Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 12/24/2006 8:44:00 AM Author: C. Burton (burton1271@verizon.net) Subject: Shoes or no shoes professional or not My question to this is, "Does the shoes a person wears or dont wear make him/her any more a professional?" I think not. My shoes dont retain the knowledge/skills needed to do my trade nor makes me any more a professional. If a person doesnt have the knowledge or skills to perform their job it doesnt matter what they wear on their feet. Bottomline the shoe industry has "brain-washed" our society into this "germa-phobic", "foot-phobic",and weakened our feet from wearing these "casts". Shoes are casts which weaken the muscles in our feet and we wonder why we have so many foot problems. In countries where shoes are not worn people have few foot problems. Granted shoes can protect our feet when absolutely necessary. But for the most part people could go 70% of the day without shoes and survive if we were not SO worried about what others think. With some exceptions of certain health care jobs and mill industry jobs where shoes are a absolute safety issue. All school/daycare teachers as far as I am concerned could go barefooted. Not allowing your students to be comfortable may inhibit them from doing their best. Many students probably go barefooted all the time at home and study that way. Just like if you are one who has to have it completely quiet to study some may be bothered by simply having their feet covered. Fire drills--simple solution-- build and assigned shoe boxes by the door and practice drills grabbing shoes during evacuation of the room. I am sure some will absolutely disagree with me and that is your right. But that is my two cents. Name: Email: Subject

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