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Some of you are very aware of the computer situation at the middle school, and some of you haven't had to deal with it yet. Basically when our children reach 6th grade they are mandated to use a computer from the third week of school on. The computer is used for most of the in school and out of school work. Unfortunately the New Fairfield School Administration doesn't prepare the children for this transition. Our children are not offered a keyboarding class at all, and are not offered any basic computer skills until they are alredy using the compuer almost exclusively. Our children are just given a computer and if they can't keep up in class they fall behind and we all know how frustrating that can be.
We believe that our children deserve to be prepared for this transition, it is hard enough that they are making the transition into middle school, but to throw this at them too is not fair to them or their families.
If you support this, and you are a resident of New Fairfield, please sign this petition so that we can have a larger voice to ask the administration to prepare our children for a computerized education.
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October 24, 2012
I honestly never thought we would actually see this much traction when I started typing this up at my kitchen table while the kids were doing their homework. It is honestly so wild to see that so many other parents are just as stressed about these middle school tech gaps as I am, and it really feels like the school board might actually have to listen to us now.
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My son is struggling so much with this. He spends hours on simple assignments because he hunts and pecks. Typing class should have started in elementary school.
Totally agree. They expect them to know everything overnight. It is setting them up to fail.
Ridiculous that they dont teach keyboarding anymore. My daughter is so frustrated with her homework and it shouldn't be this hard for them.
What happened to basic computer literacy? They need to learn how to type properly or they are going to have a hard time in high school too.
Exactly. Just throwing a laptop at a 6th grader and walking away is not teaching them anything. We need a proper curriculum for this.
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Some of you are very aware of the computer situation at the middle school, and some of you haven't had to deal with it yet. Basically when our children reach 6th grade they are mandated to use a computer from the third week of school on. The computer is used for most of the in school and out of school work. Unfortunately the New Fairfield School Administration doesn't prepare the children for this transition. Our children are not offered a keyboarding class at all, and are not offered any basic computer skills until they are alredy using the compuer almost exclusively. Our children are just given a computer and if they can't keep up in class they fall behind and we all know how frustrating that can be.
We believe that our children deserve to be prepared for this transition, it is hard enough that they are making the transition into middle school, but to throw this at them too is not fair to them or their families.
If you support this, and you are a resident of New Fairfield, please sign this petition so that we can have a larger voice to ask the administration to prepare our children for a computerized education.
Updates
October 24, 2012
I honestly never thought we would actually see this much traction when I started typing this up at my kitchen table while the kids were doing their homework. It is honestly so wild to see that so many other parents are just as stressed about these middle school tech gaps as I am, and it really feels like the school board might actually have to listen to us now.
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Kids need these skills before they get shoved into middle school. Get it together NF schools.
My son is struggling so much with this. He spends hours on simple assignments because he hunts and pecks. Typing class should have started in elementary school.
Totally agree. They expect them to know everything overnight. It is setting them up to fail.
Ridiculous that they dont teach keyboarding anymore. My daughter is so frustrated with her homework and it shouldn't be this hard for them.
What happened to basic computer literacy? They need to learn how to type properly or they are going to have a hard time in high school too.
Exactly. Just throwing a laptop at a 6th grader and walking away is not teaching them anything. We need a proper curriculum for this.
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Kids need these skills before they get shoved into middle school. Get it together NF schools.