Comments for Award-Winning Journalist and Writer Rich Howells http://richhowells.net Original columns and various other work from writer Rich Howells Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Hundreds Line Up to Get Obama Tickets in Scranton by Specs http://richhowells.net/the-local-beat/hundreds-line-up-to-get-obama-tickets-in-scranton/#comment-3437 Specs Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:52:04 +0000 http://richhowells.net/?p=2127#comment-3437 Obama as president in four years of tenure has made several good and bad decisions. One of the bad decision he made was the life insurance project where lot of americans complained. But Obama also inherited several mistakes from previous administration and the big problem he inherited was the economic crisis. He design strategy to combat this economy crisis and it is really clear to us that four years is not really enough. So this would be one factor that obama should be reelected again in my opinion. Obama as president in four years of tenure has made several good and bad decisions. One of the bad decision he made was the life insurance project where lot of americans complained. But Obama also inherited several mistakes from previous administration and the big problem he inherited was the economic crisis. He design strategy to combat this economy crisis and it is really clear to us that four years is not really enough. So this would be one factor that obama should be reelected again in my opinion.

]]> Comment on DIY Spirit Still Carries The Ataris by LauraC http://richhowells.net/the-local-beat/diy-spirit-still-carries-the-ataris/#comment-3410 LauraC Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:21:42 +0000 http://richhowells.net/?p=2156#comment-3410 I think Roe is so right. The music industry is backwrads now. So much is packaged, reality show rubbish with no lasting appeal - if any. 1 or 2 albums and then they are replaced. Think of the Beetles, they did years and years of gigging before they made it. And it's doing the gigging that honed their art. I think Roe is so right. The music industry is backwrads now. So much is packaged, reality show rubbish with no lasting appeal – if any. 1 or 2 albums and then they are replaced. Think of the Beetles, they did years and years of gigging before they made it. And it’s doing the gigging that honed their art.

]]> Comment on Legendary Guitarist Billy Gibbons on His Favorite Songs, Fox’s “Bones,” and the Longevity of ZZ Top by Alice79 http://richhowells.net/infinite-improbability/legendary-guitarist-billy-gibbons-on-his-favorite-songs-foxs-bones-and-the-longevity-of-zz-top/#comment-3390 Alice79 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:07:02 +0000 http://richhowells.net/?p=1745#comment-3390 Thanks a lot for sharing this interview with us. Thanks a lot for sharing this interview with us.

]]> Comment on Edgar Patience and His Unusual Art by MsMelanian http://richhowells.net/the-local-beat/edgar-patience-and-his-unusual-art/#comment-3251 MsMelanian Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:28:02 +0000 http://richhowells.net/?p=408#comment-3251 Hi Rich, I'm Diane Boone, publisher of the newspaper that you did the above article for, Please contact me via email: MsMelanian@gmail.com as soon as possible I am interested in speaking with you about this and other articles. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Hi Rich, I’m Diane Boone, publisher of the newspaper that you did the above article for, Please contact me via email: MsMelanian@gmail.com as soon as possible I am interested in speaking with you about this and other articles.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

]]> Comment on Educators Agree: Schools in ‘Race to Nowhere’ by TroubleCominEveryday http://richhowells.net/the-local-beat/educators-agree-schools-in-race-to-nowhere/#comment-2352 TroubleCominEveryday Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:49:53 +0000 http://richhowells.net/?p=885#comment-2352 The standardized test has to go for one. But we need another school model, one that actually makes the children want to come to school and learn and teachers want to teach. We need to look at "successful" teaching models such as Finland. The colleges' of education teaching programs need to be looked at and a screening process set up to filter out those who really are not cut out for teaching. Lord knows how many my children and I had to endure and the teacher does make or break the learning environment. Also, mothers should be hired and trained to be teaching assistants. Children shouldn't just be dropped off and parents go in another direction. How much of the problems can be traced directly and indirectly to the economic system? The economic system forces parents to waste so much time and energy doing meaningless work just to put food on the table, that they don't even have time to get involved in their children's lives as they should. Poverty affects the kids as much as the parents and that's also one of the reasons for kids not being able to focus in a learning environment. The standardized test has to go for one. But we need another school model, one that actually makes the children want to come to school and learn and teachers want to teach. We need to look at “successful” teaching models such as Finland. The colleges’ of education teaching programs need to be looked at and a screening process set up to filter out those who really are not cut out for teaching. Lord knows how many my children and I had to endure and the teacher does make or break the learning environment. Also, mothers should be hired and trained to be teaching assistants. Children shouldn’t just be dropped off and parents go in another direction. How much of the problems can be traced directly and indirectly to the economic system? The economic system forces parents to waste so much time and energy doing meaningless work just to put food on the table, that they don’t even have time to get involved in their children’s lives as they should. Poverty affects the kids as much as the parents and that’s also one of the reasons for kids not being able to focus in a learning environment.

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