2007.09.10
The 4 R's
Readin, 'Ritin, 'Rithmetic and RATS!?
Tuesday we set some traps at Fairview Elementary in Roanoke. Weigh in with your thoughts about students there being forced to go to school with rodents.
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About this blog
In her signature plainspoken style, Michigan native Shanna Flowers peels away the layers and gets to the heart of the issues. No pretense. Just straightforward perspective. Shanna writes about local people whose circumstances reflect decisions made as near as City Hall or as far away as the halls of Congress. Other times, she weighs in on a topic because it is incredibly ridiculous. Or heartening. Or fascinating. Read Shanna's column three days a week, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at roanoke.com
Children need to learn.
Rats and rodents in the school aren't going to help anyone learn.
I wouldn't ask these children to stop learning because there are rats in the school. I WOULD expect the school system to find a viable alternative.
We wouldn't ask the Roanoke County School Board to WORK with rats in their building!
Comment by Amy Hanek — September 10, 2007 @ 4:27 pm
Well yours is the first blog site I have ever been on so thanks for the new adventure. I am in college (Hollins) at 48 for the first time in my life and all those young gals have a lot on me! I can barely keep up with the terminology much less the experience. So I too am a tecknology dinosaur and feel left in the dust as you do. However I would be willing to bet ,thanks to the ageing baby boomer trend, that there are more of "us" than them youngins who use computers like breathing. A lot of your readers are in our catogory no doubt. The great new is those young gals are always glad to help out this dinosaur when she gets stuck. It makes them feel good to be good at something you know. So... a name, hmmm... about Relevant in Roanoke? Thanks for the new experience.
Comment by Sharon Mirtaheri — September 10, 2007 @ 7:53 pm
If you expect the School Board to work in any building under any circumstance, you'll be sorely disappointed. They've brought home their "insider" to help corruption flourish. She left her other school district in a shambles, what will she do to this one?
Prepare for backstabbings and lots of gossip/innuendo to be spread and nobody knowing where it's coming from. The person who is responsible won't stand up and take the blame, she'll stay in the background and claim she wants to put an end to it.
Don't trust her, it will be your undoing.
Comment by Chiten — September 11, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
Jurnal de Shanna - because a blog can be considered a log of your thoughts, feelings, expressions, and ideas
That's LIFE - you always write about real life situations and many times your experience in things
Confident Victory - You are confident in your words and I always feel like you end your articles victoriously
Translation of Transformation - This very well may be your road to the transformation that you speak of needing. (when you talk about coming into the millennium)
Raw Journalism Jargon (or R.A.W Journalism) - One of my favorite things about you is that you hold nothing back from/for your readers. This is something that I love and respect about you. You would definitely do a disservice to your avid readers if you did...
Jane Doe Jargon Bloggin - This life that we speak of is neither here nor there or about me or you, its about the world in which we live, how to work that faith that we were all born with and keep kickin' rocks through life.
I chose pretty simple things that I felt you could relate to in relationship to your articles.
Comment by Abbenie D — September 12, 2007 @ 11:23 am