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Asked 3 years ago
by Caitiee01  United States |
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I think that I am willing to hear others opinions, and I am told that I get along with adults very well, and I can seem years beyond my age in most matters.
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[1 point] 3 years ago byWeather men should be paid for their predictions, teachers, for the most part do a great job.
Thank you. I am a special education teacher, and if there was a set achievement level, I could be out of a job. :)
YOU, should never be out of a job, and deserve much reward, in my book!!
It seems that we have lost focus on the educational system and how it should work.
It used to be that parents and teachers worked together to make sure the student learned what he was supposed to learn. In the last 15 - 20 years, the focus has changed. Parents have somehow gotten the idea they are supposed to be "friends" with their children rather than the support system for making sure they developed. As your child's "friend" - you seek to blame others for your child's failings rather than assess and correct your child's failings.
Students are responsible for learning. The teacher presents information and the students are expected to learn and retain it. If a child refuses to do so, then it is not the teachers fault.
That being said - some teachers are better than others. But if a student has a teacher they do not enjoy, that's not an excuse for not doing assignments and homework.
Remember when the least acceptable grade was a 'C' and that meant you had mastered 70% of the material? Better than 2/3 of the material presented/
BTW, I was just reading "Outliers" and Gladwell mentions that the benchmark for mastery of anything is about 10,000 hours. How many kids today actually will have spent 10,000 hours doing anything but watching TV and playing games on the computer by HS graduation?
That is 40 hrs a week for five years, or 17 hours a week for 12 years. And homework is going down, not up.
You and I are in agreement on this one. My observation is that many of today's parents are falling short of their responsibility in the education process. Especially during the early formative years, parents should devote significant effort to the repetitive review of material with children and instill in them the satisfaction and pride that accompanies understanding / knowledge. That mindset will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
It should be a factor, but not the only--probably not even the major one. You can keep the best teacher in the world from being effective by muzzling him or her.