[Ansteorra] youth fighters at pennsic

[Charlie Ribron II]

On the news last night here in Dallas it was reported that schools where to
start there return to school no earlier then Aug 21. Several leaders from
both sides said this was a mistake and in general I agree with them, that if
we want it left for the state and the schools to handle like it was said
during the elections then they shouldn't have made this ruling.
 Now to the soap box speech your right that initially some students do do
better but this depends on the studend not if their two week late or from
the start. I was one of the students late to start and I finish in the top
20% of my class and when on to college and finish in the top 25%. In general
it was not a fair that made me late but I prefered to stay at the gym to
work-out for football (even if the gym was at school I didn't go to class
for a week or two.) Now saying this, I don't believe now it was the right
thing to do or the best of ideas but some studends don't need the first week
or two to succeed but a good many of the students do need the first few days
because it helps them to set their daily needs for the school year.
I will state this: at the time I was in school it was not important to me
because I played football and I didn't have trouble with studies and having
to do homework (I just remembered every thing showed to me and I could use
it later) and I was helping the ones who were there from the start with what
I though were silly questions but I help them without a laugh because most
of the kids there having the troubles where my friends. Now I believe School
should come first to get ahead in life because there isn't that many people
who can do what I did and get away it when you think how many people there
are in the world and I remember how much more I could have help my friends.
I had a 3.25 gpa in high school and a 3.95 gpa in College.
-----Original Message-----
From: CAMERON LEWIS <okrabbit at home.com>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] youth fighters at pennsic


>According to Harry Wong, the first days of school are the most important of
>the year.  Those days set the tone for the entire class.  Getting
information
>out to students about procedures and rules help them to succeed more often
>than those students who transfer in a week or two late that dont get the
info
>the first time around.  I know, being a teacher, that the students that are
>there on the first days are the ones that succeed initially, more often.
>They get the rules and dont have a doubt about what to do.  Also seeing
>students come in a week of two late, used to be after the Fair left, made
me
>think that school was not as important to them as *I* thought it should be.
>Parents need to take this into account and have their students in class ALL
>THE TIME.  Parents need to know the school calendar as well, when report
>cards are coming out and when vacations REALLY start.  Just last week I had
a
>student missing in class Thursday and her friend called her and talked to
the
>students Dad.  He was really upset when he found out the last day of school
>was not on Wednesday and his daughter was missing finals in 2 classes that
>day... funny though, we didn't see her on friday either...something about
>being grounded for 2 months...would suck if you were 16
>
>Sorry for the soap box,
>Alrek