tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post8306283812248746793..comments2024-02-25T23:37:12.907-05:00Comments on Prosecutor's Discretion: Juvenile IlliteracyProsecutor's Discretionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052776388565362412noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-75811691406276598932012-12-01T11:48:47.257-05:002012-12-01T11:48:47.257-05:00Don't worry Susan. I started this blog based ...Don't worry Susan. I started this blog based on humble opinions no one asked for and people keep coming back.<br /><br />Thanks for the insights and we all appreciate the comments. As a juvenile prosecutor, your thoughts touch on the conditions I see every day that can make a career criminal - lack of education, poor family structure, and no life training. Prosecutor's Discretionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052776388565362412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-58622703619247722052012-12-01T09:48:31.972-05:002012-12-01T09:48:31.972-05:00Years ago when I taught, they advanced these kids ...Years ago when I taught, they advanced these kids because they physically had to. There just was not enough room to keep all the holdovers and deal with the incoming. And it made no sense psychologically to have 9-year-olds still struggling to accomplish goals alongside 5 and 6-year-olds. Here is where I think a system of lateral grading rather than successive grading might help, but you wouldSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803187956812369479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-75463533174463379522012-11-30T01:13:53.455-05:002012-11-30T01:13:53.455-05:00I see it all the time in the courtroom, especially...I see it all the time in the courtroom, especially back when I had a grant to work juvenile cases on the side. It was extremely disturbing . I also see it in the public school system in our area. My kids attend public school in the magnet program, and I am often shocked by the degree and severity of illiteracy that some of the students suffer. I do not know how they have advanced to the grade Melissa Sugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268333458796847721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-24514896044014482552012-11-29T08:39:06.943-05:002012-11-29T08:39:06.943-05:00I see it every day doing juvenile crime. By the t...I see it every day doing juvenile crime. By the time they are at the end of middle school, it is too late. We need intervention when they are just starting school. It has to be frustrating to teach and not have any positive reinforcement at home to reinforce what was learned.Prosecutor's Discretionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052776388565362412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-37877174771648831562012-11-29T08:04:45.256-05:002012-11-29T08:04:45.256-05:00I've taught in city schools before, at the ele...I've taught in city schools before, at the elementary level. It's like beating your head against the wall. You are not just trying to pull kids out of the ghetto by teaching them the basic skills that will allow them to succeed at higher education levels (and eventually in society), you are trying to break through a culture that rejects much of what we are trying to teach them. When we Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803187956812369479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546249089149740759.post-78018554195197527712012-11-28T23:18:04.548-05:002012-11-28T23:18:04.548-05:00Very interesting post. With all the technology peo...Very interesting post. With all the technology people are addicted to these days like phones and computers, I find it hard to believe that a majority of people don't have some rudimentary level of literacy. But I know that illiteracy is a very real problem in society. That's a tough one.Lisa Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899014095250160853noreply@blogger.com