Is it the incorrect use of "too", or the annoying phrase "to be perfectly honest" which implies that the person might be lying otherwise.And the use of "Too be perfectly Honest".
Is it the incorrect use of "too", or the annoying phrase "to be perfectly honest" which implies that the person might be lying otherwise.And the use of "Too be perfectly Honest".
Whether the state or federal standards are appropriate, there should be standards and the administrators need to be able to hold their teachers to some form of accountability.
- Will (Dragonfly)
Gene I couldn't agree with your statement more. You have hit the nail square on the head. Schools and teachers have not failed our children SOCIETY has.That's a natural opinion to hold, but an uninformed one.
How and why can we hold teachers responsible, when teachers cannot hold students responsible? Teachers cannot make their students learn. You can't make them show up for class, you can't make them turn off their cell phones, you can't make them study, or do assignments, or even take a test. You can't make them speak English. Hell, man, you can't even make them stop having sex in the restrooms.
No, I am not making that last one up.
You can't fail students in today's world, you must to find a way to give them a passing grade. And I do mean give them. If a student repeatedly fails to turn in an assignment, for example, you still cannot give them the zero they earned. Why? That might hurt their feelings! You have to give them a 50% at minimum.
And where does parental responsibility enter the picture?
I too am the husband of a (soon to be former) career teacher who works harder and longer than anyone I have ever known in my life. But after 28 years in the classroom, my wife has just now officially declined to renew her contract for the coming year. Three more of the best teachers at her school are quitting this year as well.
Why in God's name would they stay?
Leaving politics out of it (which leaves a vast, gaping void in the discussion) ... our schools are broken because our society is broken. Any attempt to fix schools which does not first address today's societal attitudes is doomed to failure. In other words ... things are only going to get a lot worse. Quickly.
First post in a long time that made me wish I could hand out 10,000 likes for the same post....That's a natural opinion to hold, but an uninformed one.
How and why can we hold teachers responsible, when teachers cannot hold students responsible? ...
...Any attempt to fix schools which does not first address today's societal attitudes is doomed to failure. In other words ... things are only going to get a lot worse. Quickly.
Nahhhh.but now we have a self sustaining mess..
Not necessarily an empty mind but a closed mind. We want to open that closed mind and fill with new ideas. Whether our own ideas or not doesn't matter as long as the critical thinking process gets started.The purpose of an education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. To be open, one must be able to examine concepts critically.
My parents were cool with my long hair. It was all their friends who teased me about it. Called me Wilhelmina.My father didn't like my long hair. Called me a "sissy".
I do.I don't know any Wilhelminas
Many times, when I look at a modern curriculum it appears that a primary goal is to encourage the loss of critical thinking. I find this disturbing....
The teachers unanimously tell me, that the educational system is in a state of flux, changing almost yearly. ...
Critical Thinking is the toughest of your comments. That is perhaps a trait that can come and go in all of us. It can be situational, like an emergency, or just plain common sense. ...
The truth is never so perfect that it can’t be embellished.Is it the incorrect use of "too", or the annoying phrase "to be perfectly honest" which implies that the person might be lying otherwise.
our schools are broken because our society is broken.
Well, unfortunately, we do need some administrators. How about reversing the salaries of teachers and admins. Make it harder to gain the status of teacher by having them do admin work first.Fire all the administrators and give their salaries to the teachers.
Actually, Kermit, "teacher's jobs" could also be correct. As a teacher, I had many jobs. Not all were instructional.That explains the misplaced apostrophe.