C4T #2

I was assigned to comment on The Fischbowl blog. Mr. Fisch is an algebra teacher. The first post I commented on was about a baseball player cheating and getting away with it. Mr. Fisch said if students see that a baseball player can get away with cheating , because it's part of the game and it is important , than they can cheat on tests because they are important. So the newspaper should not have put that article in the paper and the baseball player needs to recognize that he did cheat.
 The second post I commented on was about parent/teacher conferences. Mr. Fisch says that at his school they have 2 meeting in the fall and 1 in the spring. The teachers are all in the gym and they have 5-7 minutes with each parent. He says that that is not fair because different students have different problems and some meetings may need to last longer than others. He suggests that students should also be present and lead the conference. He decided to send home a letter with students that they could talk over with their parents about what they should be thinking about before the conference, and encouraging students to come to the meeting. I agree that students should be present in meeting that are about them especially. Why have a conference about your child's school and not have the child there?, that makes no sense. I also think Mr. Fisch paper he sent home telling students what they need to be thinking about was also a good idea.