Today, Friday, is the first day of Hayward schools running on normal day schedule after teachers strike. 89% teachers voted YES on the proposed new contract yesterday. Yesterday was also the "Take Your Kids to Work" day sponsored by Ms. Foundation for Women, but it was the last time the foundation sponsors this day after 15 years of sponsorship and expects employers to carry on the tradition on their own.
"Take Your Kids to Work" was originally "Take Your Daughter to Work" when it started to show girls how they might be valued at work. During the teachers strike these past weeks, luckily, I got to take my kids to work with me when needed. It was different experiences for my kids to see how I worked mostly in front of computer in the office. During the same period, they got to use computers as if in a computer lab at school. They enjoy surfing the web, browsing Naruto on Answers.com, using Gmail to email their auntie at far-away overseas, watch clips on YouTube, and use Skype to message their parents who are also logged in at work sitting right next to them. The weeks should be enough for them to be away from being "computer-phobia", getting back to school now give them real world experiences to socialize with real human face-to-face, thanks to the settlement between the teacher union and HUSD.
What are your experiences taking your kids to work?
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