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I believe we need to have a specific, content based curriculum for most subjects.I'm tired of hearing that a common curricula would turn kids into robots spitting out facts.

I teach Spanish and even II is rough.. AP is a nightmere! That's because have students learned totally different things-- some know the 2 verbs for to be well, but others don't. Some have learned both past tenses in Spanish but others didn't get to either one. Even worse, many II's know nothing and some APS couldn't pass my non honors II class. Yes some know nothing because they refuse to study, but others spent weeks making pinatas and learning to dance rather than learning the language. Not only that, but many students have had TPRS teachers.. teachers who just talk to them in Spanish and assume they'll absorb the language. I've had students in III who were never asked to talk in Spanish in I or II and I've had students in IV who never learned correct conjugations in the present simple.

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OP with a correction I believe we need to have a specific, content based curriculum for most subjects.I'm tired of hearing that a common curricula would turn kids into robots spitting out facts.

I teach Spanish and even II is rough.. AP is a nightmere! That's because have students learned totally different things-- some know the 2 verbs for "to be" well, but ...See More
Jan 29, 2012
OP with a correction I believe we need to have a specific, content based curriculum for most subjects.I'm tired of hearing that a common curricula would turn kids into robots spitting out facts.

I teach Spanish and even II is rough.. AP is a nightmere! That's because have students learned totally different things-- some know the 2 verbs for "to be" well, but ...See More
Jan 29, 2012
delelhla I agree! With students being more mobile within a state and between states, it is very important to have a common curriculum across the country. Of course this will be dictated by the college entrance exams because everything will have to be geared toward scoring well on those.

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Apr 13, 2012


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