do a half day at the OODP (out of district placement) and his HDS (home district school). Once he got to the HDS half day in wanted to be there full time. So we met and told him that it would be up to him so succeed in that environment because the rules were different, and there would be no one to enforce his class participation. He has grown so much and I am so proud of him. He has been a full time HDS student for his last two and a half years and he has done a marvelous job maintaining. He has been making the honor roll (all A's last marking period and all A's and one B this marking period), and will be graduating with his class. He has been accepted to two different colleges and will be furthering his education this fall. I say all that to say this (as a parent we need to stay involved and let the children know that as parents we are here for them). I thank the Lord all the time because I truly know that without his Grace and Mercy I do not know where my sons could have landed in our society. but thanks be to God all three have graduated and become productive, upstanding gentlemen. My motto right about now is: "Three down and One to go" I am so glad that you touched on this topic. I am a member of my daughter’s school SLC (School Leadership Council) and we have been trying to figure ways to get the parents involved in their childrens education. I am a firm believer that education starts at home. I myself had to find out the hard way what an impact my involvement made on my childrens education. I once was working a half hour away from home so dropping in during the day was almost impossible unless I took a half day or was off from work all together. When my older children (three sons; the last of the three will be graduating High School in two weeks) where in school I truly believe that because I worked so far away and the children knew it they felt that because I wasn’t involved they could cut the fool @ school. Well to make a long story short the last son whom will be graduating this year was truly a problem child for the school system. He was removed from his 4th grade class to another school due to behavior problems, when he made it to the Jr High school level he was threatened to be removed from this school during his 7th grade year and placed in an alternative school that was basically for problematic children that were being just pushed to the wayside. At this point I said to myself that I had to do something because I refused to lose my son to his environment. So I had him placed in an out of district placement school. I got involved in almost everything I could at his school, I transfered jobs to be closer to home and I stayed frutile to my efforts in saving him from the environment. Well low and behold during his 10th grade year at the out of district placement he started to rebel because he wanted to go back to his home district school to be amongst his peers. I refused his request and he in turn started rebelling at school. So we (his teachers, counselors, principal and myself) met and came up with a plan that would allow him to do a half day at the OODP (out of district placement) and his HDS (home district school). Once he got to the HDS half day in wanted to be there full time. So we met and told him that it would be up to him so succeed in that environment because the rules were different, and there would be no one to enforce his class participation. He has grown so much and I am so proud of him. He has been a full time HDS student for his last two and a half years and he has done a marvelous job maintaining. He has been making the honor roll (all A’s last marking period and all A’s and one B this marking period), and will be graduating with his class. He has been accepted to two different colleges and will be furthering his education this fall. I say all that to say this (as a parent we need to stay involved and let the children know that as parents we are here for them). I thank the Lord all the time because I truly know that without his Grace and Mercy I do not know where my sons could have landed in our society. but thanks be to God all three have graduated and become productive, upstanding gentlemen. My motto right about now is: “Three down and One to go”

]]> By: Linda Chavis http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11907 Linda Chavis Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:02:49 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11907 Every parent needs a copy of this. Every parent needs a copy of this.

]]> By: Raven http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11906 Raven Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:04:51 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11906 Thanks you, Yasmin and Dera. I too hope and pray that my students(former in this case) go far and beyond all expectations. I will miss them and I pray that they achieve all of their dreams and aspirations. Thanks you, Yasmin and Dera. I too hope and pray that my students(former in this case) go far and beyond all expectations. I will miss them and I pray that they achieve all of their dreams and aspirations.

]]> By: APOOO http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11904 APOOO Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:25:27 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11904 Raven...thank God you are a teacher who still cares...and I hope because you do that you have an impact on at least one of your former students...in the meantime I pray that this years class has more most likely to succeed than any other class before! xoxo Raven…thank God you are a teacher who still cares…and I hope because you do that you have an impact on at least one of your former students…in the meantime I pray that this years class has more most likely to succeed than any other class before!
xoxo

]]> By: Dera Williams http://www.apooobooks.com/graduation-rambling-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-11903 Dera Williams Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:13:44 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=3132#comment-11903 All we can do is pray. Some will make it, many will not. If you can save just a few, be thankful for that. Meanwhile, allow them to glory in their special day and dream of the future. <abbr><em>Dera Williams´s last blog post..<a href="http://derarwilliams.blogspot.com/2009/06/memory-monday.html" rel="nofollow">Memory Monday- The Neighborhood</a></abbr></em> All we can do is pray. Some will make it, many will not. If you can save just a few, be thankful for that. Meanwhile, allow them to glory in their special day and dream of the future.

Dera Williams´s last blog post..Memory Monday- The Neighborhood

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