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Originally Posted by monkeyluis
Re: Teachers
Teachers teach to a test. All year that's all they do. I know this because I'm struggling with my son in 3rd grade right now. They don't teach to a child's interests or to truly understanding material. Not necessarily the teachers fault, but they could rise up and demand that schools get rid of these standardizing tests. Teachers unions and tenure are the bane of our educational system. Not all teachers are bad, and I think my son's current teacher could be a decent teacher. But all I ever here is FCAT FCAT FCAT. My son does not do well on standard tests like that, his mind wanders a lot. But get his attention with something interesting, or put a different spin on a subject in a fun and interesting way and you've got him hooked. My wife and I work with him at home a lot, as we should be..that's our job as parents, but I also trust these teachers who are with him for 8 hrs a day to teach him in a manner appropriate for learning, not transmission of content. I'm a trainer in the corporate world, so while adults and children do learn different, the basics about engagement are the same no matter the age.
Anyway, rant over. Sorry.
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Just curious. Do you teach the same amount of students for the same amount of time and basically the same curriculum year in-year out for 8 months straight. Might be a bit difficult to individually teach each of 20+ students or several classes of 20+ students and come up with fresh approaches for any or all on a normal basis. And to be fair to the teachers a fresh approach would have to appeal to all students to satisfy all parents.
Helen