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Post by 950nancy on Sept 16, 2016 1:44:36 GMT
Dismissal time is ridiculous especially for kinders. I love spongebob though.. my kids and I can always come up with a spongebob quote for any occasion! I made dinner for my boys years ago and my youngest asked for something else instead. I asked him what I looked like. He was four and replied, "A short order cook!" Loved it.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Sept 16, 2016 1:46:58 GMT
Yea, this doesn't sound like SCHOOL time. It's dismissal and after school pick up basically, right? not a big deal.
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Post by meridon on Sept 16, 2016 1:47:24 GMT
I hate SpongeBob and we don't watch it.....other parents, other choices and that's fine. However, for those who wonder about the controversy, you might want to read about this study. It seems the pace of the show and the way it's edited impacts impulse control, abstract thinking and short-term thinking, according to a UVA study: Watching SpongeBob Makes Preschoolers Slower ThinkersAs others have mentioned, that's a crazy long time to try to keep kids that young occupied.
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Post by leftturnonly on Sept 16, 2016 1:47:50 GMT
beyond no big deal
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Post by AnotherPea on Sept 16, 2016 1:53:36 GMT
Not getting the outrage either. Also not understanding why such a particular helicopter mom is leaving her child at school for such a long time after school is dismissed.
From a teacher's POV, could it be that this is part of the teacher's planning time? I can understand TV while I'm babysitting kids after school. And using that time to clean up and prep for the next day. Allowing free play time would likely add to the cleanup time instead.
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Post by leftturnonly on Sept 16, 2016 1:54:09 GMT
This wouldn't even register on the pea-lividity scale. Is your sister upset about the long holding-time for dismissal? (that would be a minor annoyance) The TV thing? Or specifically the Spongebob thing? Is she an extreme helicopter parent or ultra-perfect sanctimommy type? I just don't see any other reason for the level of livid you're describing. You know, she could always show up to pick up her child when the day was done and not have ANY holding time in the classroom, SpongeBob or not. Just a thought from a Mom who was ALWAYS there to pick up her kids.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 16, 2016 1:58:44 GMT
I hate SpongeBob and we don't watch it.....other parents, other choices and that's fine. However, for those who wonder about the controversy, you might want to read about this study. It seems the pace of the show and the way it's edited impacts impulse control, abstract thinking and short-term thinking, according to a UVA study: Watching SpongeBob Makes Preschoolers Slower ThinkersAs others have mentioned, that's a crazy long time to try to keep kids that young occupied. Mine has watched it since 1999 (he was three) and he is going into electrical engineering. He combined his senior year and freshman year of college. I think Sponge Bob watching and a well rounded childhood are fine. He's pretty dang mellow too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 2:05:13 GMT
I would be upset that they are spending an hour of school time watching a TV show. Can they not use that time to read to the kids, play games, or color? It's not school time. It's after-school time.
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Post by pierkiss on Sept 16, 2016 2:09:49 GMT
It's sponge bob. Not It, or Freddy Kreuger, or Leatherface.
Your sister needs to get a grip. What will she do when your Bruce plays at a friends house and the friends mom lets them watch Caillou? Move away? Get the mom blacklisted from playgroup?
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Post by Nink on Sept 16, 2016 2:14:04 GMT
I wouldn't have been upset, but then again I wouldn't be upset they were watching it for an hour even during school hours. It's kindergarten for Pete's sake. We were eating crayons and graham crackers and taking naps when I was a kinder.
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Post by meridon on Sept 16, 2016 2:19:33 GMT
It's sponge bob. Not It, or Freddy Kreuger, or Leatherface. Your sister needs to get a grip. What will she do when your Bruce plays at a friends house and the friends mom lets them watch Caillou? Move away? Get the mom blacklisted from playgroup? Can I just say that Caillou gets.on.my.damn.nerves!!! I want to spank his whiny ass!!! Clearly, I have rage issues. And also, I understand that correlation does not equal causation, so no, I don't think watching SpongeBob makes you dumber. I just remember reading about the study when it first came out and thought it had some interesting implications about how changes in media might be having an impact on how we learn and think. There's some really interesting work being done in literacy about reading online vs. reading printed text in books, for instance.
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Post by jamielynn on Sept 16, 2016 2:20:04 GMT
Is it my favorite? Definitely not.
The new movie Inside Out, that bugs me more. There are some not at all nice quotes and tones in there which my child picked up on the first viewing.
I try to pick my battles I guess.
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Post by moodyblue on Sept 16, 2016 2:31:19 GMT
Doesn't sound like it's actual school time. But that is a crazy long time to have to supervise kids after school. And maybe some kids are coloring or looking at books. I haven't watched Spongebob, but doing just about anything other than a video/TV during that time requires more involvement from the teacher, after the class time is over, so I can understand why she'd take the easy path. I'm sure she has things to do to get ready for the next day and supervising that many kids and getting them out to be picked up during an entire hour after school would be no one's idea of a good thing.
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Post by SabrinaP on Sept 16, 2016 2:33:22 GMT
This wouldn't even register on the pea-lividity scale. Is your sister upset about the long holding-time for dismissal? (that would be a minor annoyance) The TV thing? Or specifically the Spongebob thing? Is she an extreme helicopter parent or ultra-perfect sanctimommy type? I just don't see any other reason for the level of livid you're describing. You know, she could always show up to pick up her child when the day was done and not have ANY holding time in the classroom, SpongeBob or not. Just a thought from a Mom who was ALWAYS there to pick up her kids. She does pick her up at dismissal. For some reason they combine rooms at 3:15 but don't actually start dismissing until 3:30. This cartoon was shown during that time.
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Post by seaexplore on Sept 16, 2016 2:34:55 GMT
I hate SpongeBob and we don't watch it.....other parents, other choices and that's fine. However, for those who wonder about the controversy, you might want to read about this study. It seems the pace of the show and the way it's edited impacts impulse control, abstract thinking and short-term thinking, according to a UVA study: Watching SpongeBob Makes Preschoolers Slower ThinkersAs others have mentioned, that's a crazy long time to try to keep kids that young occupied. Mine has watched it since 1999 (he was three) and he is going into electrical engineering. He combined his senior year and freshman year of college. I think Sponge Bob watching and a well rounded childhood are fine. He's pretty dang mellow too. My little terrorist is 5. She reads & comprehends & can tell you all about books at 2-3 grade level. She has been writing words for over a year. She is doing basic adding and subtracting and a small amount of multiplication and division. Not thinking spongebob has harmed her much. She came out of the womb a terrorist. Lol
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Post by MizIndependent on Sept 16, 2016 2:36:50 GMT
SpongeBob is hilarious!
Wouldn't bother me a bit, but then we raised our girls on SpongeBob. And Gary Larson, and Bill Patterson, and Berkeley Breathed...
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 16, 2016 2:41:36 GMT
My son hated Sponge Bob so he never watched it. This ranks a 0 on the Pea Livid scale though.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 16, 2016 2:47:35 GMT
I've never been a fan of SpongeBob and DD has never watched it here, but I wouldn't be Pea livid over it. I too would be more annoyed that it was taking the kids so long to be dismissed. Surely there has to be a more efficient way to get the kids moved through the carpool process safely.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 2:51:41 GMT
never watched sponge bob and probably never will
I know my kids and grandkids have
If it was something I didn't want my kids to watch i'd let the teacher know and make sure they didn't watch it again no need to get pea livid
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 16, 2016 2:55:47 GMT
Personally I'd like to get rid of sponge bob, but I wouldn't be mad at all that they watched it. Yes, I am sure there is something more appropriate, but I remember as a high schooler's trying to keep 30 or so kindergartens busy while their parents did orientation.
I watch that damn barney video twice and it was 30 minutes long each time
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Post by natlhol on Sept 16, 2016 2:56:03 GMT
One teacher supervising 30 kids at the end of a full school day...one teacher outside waiting for parents. I imagine the outside teacher is using a walkie or something similar to let the inside teacher know which parent has arrived when. At that time of day, perhaps TV viewing is the best way to keep everyone safe and contained while both teachers are supervising those leaving? And these students are little! I would imagine that they could use a break from educational activities such as worksheets, etc.
It's the combining at 3:15 but not dismissing until 3:30 that puzzles me. School schedules are usually tighter planned than this. Also, that big a window for pick up is ridiculous. At our elementary school, if a parent was beyond 10 minutes late (I believe?), the child had to sit in the principal's office and the parent had to park and come into the office to sign him/her out.
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Post by Basket1lady on Sept 16, 2016 3:27:44 GMT
I'll be the dissenter. I would have a problem. At that age, my kids didn't watch any tv during the week. And I only allowed 30 minutes a day on the weekend. A movie night was a BIG deal in our house. I don't think TV has a place in daily school life, pick up or not. Well, maybe after a big test as a reward. But certainly not daily. Let the kids have a book at their desk, dance to music, do puzzles, playdoh, lacing cards, shape tiles, ANYTHING else on a daily basis.
I would object to it, but if I ever complained to the principal, I also tried to come up with a solution. Organize some parent volunteers to brainstorm (and staff!) a shorter dismissal time and even parent volunteers in the classroom. If this is a charter school, doesn't that normally come with more parent participation?
My kids were in 6 different elementary schools between them. I don't ever recall dismissal taking longer than 15 minutes. An hour of instructional time lost is a big deal.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 3:47:03 GMT
I've never watched Spongebob....not appropriate for Kindergarteners?? It's extremely stupid and not educational at all, but it's not going to damage the fiber of their being!
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Post by leftturnonly on Sept 16, 2016 4:00:28 GMT
You know, she could always show up to pick up her child when the day was done and not have ANY holding time in the classroom, SpongeBob or not. Just a thought from a Mom who was ALWAYS there to pick up her kids. She does pick her up at dismissal. For some reason they combine rooms at 3:15 but don't actually start dismissing until 3:30. This cartoon was shown during that time. Oh, gotcha! It sounds like they don't have enough attendants so the teachers are left to cover all of the bases. In that case particularly, it's so not a big deal to me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 4:23:42 GMT
ummmm...What is wrong with Spongebob? We always liked him around here. I know that as a parent I sometimes made some suspect decisions, but I watched Spongebob right alone with the boys and there was a never an occasion that even made my eye brows wiggle. I never go to the theater, but I went to see the Spongebob movie on the big screen with my boys when they were little. We watched SB on Nick so many times, I can quote episodes by heart. I truly don't get the upset people have regarding the little square dude who lives in a pineapple under the sea. If you can get past the annoying voices, there are great lessons on working hard, friendship and never giving up. L
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Post by Lindarina on Sept 16, 2016 7:11:18 GMT
Wow, they are really catering to the parents.
At my school we send the students that walk home or take the bus on their merry way, and the students that are in after school care walk to those rooms themselves and are registered there. The parents have to come inside and get their kid. Dismissal takes 10 minutes for the teacher.
I wouldn't be bothered if my kid watched some Sponge Bob after school, but if this is something that happens every day I would try (as a teacher) to organize more meaningful activities during their wait.
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Post by katiejane on Sept 16, 2016 7:19:28 GMT
The content doesn't bother me, but watching non-educational tv and watching tv for so long in an educational setting bothers me alot. I think they need to look at their class.management systems. There is no way I could or should be able to get away with that in my classroom.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 16, 2016 10:21:10 GMT
I wouldn't be mad about watching Spongebob.
I would be furious about an hour long dismissal, though. How on Earth can you build that into your schedule?
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Post by disneypal on Sept 16, 2016 10:46:06 GMT
It would be a non-issue for me
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Post by Merge on Sept 16, 2016 10:46:18 GMT
Not to be nitpicky, but I'm confused. The post says they combine classes for dismissal at 3:15 and dismiss at 3:30, but then it says that dismissal takes an hour, which indicates to me that there are still children in the room at 4:15. Which leaves me with the following questions:
1. Is dismissal really taking that long due to the school's management of it, or are parents arriving late? 2. If the OP's sister arrived on time at or before 3:30, why is her daughter still watching an hour of TV? Is she sitting in the carpool line for 45 minutes? If so, that is definitely a school issue, and I'd be focusing my pea-livid there, and not one what the poor teacher is doing to try to survive that hour. 3. If the OP's niece is only watching 15 minutes of TV, what is the big deal?
I understand combining classes and prepping for dismissal 15 minutes before the bell. In a large elementary school, that is simply necessary to make sure dismissal can start on time. And to move kids quickly when their name is called, you need them to have nothing out that needs to be put away, so that's why no hands-on activities during that time. I only wish we had a TV or something in our holding areas ... my dismissal duty is to watch over the kids waiting for day care busses to pick them up. Kids at the end of the day are exhausted and, deprived of other activities, they are LOUD.
While I would not show SpongeBob in my class, mostly because I hate it, if I had a parent who was that upset about something so minor I would invite her to come in and try to entertain 30 exhausted and frazzled five year olds AND keep them quiet enough that you can still hear their names called on the walkie. We're teachers, not miracle workers.
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