Comments on: American schools - no learning allowed! http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/ News and Issues About Women Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Trisha http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/#comment-23158 Trisha Thu, 22 May 2008 01:59:05 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/?p=176#comment-23158 Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like the teachers were teaching the way they are because they are choosing to. I really don't think I could be a teacher myself - it would drive me crazy to feel so controlled with guidelines like that. Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like the teachers were teaching the way they are because they are choosing to.

I really don’t think I could be a teacher myself - it would drive me crazy to feel so controlled with guidelines like that.

]]> By: Annette http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/#comment-23157 Annette Thu, 22 May 2008 01:30:15 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/?p=176#comment-23157 Hi Trisha! Please don't blame everything on the teachers. The teachers are just doing their job. If it weren't for the No Child Left Behind Act mandating that all students will be proficient by 2014, teachers would be able to incorporate more critical thinking activities into their curriculum. The state gives the teachers strick guidelines that they must follow, and if they don't follow those guidelines, and if their students don't pass the test, their job is in jeopardy. Believe me, the teachers would much rather be teaching something other than the state standards. Hi Trisha!
Please don’t blame everything on the teachers. The teachers are just doing their job. If it weren’t for the No Child Left Behind Act mandating that all students will be proficient by 2014, teachers would be able to incorporate more critical thinking activities into their curriculum. The state gives the teachers strick guidelines that they must follow, and if they don’t follow those guidelines, and if their students don’t pass the test, their job is in jeopardy. Believe me, the teachers would much rather be teaching something other than the state standards.

]]> By: Trisha http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/#comment-23080 Trisha Tue, 06 May 2008 22:57:58 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/?p=176#comment-23080 Hello! Thanks for stopping by Reena and teeyai! Well, at least its not just this country then. Not that that is a good thing! But at least I don't feel like we are the only ones messing up! Hello! Thanks for stopping by Reena and teeyai!

Well, at least its not just this country then. Not that that is a good thing! But at least I don’t feel like we are the only ones messing up!

]]> By: teeyai555 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/#comment-23077 teeyai555 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:10:06 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/?p=176#comment-23077 This event occurs in my country. Teacher don't teach kids to think but teach kids to read in book that some books not update. I hope my country revolt education very soon. This event occurs in my country. Teacher don’t teach kids to think but teach kids to read in book that some books not update. I hope my country revolt education very soon.

]]> By: Reena http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/parenting/2008/04/30/176/#comment-23068 Reena Sat, 03 May 2008 16:51:52 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/?p=176#comment-23068 Hi Trisha, i got information by email today that you added me as a friend, thanks, so i thought i would just come along and take a look here. The phenomenon you talk about in this post, that teachers only seem concerned with children passing tests seems to a universal malaise of the educational system, it certainly is here in India! Hi Trisha, i got information by email today that you added me as a friend, thanks, so i thought i would just come along and take a look here.

The phenomenon you talk about in this post, that teachers only seem concerned with children passing tests seems to a universal malaise of the educational system, it certainly is here in India!

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