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To all school board members; I have attended several meetings where the term 'dumb idea' has been used numerous times. I cringe every time I hear it. Please remember that your viewing audience is at home as well as in the room. It was especially uncomfortable to hear it when there was a room full of Winona State education major students at the meeting. These are young people who I hope never use the term when they are in a classroom of students. It is a negative, degrading term and does not inspire people to put forth ideas. We as parents and teachers have learned long ago that telling a child they had a 'dumb idea' is equivalent of telling them they are dumb. Even saying it about your own idea offers no benefit. There are indeed ideas that are better than others but it serves no positive purpose to label an idea as 'dumb'. Every idea, regardless of how minor or trivial, may trigger a better idea from someone else. These are difficult times. We need our leaders to be constructive examples of and for our community. Thank you, Joyce McConville ------------- This message was sent to the School Board of Winona Area Public Schools. To send a message to the entire School Board, address it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] All messages sent to that address are viewable by the general public. A public archive of emails sent to and exchanged between school board members is available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
