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Subject: Second Printing Available: "Sit Down and Shut Up..."
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Louise Crabtree (guest)
11/09/2006 9:26 AM Alert 
Thanks to the popularity of the book,"Sit Down and Shut Up,an Educator's Memoir",it has gone into a second printing. Check out the website below for comments from readers,an epinions review,a summary, and instructions for obtaining signed copies sent directly from the author, Louise Crabtree. Anecdotes and personal experiences are used to describe growing up during the Great Depression in Appalachia with focus on life as a child, a student,a parent, and educator, teachng English for thirty-nine years at various levels of public and private schools, spanning from Kentucky to Texas, Minnesota, California, and Arizona. The author also discusses what has led to the "dumbing down" of America with suggestions for correction. Louise Crabtree
Louise Crabtree (guest)
11/09/2006 9:33 AM Alert 
The website for "Sit Down and Shut Up" is
Zach Cheney
Posts:324
11/09/2006 10:09 AM Alert 

Hello Louise, let me offer some help:

The "Sit Down and Shut Up" website is http://jlcrabtree.com/sdsu/

Your book seems very interesting, Louise.  I'd love to get your insider's opinion on the state of the public education system these days with the "No Child Left Behind" initiatives, and practice of putting the statistics and test scores over the kid's learning and needs.
Louise Crabtree (guest)
11/09/2006 12:06 PM Alert 
Thanks for correction for the website. In my book I blast what is going on concerning multiple testing which consumes an inordinate amount of time away from curriculum and instruction. With "No child.." teachers are constantly preparing students for tests while the actual time devoted to testing also eliminates time for curriculum instruction. But even before this, I write how curriculum was continually softened for more activities,school trips, etc., all under the umbrella of keeping everybody happy. Partly, this is a societal problem with unions, governmental controls making decisions, a just be happy attitude, and lack of discipline and respect. Then there is the problem of appropriate teacher training, again addressed in my book. Enough already, perhaps another book on this. -lc
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