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04-13-2010, 02:17 PM
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I didn't read the whole thing, answers were really out there.
Answers looked like someone trying to be funny. They were funny, but, from kids I've been around, I think they are lots smarter than this. Every generation has had no hope for kids, just that smarter than thou atitude
Answers looked like someone trying to be funny. They were funny, but, from kids I've been around, I think they are lots smarter than this. Every generation has had no hope for kids, just that smarter than thou atitude
04-13-2010, 02:59 PM
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Like my sister, she'd post something like that... she just turned 17...
But a lot of whats going on with kids and education stems from the way the schools are wanting their teachers to teach...
When I was a freshman in English, we were given a vocabulary book that had lessons for each week. I looked at me teacher and said, "Mr. Blake, I had this vocabulary book in seventh grade." He asked if I had attended a private school, and I answered yes. He said that private schools are more advanced learning, and that he even thought that the vocabulary books belonged in a middle school classroom as opposed to a high school classroom... he said I should have no problem passing the vocabulary then. That was in my third year of freshman english... I was lazy ;) I would have passed the second time, but the teacher I had lost my report on Romeo and Juliet and claimed she "never found it" which I believe to be crap, especially since she made it clear she did not like me.
My teachers always asked why i didn't work, and how was I passing the tests with flying colors. I actually told my history teacher that I was bored and that the work was too easy and I didn't feel the need to study something I already knew. He said that even though he was sympathetic to my reasoning, that I should at least do the work and pass the class with an A. Especially since the test scores showed that I could, if I turned in my work.
The only class I had a very very hard time in was Math. Math is like Russian to me... I don't understand any of it...
If our school had had placement testing, things would have been different. I would have loved the opportunity to be in honors history or honors English. I could have skipped one of the classes I didn't even need too...
But I'm going to be in college so I'm happy.
But a lot of whats going on with kids and education stems from the way the schools are wanting their teachers to teach...
When I was a freshman in English, we were given a vocabulary book that had lessons for each week. I looked at me teacher and said, "Mr. Blake, I had this vocabulary book in seventh grade." He asked if I had attended a private school, and I answered yes. He said that private schools are more advanced learning, and that he even thought that the vocabulary books belonged in a middle school classroom as opposed to a high school classroom... he said I should have no problem passing the vocabulary then. That was in my third year of freshman english... I was lazy ;) I would have passed the second time, but the teacher I had lost my report on Romeo and Juliet and claimed she "never found it" which I believe to be crap, especially since she made it clear she did not like me.
My teachers always asked why i didn't work, and how was I passing the tests with flying colors. I actually told my history teacher that I was bored and that the work was too easy and I didn't feel the need to study something I already knew. He said that even though he was sympathetic to my reasoning, that I should at least do the work and pass the class with an A. Especially since the test scores showed that I could, if I turned in my work.
The only class I had a very very hard time in was Math. Math is like Russian to me... I don't understand any of it...
If our school had had placement testing, things would have been different. I would have loved the opportunity to be in honors history or honors English. I could have skipped one of the classes I didn't even need too...
But I'm going to be in college so I'm happy.
04-13-2010, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Beth33
I hope you all realize this is just a joke, it's been floating around the internet for years.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
04-13-2010, 06:22 PM
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I think we all knew it was nice to go along with it. Last time I read it had different answers and wasn't as funny as this one was. After the day I had yesterday I needed a serious laugh. Thnx
04-13-2010, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jetnica
Originally Posted by Beth33
I hope you all realize this is just a joke, it's been floating around the internet for years.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
04-13-2010, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alu_Rathbone
Originally Posted by jetnica
Originally Posted by Beth33
I hope you all realize this is just a joke, it's been floating around the internet for years.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
But if it were true, instead of dumping on the kids, I'd question why teachers are making around 50K a year if they can't teach.
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