alt.education

On Feb 14, 11:19 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in messagenews:c7f7a916-32c5-4b75-afbf-ee496a730793@...
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> > On Feb 14, 9:24 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
> >> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
> >> messagenews:a95aaebc-6d38-47a8-829b-5c3edded437e@...
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> >> > On Feb 12, 10:14 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
> >> >> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
> >> >> messagenews:a6fc243c-c120-4a16-ba79-c8aba0659ed2@...
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> >> >> > On Feb 10, 3:03 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
> >> >> >> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
> >> >> >> messagenews:3f28bf2d-bc04-4674-ac98-4657b9ef88aa@...
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> >> >> >> > On Feb 4, 4:09 pm, Wide Eyed in Wonder
> >> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> >> I saw an article in the last NEA Today article about the need to
> >> >> >> >> teach
> >> >> >> >> kids about saving money. I agree. How many of us decided to
> >> >> >> >> start
> >> >> >> >> saving for retirement at some point, and we were told how much
> >> >> >> >> more
> >> >> >> >> we
> >> >> >> >> could've had if we had just started saving sooner? I think it
> >> >> >> >> would
> >> >> >> >> be a good idea to start a savings account as a class project for
> >> >> >> >> all
> >> >> >> >> of our students, even if it were only a dime put away each
> >> >> >> >> month.
> >> >> >> >> This habit could save them a lot of grief, later in life.
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> >> >> >> >> Kenneth Clifton
> >> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >> > I let this go on for a bit before I would post this. I wanted to
> >> >> >> > let
> >> >> >> > my opponents commit themselves to an anti-savings teaching
> >> >> >> > suggestion. This link...
> >> >> >> >/money/
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> >> >> >> > ..is an NEA posted story coordinated with the SEC about how to
> >> >> >> > teach
> >> >> >> > your kids about saving money and investing.
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> >> >> >> > I'm betting that Rowley, Teachermama, Bob, and others will
> >> >> >> > SUDDENLY
> >> >> >> > suggest they weren't against teaching savings at all. Let's find
> >> >> >> > out.
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> >> >> >> Kenneth, I *never* said I was against teaching the mechanics of
> >> >> >> money
> >> >> >> management. I said that I did not feel it was the school's job to
> >> >> >> teach
> >> >> >> a
> >> >> >> value system in regards to saving. In my area, the districts have
> >> >> >> been
> >> >> >> teaching the mechanics of money management, credit, etc, for
> >> >> >> *years.*
> >> >> >> It
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> written into the math goals.
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> >> >> > As I said...suddenly approving of what I was suggesting, after
> >> >> > dozens
> >> >> > of posts disagreeing with it...or were you just trying to disagree
> >> >> > with me on .... anything you could find?
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> >> >> You do seem to enjoy the martyr role, don't you? Please
> >> >> show
> >> >> where I said there was something wrong with teaching the basics of
> >> >> money
> >> >> management as part of the math curriculum. IOW--prove it, Kenneth.
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> >> > Since that is all I have ever said, you were either saying something
> >> > false about me to disagree or were opposed to one with whom you
> >> > agreed. Take your pick.
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> >> That isn't all you have said. You have also said the following:
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> >> *****I think it would
> >> be a good idea to start a savings account as a class project for all
> >> of our students, even if it were only a dime put away each month.*****
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> >> ****>Rowley: IMO, this (saving money) is something that should be taught
> >> at
> >> home by
>
> >> > the kids parents.
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> >> > Martin
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> >> You: Agreed. That doesn't mean it's not a good message to teach the
> >> kids
> >> at school, especially if our goal is to teach them to prepare them for
> >> life.*****
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> >> *****You: Go back and read the discussion where I
> >> said we should teach kids to save money*****
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> >> We already teach the basics of money management in my district. We do
> >> *not*
> >> have class savings accounts, or teach kids to save money, however. Do
> >> you
> >> think that a curriculum teaching basic money management is adequate, or
> >> do
> >> you feel it should go further and have class savings accounts and teach
> >> the
> >> children to save money? Which is it?
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> > Since you have supposedly asked "repeatedly" for specifics and got
> > none in return, you can have no specifics of mine with which to
> > disagree...correct?
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> No, not correct. And why don't you give specifics on how you want to teach
> kids to save money? Do you actually have any specifics to share?

You are doing it again. Look directly above. First, you claim to
have not disagreed with my suggestion of teaching money management
skills to the kids. Indeed, you have claimed I have yet to provide
any specifics of my suggestion. Therefore, if you do not disagree
with the core concept, and have no suggestions from me with which to
disagree, how could you be in disagreement with me at all?

Kenneth Clifton