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Re: This above all
Posted by eb on 5/20/08
Those that will snooze do so despite my enthusiasum.
This is a fact. I work in an inner city and many kids are too d---
tired to care about what we're reading and discussing. Many kids
are attentive for the teacher and not for themselves. Only a
handful are intrinsically motivated and inspired by my love for
what we're reading. These are hard facts to swallow--but it's the
truth.
That's why we need to track kids and stop believing all kids are
the same. I have too many levels in one class. The high kids are
bored, the low kids are lost, and the ones in the middle are
attentive. So, I'm teaching to the middle--mediocrity abounds.
We are watering down at all levels--even college I hear. It is a
travesty. We are breeding illiteracy.
On 5/15/08, L. Swilley wrote:
> On 5/14/08, Ennen wrote:
>
> passion and excitement about your content goes a
>> LONG way in getting students to come along on the ride. Don't
>> be afraid to show enthusiasm to students.
>
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>
> You are an apostle with a gospel. Love it and know why
> others should.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- beginning teaching English I, 5/14/08, by newteacher.
- Re: beginning teaching English I, 5/14/08, by MM in Tampa.
- Re: beginning teaching English I, 5/14/08, by Ennen.
- Re: This above all , 5/15/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: gracias, 5/15/08, by newteacher.
- Re: beginning teaching English I, 5/15/08, by Raftery.
- Re: adding to comments of others, 5/16/08, by marjoryt.
- Re: This above all , 5/20/08, by eb.
- Re: This above all , 5/21/08, by t.
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