Lets just go fishing! The first steps in life and learning come from home. Those steps should include the learning of –how to play & join in groups & take turns with a friend (this from Piaget; Assimilation with Accommodation in Human Development) Then, life goes on!
Elementary school should be fun. In 1st grade life changes and we see & grow new skills. The teacher begins with a class of 18 kids & decides to take them on his/her new path! This path forward (grades;1st-3rd) will take them all to the bus& eventually all are going to the lake to fish.! All the kids appear ok at first walking but, then several of these small children stub their toe, twist their ankle and/or just fall down. They will get up! As they grow more, they learn to see the pathway using more awareness. Or so we think.! In late 2nd and third grades they continue to learn & play together! Not all but some can hop, jump & run well too! Others can not.. Some can make friends easily while some do not!
Then Life gets a little hard for a few 3rd-4th graders.
This happens when……the teacher gave them a little book about Fishing & a few cannot read it! It is then about 3rd grade & around 8-years-old, when they all are trying new challenges that some have difficulty doing—this task separates them away from their classmates in their abilities. No student wants that separation. (They want inclusion & with peer equality most of ALL. ( I know this because I asked them in youth crisis centers and on a youth suicide unit).
It could be just this- one boulder in their path- that stops them from getting that. On their path some think the rock is a pebble and they just continue. For others, several in fact (today 40%), they must stop, here!. They CAN NOT climb over, get over or go around that huge rock!
And we all know how hard they try…again and again at this age & for years! On this matter, they simply do not have the working skills to do it! >>>>> The challenge is not with what is being taught because they can “listen” for that. But too often for some students now it is that “here and now” –their pathway ends for fishing. Too soon it has become way too complicated. With the WORST PART OF ALL OF IT, is that their peers can see their struggle. (Source: Locke & Bandura, 2003; Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited) The problem is simple….
So, who knows how to move that boulder —Was it created in these student’s mind? (No, it is not in their mind)! It stands right there before them. It is there in that moment when in life- within their Reading Group with the first paragraph of the first book they try to read that life changes. It is there over a short time as the print size drops, and they simply cannot read the line of print before them and /or understand it. It is then their life changes) So, they try again and again with the same results. But they see…their little friends can do this small task and they can not! The skill is only blocked. Reading requires the visual ability to move with agility, alignment and purpose. It does exist their in their body—so let’s open it up, align it to get it working right. It is that simple.
Otherwise, for many this blockage lasts forever. They never get on the bus with their friend(s)! They have lost their “Peer Equality!” Right here & forever! {Special Services will step in & try to assist these young students with a wide variety of interventions to get over that rock. The ROCK is still there & kids are left behind here}. What is being asked of our kids is already too difficult because each one has a lack of efficacy in their visual skills—NO ONE AT SCHOOL YET KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS FOR THEM NOW. So what these kids think, feel and FEAR is life. (WE DO have that answer, FVYD only has it! …but Education needs it ! Time for Change, don’t you think!
Call Superintendents or our President to get it in all schools, today! More to come!
Now in 5th grade-back at the lake 3 kids know they cannot compete with their peers. They are left behind.
The 15 kids remaining in the class are each trying to walk on their own pathway of learning, now! For the 3, they still try hard to learn! While others read fine, they are “kind of” reading the book by using the pictures. They all want to learn & know more about the fish they might catch. They are still excited!
These struggling few now know—this reading issue has become only their struggle. And the work they have to do is harder than for most of their peers & their only pathway that will enable them “to know something about fishing” is before them. That lake remains unchanged. They must get there! They are so confused but still resilient as they walk on in life! With hope for change at every turn, (So, maybe it gets better in Middle School, they think). “Just hold on! Do not get depressed—just keep trying and hope to get there!” (Special services will support you all the time—because you’re trying SOOO hard, but not much improves for you. You’re so tired! And… there is no rest). While with a simple program all of this struggle would be over for you!
On recovering the Reading skills all of this would have been over in 3 months with just 15 minutes per day of time & years ago with our simple FVYD essential program work. Unfortunately, that program for you is not in schools yet. Call your Superintendents and ask them to open the doors and bring it in for you, now! About “why me! You are not alone but many have had their skills recovered.
*****Read all our Testimonials on each page on this website & Call the President if you must! No one else is listening. It is that important for your lifetime. We, at FVYD, know how to get you reading easily & with Peer Equality Just hold on! We’ve been here since 1999, for 25 years & now waiting again!
So, for now back to your wonderful teacher, it is not their fault or yours. Your teacher tries to teach her class. All want to know “How to Fish…and she wants to make it fun for! She is still there for you & so are your parents. They simply do not know about our FVYD work. Who reads about NOT READING? It should be of interest for Education. It is THE solution they have been seeking for decades. They do have to look at it before deciding that they do not want it.
Your teacher knows some of her students are still reading at 3rd grade level in her 5th grade—And this is never good. When 5th students know they “cannot read” like the others in their class- life loses some of its brightness & depression follows! It is sad-but should be temporary when we can fix it today. There is a CURE here!
When teachers realize many of their kids in her/his classroom do not have the tools, they keep going to give them more!The first tool was the book & now she knows several cannot use it! —So the 2nd tool she in 5th grade will” show and tell” them on is “how to start to fish by using your pole”. Nothing stops Teachers!
This teacher & her kids still have HOPE! By 5th grade many still struggle to hold on to it. Depression can happen, bullying can happen, drinking & drug…. When nothing changes for them & life goes on, their struggle is real…. So until Middle School hope is real until it isn’t. More to come…
I strongly Disagree that anyone can replace Pres. Joe Biden—I am on Biden’s side until he wins because he will. ..It is not about money–it is not about your values either, since all of you have been less than remarkable men & to have bailed on him. Where is the support from real Democrats. Are they any left? I have what he needs now —-have him connect.
You criticize his speech, when he spoke the truth, you criticize his age–when his wisdom exceeds 2 of you. His foreign policy—is incredible and holds our world together if only by that thread and you expect Donald to do what?
Pres. Biden is a truly HONORABLE man who has done wonderful miraculous things for this country and for the people. (Or is it you who do not want to part with that 15 % maybe it should have been 25–you can not even spend it all). Everyone of you who want to give Donald Trump credit for the first years of his term, Quickly FORGOT how unhealthy America was when Pres. Obama took office with Joe Biden his VP for 8 years. With all those years that together did all that good work, too few want to remember. –What truly does happen during that first few years of each Presidents term– includes carry over.
What Donald did for our nation–was create incredible debt and is still doing it with his ineffective #15? of his personal security staff now watching his golf game the last four year. ….What went to Trumps benefit, came from “the saving of American” Barack Obama & Joe Biden had accomplished & that second term with no support from Congress. He VP J. Biden with Pres. Obama was able to SAVE America then also ….Donald is not fit to eat the crumbs …. and then he would say he baked the Wonderful bread! Who are the fools!
Shame on all of you……how quickly you forget and turn your back. NOBODY in the Democratic Party OTHER THAN BIDEN can do this job right & NOW. Oh Yes, he will WIN because America has seen him and we know!—Help him finish his great work in the last 4 years to America’s benefit & to greatly stabilize America—Help he instead of being gossip mongers…..Shame. on all! The Democratic party is becoming just like the others. And the media–are becoming turncoats just in time to make the 6:00 news. Sorry to be so frank- but this is my opinion. and I am with this truly great man—Joe Biden. He gets my one vote. Get off the couch America —so he can win to SAVE YOU!
Deborah Parker Founder & Pres.1996 Future Visions Youth Dev. Inc FVYD a 501c3 nonprofit with REAL solutions for American Public Education www.myfuturevisionsinc. com
I was not going to “take in” much about the debate – I left it there as worthless!
What I saw with Pres. Biden’s body language had to do with his inability to swallow –the multitude of lies Former Pres. Trump continued to spew from his library of lies-he has grown to maga proportions. Please!
Former President Trump did not provide an ounce of thoughtful banter that could be considered debate worthy. His habit of repeating past “said” words again and again–without thoughtful content or any development did not grow that debate.
That was my take and I left it there that day. But not the press! They are selling new & have become shameful in that drive…. while we, FVYD are “Saving our Youth!”
They, the press with few exceptions– did not leave the debate there. Instead, they have forced the wave to become the horrific Tsunami. They co-created the negativity it so that the dirt thrown around became that volcanic “now mountain” that is still throwing burning ashes on creative thoughts.
So, let’s return to reality where…. great men are great men –no matter the age. And others by their current & continued negative action are not.
If you all cannot see what greatness has been achieved in the past 3 years—you have not been looking and your hearing is lacking also. The slow and methodical work done—allows all of us still to breathe. But, not for much longer. So wake up! Oh yes, the end of this is near.
Shame on all of us for minimizing good and promoting chaos instead. We are hell bent on doing that. Change your face, change your focus and stand up for morals and ethics.
Life is not meant to be always drama found today on every channel as reality TV. We do not want to live in soap operas where morals and ethics have no value or space. We still “have to be better” for a next generation, and creative now to develop once again the Foundations for our Childrens growth, forward. Be grateful to GOD we still stand!
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While a horrible school year ends, I continue to hear the struggles the kids are having in Education. Parents are broken & carry greater loads- thinking they have to… NO, not anymore! Time, we lighten that load, because we can. But what I have seen currently there for schools will not do that.
I have watched a new direction being created this past year– that is expected to direct learning on to a new pathway. But STEM is for higher learners, CTE for kids with no diverse career choices and AI does not tell all the truth. New technologies in learning are welcome but not alternative to—those found by reading & learning from a truthful source with a multitude of benefits found just by that freedom. A book can go anywhere.
So, when all the ASHES clear and they will — Great men still are great men –no matter the age.
And others are not… Do we have to be on a side?
I will continue as I have day in and day out over these past 33 years. The door is opened with this website. You can see me now & with NO AI HERE, all hear me now in all these student, parent, teacher, principal testimonials. And…
Yes, we are simple but moving with stability and progress forward passing through the chaos to save the Kids with all of your help this 2024 summer.
So to bring a new reality of awareness, growth and gratitude for our wonderful teachers who remain still to teach our struggling and at risk Kids. To tell teachers they are not alone, and they are not to be blamed.
We, FVYD bring “a phoenix” ALIVE with student safety, growth and well -health promotions to education.
All we all need and, right now is, Future Visions (Essential Program for our) Youths Development, Inc. To empower now and in the School Year to come SY24-25 our learning equality platform & protocol for all—that will create the enrichment of peer equality to be shared within all classrooms. Calming the waters! With our simple essential program in all American Public Schools so all our kids may learn and be peer equals. While Education in America will hold a new honorable role in America’s recovery and to retain our place of Leadership of the Free World.
Let’s move forward together and SAVE our Nation, too.
The behavior of STUDENTS…. The philosophy of our ALLOWING POOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR has to change when every occurrence impacts the whole, negatively! (We are not talking about our 3% of Special Students here). —But we do include all the others. It also affects your tax base-especially for schools & boy are those are high taxes! So that said… what if a simple program will change it!
Point 1. When our kids are out of control:…Teachers are leaving the classroom due to rude, dangerous student behaviors and lack of any strong support from School Management…If not in schools where will our children learn—home? AI does not tell the truth 100% of the time. Then what will they learn! Just the thought of that is truly scary! And, think hard, you will go on complaining won’t you! to change that…
Is it not obvious by now…. even third-party School Counselors are leaving schools…Wonder why when mental health is a priority today? It is because these (contracted). Counselors do not want to work with troubling kids and adolescent kids in schools either. That reason is, they have no effective tools for these struggling and at-risk kids who are nightmares to our teachers. We, Future Visions Youth Dev. Inc does!
Point 2. Where ALL remarks are positive: What I hope for today is that you finally see FVYD (here) with all the principals, teachers, parents and kids’ testimonials supporting our simple work.www.myfuturevisioninc.com . Our simple program has what you need and want—You just do not know it yet! Do you not want more of this good stuff for your troubled kids in school! You DO want your kids’ recovery!—Or do you just like to complain about the drama and danger around them & how poor the (wonderful) teachers are! How about you-what is going at home with them? …Do you have a pleasant, reasonably controlled, and safe environment there. FVYD knows that answer for many of you is NO!…So I guess our FVYD work IS FOR YOU!
Point 3. Call the Superintendents in these towns zip codes noted here—only that couple calls will make the difference for all. Because the answer to all your outcry is right here mentioned above and here. It is unique and different and wholesome and healthy. It is….
A different type of website for parents, teachers, and schools: HOPE FILLED—call the Superintendents- to look at this incredible work and open school doors.
B. Our work is empowering…What we have developed with of team of Subject Matter Experts SME will Save Kids The simple work give tremendous support to Teachers and finally allows our Parents of these hurting teenagers to breath once again.
Point 4. All of your needs are met here within…. A simple program for your schools—What a gift you can give by calling these few Superintendents to ask they look at this simple remarkable program.
Let’sinclude this essential program in all their schools. Developed, by our FVYD Team of these SME, as a simple program for Public Schools—with a short program that is remarkable because it actually works. It has never been made available to the public anywhere, yet. Why? Food for Thought!
My Promise: For our FVYD selected student…the promise is we will change your student’s life in school! Once we get this simple program in all Public Schools–then Teachers can teach, and students will learn. FVYD needs your help now to seek& find Superintendents who approve for our entry for 12 weeks / 15 minutes a day (liken to a bathroom break). We will write the grant. ASIDE: I learned one thing well at Northeastern Univ while there in Bouve School of Health. ASIDE: When Freshman class started with 488 student’s & ended 5 years later in the Allied Health program with 22 graduated—what I learned was stamina and determination. Then learned more at NYIT- MPS
Behaviors do change once hope is restored! Now together we will SAVE Public Education because our non-profit 501c3 simple work will… Make Change Happen! –How about that helping hand! Share our website www.myfuturvisioninc.com with all you know and ask all who believe in these tremendous Testimonials on every page— to call the Superintendents noted here (first- in these zip codes- and ask they test this program for you). In the first 4th month the answers are right there in their schools. Really, those former struggling troubled and obnoxious kids change in just the first few weeks—when their HOPE returns and they know it was not their fault!!
It is that simple to SAVE our KIDs! Your call will cut the time much shorter for FVYD to get this student empowering-recovery work faster into your local schools. Once we build the template, Believe me! With Gods help- and our determination it will be coming to you!
Deborah Parker, Pres. Future Visions Youth Development
