tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post3657889245099887451..comments2023-09-17T07:15:34.566-07:00Comments on Madison Park Blogger: McGilvra still scores highBryan Tagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318071838873203382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-73759923694284593702011-11-09T21:20:23.962-08:002011-11-09T21:20:23.962-08:00My kids attended McGilvra & then eventually we...My kids attended McGilvra & then eventually went on to Garfield. My first child started kindergarten at McGilvra when class size was approaching 30, & the school was much more diverse, both racially & economically (although this changed dramatically by the time he reached fifth grade). I have to agree with Anonymous. The only thing that prepared my kids for high school in the real world (i.e. PUBLIC school in urban Seattle) was living in Madison Valley instead of Madison Park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-17081748719918957242010-09-29T19:21:09.938-07:002010-09-29T19:21:09.938-07:00Dear anonymous,
Your sarcasm is annoying at best. ...Dear anonymous,<br />Your sarcasm is annoying at best. <br /><br />I have always believed that education begins at home and children that are loved, rested, well fed and given positive direction and good boundaries will do well in school. Woo hoo. I am a living example of this. I work full time, make less than $40,000 a year in the non-profit sector and still managed to raise a bright, loving, happy child who began kindergarten already reading, writing and understanding Math. Yay for me. <br /><br />Forgive me for pointing out an aspect of the article that I felt did not belong in the conversation. This was not a tangent or a short attention span on my part but a sincere desire to stay on topic. Keep your judgements to yourself. Bryan, your blog is very good and I do appreciate it a great deal. I didn't mean to nitpick <br /><br />As far as your comment about street smarts anonymous, many children in Madison Park will be buffered from any rude awakenings by mommy and daddy for many years to come. No worries there. An education about life begins when we try to understand how the other half lives and develop empathy. Something you might want to consider doing yourself. If you are not a part of the solution you are a part of the problem.lookinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927615495650412399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-14720614545087157772010-09-27T08:39:45.283-07:002010-09-27T08:39:45.283-07:00Wow. Two whole relevant comments and then off on a...Wow. Two whole relevant comments and then off on a tangent....and they say we have a short attention span in this country!<br /><br />Bryan, I am surprised you would go to all the trouble of doing the research and writing a post, only to aid in derailing the conversation later. If you want to do a post on personal responsibility, do a post on personal responsibility.<br /><br />Getting back to the point, thank you for including the last two paragraphs, they are really all that matters in this story. As someone who attended Seattle Public Schools (K-12) during the integration years and am much better for it, I worry that McGilvra students are not getting an education about life, not developing any street-smarts and they are in for a rude-awakening later. Book-smarts only get you so far in this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-63329175177603674962010-09-24T13:30:36.622-07:002010-09-24T13:30:36.622-07:00I agree with Bryan, Randy Dorn needs to go.I agree with Bryan, Randy Dorn needs to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-56165544541121135962010-09-24T06:45:34.196-07:002010-09-24T06:45:34.196-07:00Yes, the DUI comment IS gratuitous. However, publi...Yes, the DUI comment IS gratuitous. However, public officials who act irresponsibly and then do not resign their offices are a hot button of mine. A cheap shot maybe, but an opportunity to remind readers what kind of person we have occupying the top education job in our state. Hopefully some of us will still remember at the next election.Bryan Tagashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318071838873203382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-44818416126833838652010-09-23T22:07:42.430-07:002010-09-23T22:07:42.430-07:00I have no idea what relevance the Randy Dorn DUI a...I have no idea what relevance the Randy Dorn DUI arrest comment has to do with this article. Seems gratuitous to me and not helpful at all.lookinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927615495650412399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-78299406392182001012010-09-23T21:39:49.750-07:002010-09-23T21:39:49.750-07:00Hats off to the students and teachers at McGilvra!...Hats off to the students and teachers at McGilvra! The primary responsibility to educate our kids is a teacher. Our teachers spend more time in a school day with our children than we do as parents, when you subtract out the hours our kids spend sleeping or participating in sports. The positive influence a parent makes in the success of a child's education is well documented. Kids at McGilvra arrive at the school each day ready to learn. They perform better because McGilvra parents make sure their kids have enough restful sleep, eat nutritious meals, read books for pleasure, and limit TV viewing and game console play time. Parents prepare kids for the long days of learning. Let's continue to do our part as parents so teachers can do more with our kids in the classroom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-76745844284775054572010-09-22T13:15:36.303-07:002010-09-22T13:15:36.303-07:00I know this is difficult to measure, but it would ...I know this is difficult to measure, but it would be interesting to correlate these findings with levels of parental involvement in the child's education. I'd bet a school like McGilvra has extremely high levels of parental involvement.<br /><br />As good and well-meaning as the teachers are, education is primarily a parent's responsibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com