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In reply to the discussion: Retiring principal: ‘It is harder for us to be nice to kids’ [View all]world wide wally
(21,767 posts)9. Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing...
it used to be a lot more fun.
Yes, fun is also important when you are a child or an adult teaching them. The curriculum now is more stringent and narrow and the pressure on teachers and kids is nothing short of obscene. I always wonder how these standardized tests have come to dictate not only what a child should know, but how a teacher must teach.
Think about the word "education". It is not a stringent and narrow set of information, but a world of knowledge. Not what to think... but HOW to think.
I could get into my long sermon about education, but I'll spare you that for now. Just remember that not only do we feed body, mind, and soul... we also educate them.
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At the first parent teacher conference each year, I tell the teacher it's ok to hug my son.
SunSeeker
May 2013
#32
Plenty of blame to go around, we have plenty of pearl clutchers right here on DU
Exultant Democracy
May 2013
#8
It's true. The politicians... and the people who OWN them... have to get over the idea that they....
Smarmie Doofus
May 2013
#4
If you talk to anyone about education, they have an opinion. And the bought and paid for
world wide wally
May 2013
#10
Education is no longer about kids. Its about $$. And we ALL know how well that works.
MichiganVote
May 2013
#5
Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing...
world wide wally
May 2013
#9
I used to give all-essay Final exams. Then a new principal asked for exams that anyone could grade/
WinkyDink
May 2013
#26
kr. yes, heart-breaking. anti-human policies for anti-human times. the fruits of neoliberal
HiPointDem
May 2013
#12