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A teacher's side of things Pt. II
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Michio-kun
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A teacher's side of things Pt. II
Ok, let's get some things straight first. A person from www.theteacherscorner.net signed up here and responded to us. I'm impressed and glad.
Re: smithmt
You're right about me being an asshole, because I was being in asshole in that thread (here). This site is typically a good place for me to vent, and I don't blame you for not liking what was said along the lines of, "Man, those people are fucking disgusting."
Why don't we try to have a good discussion now instead of just flaming each other?
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. - Chuang-tzu
The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Baba Ram Dass
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. - Dogen
Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort. - The three qualities necessary for training. - Zen saying
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Re: A teacher's side of things Pt. II
Stratovarius Wrote:Ok, let's get some things straight first. A person from http://www.theteacherscorner.net signed up here and responded to us. I'm impressed and glad.
Re: smithmt
You're right about me being an asshole, because I was being in asshole in that thread (here). This site is typically a good place for me to vent, and I don't blame you for not liking what was said along the lines of, "Man, those people are fucking disgusting."
Why don't we try to have a good discussion now instead of just flaming each other?
Well, I'm not much of a flamer,  despite being a theatre teacher... I would love to educate some of y'all on the feeble amount of knowledge I have. As long as you guys will be free and open to share with me about questions I have. I know some of you will feel like you're a snitch with answering a question here or there, but hey,
- You don't have to answer
- I DON'T work at your school.
so, with the cards on the table, bring on the questions.
And, Stratovarius, I would have used the word jerk. It's a better movie (Theatre teacher, remember) And I will make the comment that anything done online is permanent and will affect you for the rest of your life, which is why I filter my posts... An acquaintance of mine was fired because of pictures of her on someone else's Myspace page.
OH, and, leave the other teachers over there alone... I will direct those who will be interested here. OK?
I AM A TEACHER, DON'T FREAK!
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Re: A teacher's side of things Pt. II
Well actually I'm a college drop out of sorts, I made my introduction here. It's long (1.3k words according to MS Word).
Hm, I didn't really have any questions so...
What do you think is the biggest problem with the public education system at the moment?
EDIT: By the way, you have private messaging disabled (according to the forum) so no one will be able to respond to your PMs.
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Baba Ram Dass
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. - Dogen
Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort. - The three qualities necessary for training. - Zen saying
Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. - Zen saying
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Re: A teacher's side of things Pt. II
lol, OK. the Biggest problem with education today would have to be NCLB (No Child Left Behind) lovingly pronounced Nickel Bee. Here we have a program that is slightly underfunded, over emphasized, and lets face it... based on a practice used in Texas for decades. before NCLB, Texas ranked 14th in the nation. FOR WORST EDUCATION GIVEN. and now, we have the entire nation being judged by the Texan barometer. and now, please excuse me. I need to watch Good Eats on the food network.
:-)
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Re: A teacher's side of things Pt. II
I think the NCLB act ended up creating a discord between gifted/talented and remedial programs. The resources and time for various GT programs ended up getting cut back. Not only that, but the NCLB act increased accountability for schools in general which I think is never a good thing because then schools just tend to administer standardized testing. Something I never liked.
I took the TAKS for a few years which was horrible in my experience. I swear as I progressed with each grade, the TAKS did not get any harder. It's really bad that they would make this our benchmark when kids in general are capable of doing so much better than this.
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. - Chuang-tzu
The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Baba Ram Dass
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. - Dogen
Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort. - The three qualities necessary for training. - Zen saying
Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. - Zen saying
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Stratovarius Wrote:I think the NCLB act ended up creating a discord between gifted/talented and remedial programs. The resources and time for various GT programs ended up getting cut back. Not only that, but the NCLB act increased accountability for schools in general which I think is never a good thing because then schools just tend to administer standardized testing. Something I never liked.
I took the TAKS for a few years which was horrible in my experience. I swear as I progressed with each grade, the TAKS did not get any harder. It's really bad that they would make this our benchmark when kids in general are capable of doing so much better than this.
Yeah, everything has been cut back. absolutely everything.
This is more the problem:
as far as the TAKS (and previously, the TAAS) it is set to the exit requirements (degree of proficiency) and from 5th grade (or so) on, it's basically the same test, which is why we can "teach to the test." we know what a kid is weak in, and the format that they will see it again, so we can focus on that... but all of this is very low on Blooms (see http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm) it doesn't require creating anything and rarely requires evaluating anything. most is knowledge and comprehension, there is little beyond that level.
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Re: A teacher's side of things Pt. II
smithmt Wrote:OH, and, leave the other teachers over there alone... I will direct those who will be interested here. OK?
Thank you. Maybe we can get some teachers to be on our side. 
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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