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On 11/05/15, T wrote:
> Of course it's evil, but where else are
> companies going to get workers who will
> not question or think for themselves? The
> people running the country will not be
> public school graduates, that role will be
> filled by the private school graduates who
> are getting a real education.
>
> I am so happy to be away from the DOE. I
find more satisfaction in terms of tutoring.
I make sure students learn math sufficiently
well. I do assign homework as expected by
parents. Tutoring is my part-time job but I
would not trade it for classroom teaching in
the public schools. I not only teach the HOW
BUT THE WHY with respect to mathematics.
>
>
> On 11/05/15, harpazo wrote:
>> On 11/05/15, T wrote:
>>>
>>> Teachers are teaching to the test
> because
>>> that is what the state wants. When your
>>> career rests in the hands of test
> scores
>>> the tests becomes the curriculum. It is
>>> not just the inner city schools either.
>>> My daughter who attends a rural school
>>> had to complete 2 point responses every
>>> night for homework last year. They read
>>> non-fiction passages, not books, all
>>> year. The goal is to dumb them down so
>>> they can't think for themselves. State
> a
>>> claim, find evidence from the text to
>>> support your claim. There is no more
>>> text to self thinking, background
>>> knowledge, or making connections to the
>>> text. As David Coleman says " No one
>>> gives a s@$t what you think."
>>
>> To dumb them down, you say. Is this not
>> evil? I was a sub teacher for 8 years. I
>> left for many years but mainly because I
>> could no longer see the corrupt system
> steal
>> a solid education from students who
>> desperately need to learn and prepare
> for
>> life. To keep people ignorant is evil in
>> every which way.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/05/15, harpazo wrote:
>>>> Students in NYC public schools are not
>>>> learning, especially in the ghetto
>>> areas.
>>>> They are promoted from grade to grade
>>>> without preparation. Parents have no
>>> idea
>>>> what is going on. It is a vicious
> cycle
>>> that
>>>> never ends. Good teachers that want to
>>> teach
>>>> are not allowed to do so. Teachers are
>>>> teaching the test and nothing more.

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