Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!
Posted by hmmmm on 8/02/07

saying that all children are "brilliant" sounds to me like saying that all children
are "special." if everyone's special, then special loses its actual meaning and
negates itself, making no one actually special.

imho, defining brilliant as "all children have talents" is more accurate. but in
terms of pure intelligence, i disagree. i see evidence of the 'ol bell curve every
year. not every student is intellectually brilliant, but they all have a talent.

On 3/28/07, Success Friend wrote:
> Our children in America are being cheated in many ways. I
> want you to first remember who is teaching our children---
> children who have increased in age and who probably
> received the same public education growing up. These
> former public education students are now given the
> label "teacher," because of a 4-year degree and a state
> teaching licensure. No matter how "educated" a teacher
> appears to be, it does not guarantee that he or she is an
> effective teacher. An effective teacher is able to teach
> well because he or she is constantly learning right along
> with the students. Teachers have seemed to lose their
> ability to learn. Why do I say this? Well, because
> students are rapidly changing, so should our methodology
> for teaching students must change as well. The students
> you have this year are very different from the students
> you taught 5 years ago. The truth is that EVERY student is
> very different from the next. Therefore, an individualized
> instructional plan is neccessary to help students learn.
>
> I believe that we are too quick to label our
> students "special education" because of low performance on
> standardized tests. I know for a fact that EVERY child,
> regardless of his or her perceived disability is
> BRILLIANT! Until we collectively as a community start to
> believe in the brilliance of our children, then they will
> continue to perform at a low capacity. We are too busy
> looking for our children's disabilities rather than their
> abilities. With that said, teachers should especially
> believe in the brilliance of their students and treat them
> as such. Just because little Johnny doesn't analyze
> mathematical equations with the same accuracy as Jackie
> doesn't mean that Jackie is more intelligent than Johnny.
> It only means that Johnny has some other talent--like the
> drawings he makes in his notebook that his teacher
> repeatedly asks him to "put away." When you ask kids to
> surpress their God-given talents and focus on some other
> skill they have no enjoyment or interest in, then you are
> creating an unhappy and unproductive child.
>
> Only until we start to learn how to adapt state standards
> to a child's given talent, we will continue to subject our
> children to hell in the classroom. It must feel like hell
> to sit in a school for 6 hours a day and learn absolutely
> nothing! The left-brain focused curricula of most public
> schools neglects the right -brain potential of every
> student. Every student can learn how to think. They first
> have to believe in their brilliance, then learn to use
> their talents to increase their knowledge and potential
> for success.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 3/28/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 4/16/07, by teacher in training.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 6/30/07, by I can't resist.
• Re: Words of wisdom from Dr. Prochillo, 7/07/07, by LEE/MA.
• Re: Words of wisdom from Dr. Prochillo, 7/09/07, by AND the reality is....
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/27/07, by AM.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/28/07, by me.....no name on this one.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/30/07, by to op.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/31/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/31/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/31/07, by success friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 7/31/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by SADSdSDSD.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by Zanthum.
• Re: Indians, 8/02/07, by Zanthum.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by hmmmm.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by SuccessFriend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/02/07, by hmmm.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by SuccessFriend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by SuccessFriend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by hmmmm.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by me.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/03/07, by success friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/09/07, by Wow.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/09/07, by Success Friend.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 8/10/07, by Wow.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 11/09/07, by Hi Success!Praise GOD for teachers like you!.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 11/09/07, by You freaking dummy! Stretch your brain for once..
• Re: Words of wisdom from Dr. Prochillo, 11/09/07, by Yeah sure..
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 11/09/07, by MY GOODNESS! She didn't say that..
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 11/09/07, by Thank goodness for Success.
• Re: Teachers Have Learning Disabilities--Not Students!, 11/09/07, by Success, you are one brilliant sister! Kids need you.