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In reply to the discussion: A 13-Year-Old's Slavery Analogy Raises Some Uncomfortable Truths in School [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)Those students need a one-on-one with a reading tutor, probably for years, before they can just take the curriculum and absorb it, imo. There's no way that this system of lecture-style teaching can educate someone who is illiterate. And, teachers might take offense at not actually having that "physical and mental resources" you're talking about, but it's not their fault (and it's not the "lazy students," as some have put it, fault). It's the fault of the system that classrooms are overfilling and one-on-one learning just can't happen.
This is one reason I am liking the "flipping" concept (despite me getting serious heat about it here on DU), because a student like Jada's potential should be realized, she should be helping out her fellow students and learning at the same time.