31 LIFE CHANGING BLOG POSTS IN 31 DAYS starts tomorrow! Learn about topics chosen by the Y3K Tutor In Your Home blog fans themselves. The marathon of posts will include study skills, parenting, homework help and many more topics. Thank you for the hundreds of topic suggestions you gave us over the past month. Enjoy.
Archives for September 2013
31 Life Changing Posts In 31 Days Update #2
31 LIFE CHANGING POSTS IN 31 DAYS UPDATE: The response from you so far is overwhelming. There have been some great topics chosen. We will try to get them all in. Keep the suggestions coming! The marathon starts 10/1.
Suicide & Adolescents
The second leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States according to a 2012 study is suicide. Nearly 16% of adolescents in the United States reported seriously considering suicide in a 2011 study. Suicidal thinking is a symptom of depression. If you suspect your child may be suffering from depression, seek out help right away.
Socialize Asperger’s Children
It’s important to get Asperger’s children to socialize as often as possible. Sports and play dates are great ways to get these kids included.
31 Life Changing Posts In 31 Days Update #1
31 LIFE CHANGING POSTS IN 31 DAYS UPDATE: We asked for your suggestions and you responded. Over 175 suggestions emailed to us in 2 days!! You still have time to tell us the topics you would like to see during our blog posting marathon starting October 1st.
31 Life Changing Blog Posts In 31 Days
31 LIFE CHANGING BLOG POSTS IN 31 DAYS: Starting October 1st. Topics chosen by YOU!! Now is the time to tell us what topics you would like to see. Let us know.
Biology Class Dissection Anxiety
As students return to biology classes, many feel anxiety over being forced to dissect animals. If this is an issue for your child, we suggest the following:
1. See if your state protects your right to choose alternatives.
2. After finding out about their rights to opt-out of dissections, have your student talk with their teacher about the curriculum during the first few weeks of school. Have them ask the teacher about any planned dissection labs and if they will use animals and/or offer alternatives.
3. If they do want to opt-out, now is the best time to let teachers know that they will be choosing dissection alternatives so the teacher will have the opportunity to plan accordingly.
Newton Public Schools Controversy
The City of Newton Superintendent of Schools after begging the taxpayers to raise their property taxes by $11,000,000 to pay for school projects, decided his meager $251,923 annual compensation was not enough. He has since signed a four-year contract being paid a 10% raise. Did you or anyone you know get a 10% raise?? He now receives $246,918 plus $29,748 in fringe benefits including payments into an annuity, a life insurance reimbursement and a car allowance. This brings his annual compensation up to $276,666. One has to wonder if the Newton, MA residents would have been so eager to raise their own property taxes with a Proposition 2 ½ vote at the pleading of the mayor and superintendent of schools, if they knew the same two public servants were going to raid Newton’s treasury after the vote.
Would the Newton Public Schools have been better off halting the Newton Public Schools Superintendent’s raise and spending the $25,000 on the children he was hired to serve?
More Controversy In Newton, MA
The City of Newton, MA is back at it again with more controversy. Recently the residents voted to raise their property taxes to pay for school improvements and town services. After the vote, the money has been flying out of the city treasury and into the pockets of the mayor and superintendent of schools.
The Mayor of Newton got an annual raise of $27,125!! His old salary of $97,876 is now $125,001. He was given a 28% raise. Did you or anyone you know get a 28% raise last year? Most are just lucky to keep their jobs. You’d be very lucky to earn a 5% raise. Now one could argue that the mayor is the most important City of Newton public servant and deserves to be highly paid. If this is true, how can one begin to explain what the superintendent of schools is pulling?
Come back tomorrow to find out where the taxpayer money for the public schools is really going.
Food Allergy Plan #4: Contact Information
FOOD ALLERGY PLAN #4
Give the school contact information for your child’s doctor or allergist in case there is a bad food reaction. This doctor should be someone familiar with your student’s food allergy problem. Preferably it should not be a random walk in clinic doctor that does not know your child, but a doctor that can address the issue with school staff in case of a problem.