Comments on: Don’t Blame the Lettuce-Blaming Doesn’t Help

By: Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:45:43 +0000

John,
Thank you so much for your link to my post. I’m delighted that you enjoyed my article and that you shared it with your readers.

By: Ms. Hartjes’ lettuce at Teach Effectively!

Ms. Hartjes’ lettuce at Teach Effectively! — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:07:01 +0000

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By: Teachers At Risk » A Digital Immigrant’s Reflections

Teachers At Risk » A Digital Immigrant’s Reflections — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:41:08 +0000

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By: Elona

Elona — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:36:47 +0000

Thank you, Gail. I’m delighted that you want to share the article. I hope it is useful.

By: gail praharenka

gail praharenka — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:06:46 +0000

Wonderful article I couldn’t have said it better. And I am printing it off to show the teachers at my son’s school as I commented on his heavey load of homework and got a blaming statement from them that the answer was he was not working. Let’s take this negative,primitive power pushing means of communication out of our vocabulary and jointly as parents and teachers find solutions for student’s weaknesses and work together. Gail

By: Senia

Senia — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:51:04 +0000

This is maybe my favorite of your posts. What a beautiful, simple, clear idea. And I love the post’s title.

By: Elona

Elona — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:06:29 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement.

By: Empowering Links: Week of 3rd September - Life Coaches

Empowering Links: Week of 3rd September - Life Coaches — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:06:38 +0000

[...] Great advice from Elona about taking responsibility: Don’t Blame the Lettuce. She’s a teacher dealing with kids most at risk of dropping out of school, and her experiences are both riveting and inspiring. She’s doing good work [...]

By: Elona

Elona — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:37:04 +0000

Jason, thanks for the heads up on the really interesting article. All I can say is…..I don’t know what to say. It is really “out there” or according to the article “in here”. I believe that if we change ourselves, we begin to change others. But I thought of it more as a ripple effect- you know over a long time. It’s kind of scary too because, according to the article, if we can effect good changes we can effect bad changes.

By: Jason Manheim

Jason Manheim — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:53:39 +0000

Hi Elona. I came across this really interesting article that relates to what your talking about here. The way we must look to ourselves to help others. It's a little "out there" but nontheless it portrays a very important message. Hope you enjoy it.