Please Introduce Yourself What's your connection to St. Paul public schools? mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________ Howdy,
I'm mostly a lurker on this forum since I spend my work day staring into a monitor (web programmer/librarian) and have not the eye strength to engage in drawn out typing matches. I work regularly with St. Paul school kids as a volunteer though the Sibley Bike Depot (www.bikeped.org). We teach mechanics/shop skills to work study students, the St. Paul Connections program, random drop ins, and have partnered with numerous charter schools over the years. I very much support non-traditional education options. Just because many of us on this list likely could not get our heads out of books as kids does not mean that all munchkins learn through reading. I am also a product of St. Paul schools (Horace Mann/Highland '86), with the exception of one year when I attended Minnehaha Academy in Mpls. Having attended both private and public school I can say from experience that you can get a great education at either- if you have supportive parents, the will to learn, and engage oneself in the culture of the institution (i.e. debate, drama, student council, band...). Kids who go home and flop in front of the TV learn an apathy which may poison them into adulthood. As budget cuts constrict after school programming, we all have the responsibility to create constructive evening activities for kids. Andrew Koebrick W7th/Seward Neighborhoods _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
