I agree with this. Also just getting them to understand that working at
WalMart or McDonald's is NOT a good career. Most of my students LOVE Walmart,
it's the one place all of my students have in common. So one day I took them
through the money aspect of it. Showing them how much they would
Joy, I read your post and felt nostalgic about my own (very similar) childhood.
There is one component that you didn't write about, but I would bet the farm
that it was included in your upbringing. God. Hasn't His presence
changed/been reduced in our schools? I too feel the test pressure
I think so too. It really hit home when I began working with a group
of third graders (mostly boys) this year on thinking strategies and I
posed the question So why do you think it is important to learn
about these strategies?, hoping to hear that they would get a deeper
understanding
I am so glad to read these feelings, fears and thoughts that others are having
about teaching at this time in America. I have been feeling this way all year,
yet have not shared it with anyone else. I've had this anxiousness about the
tests and a vague uneasiness all year. Even so, I actually
You are right about college not being right for everyone. We need skilled
tradespeople who are knowledgeable on the latest techniques and
applications.
But it all requires READING / THINKING skills.
Life experiences add to your schemata. So do reading experiences. If I
watch a TV show or
If you are interested in preparing for jobs of the future, please read the
report I mentioned yesterday. That is the focus of the report. Marsha
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In a message dated 12/25/2006 12:53:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Rosie,
We are both in NC, and I see this as well. Parents that believe that
baseball, football, soccer, and dance are more important than reading!
It isn't really sports and dance that I see
Absolutely they don't want out. Not at their age. If you suggest to
a child that education is a way out, you will usually sound as if you are
suggesting that the child reject his/her parents. Children need to feel
attached to their parents even when their parents are not healthy for
them. I do
Agreed...but the pressures of NCLB is not helping teachers to overcome
dispassionate children and I have to say, I think it leads to dispassionate
teaching.
Lori
On 12/24/06 2:36 PM, Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not blaming NCLB for dispassionate children, they come to us like that. I
DO
For sure!
ljackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agreed...but the pressures of NCLB is not
helping teachers to overcome
dispassionate children and I have to say, I think it leads to dispassionate
teaching.
Lori
On 12/24/06 2:36 PM, Joy wrote:
I'm not blaming NCLB for dispassionate children,
In America we educate everyone, this is not true in other countries. We
need to stop comparing ourselves. Additionally, we need to stop believing
that
if every child doesn't go to college that we have failed. Not everyone wants
to go or should go to college. Our economy cannot support
Education is really not seen as important by most of my students, and
frankly by many of their parents. Some days I feel like I am just showing
up for myself and no one else.
Rosie
At least it's comforting to know I'm not alone in my thoughts and feelings,
and it's good to hear everyone's
Rosie,
We are both in NC, and I see this as well. Parents that believe that
baseball, football, soccer, and dance are more important than reading! I
suggested once that a student do their reading inbetween their practice times
and met a cold stare of a dad who was trying to make excuses for
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