This is all so true... Sounds like my wife must teach at the same school. It is a regular occurrence for me to photocopy lessons at my place of work because all of the copiers at the school are broken or are out ink. One thing that makes me really mad is that the teachers are all restricted to ordering supplies out of a specific education catalog (to stop them from embezzling supplies or money? who knows why.) and the prices seem to all be 2, 3 or perhaps 4 times what you would expect to pay at Office Depot or Staples.
I also concur that the average parent does not care much about their children's education. So if you want your child (especially female) to be interested in science or math, you probably want to try not to be an "average" parent. Ken. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L My wife is a teacher... Parents by and large don't care much about their children's education. The public education service is primarily a daycare for working parents. It varies of course, but when there is a snow storm and schools have to close for the day, we don't hear "my child will miss out on her classes!" we hear "what are we supposed to do with the kids, I have to work you know." In many cases children don't really know what they will want to do once adults (which is normal, how could they know ahead of time), so they "go with the flow" at school. With no active participation of parents in the process, many children drift into situations where they can't earn a decent living for themselves. The best option it seems to me is for kids to try keeping as many options as possible, so that later they don't find themselves painted into a corner. My wife's school ran out of paper again this year, she brought a pack of paper to school with her this morning... she is ready to quit teaching! Pat. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I think that within the population of women in IT, the number of female Oracle DBAs is increasing. However, in general, the number of women entering IT is decreasing. That is, the number of women who are encouraged to become DBAs or developers or network admins or sys admins is decreasing. I've noticed (I have a friend with a 13 year old son and a 16 year old daughter) that the schools are not encouraging girls to go into science or math. There have been studies done that show that teachers in those fields tend to call on the girls in the class less and spend less time helping them understand the subjects. My opinion only Rachel --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The > consensus was > that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. Here > is an > article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in > IT is > decreasing. > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501 > Any theories? > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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