View from the Center and Left Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: epicure who wrote (172068)	9/15/2011 11:20:35 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) of 542454

Good point epicure. I would also want to respond to your post to me about the texting issue. I was not aware that you are a teacher. I am a spouse of a teacher also and hence am very familiar with the sacrifices they make for this country. Moving on, being the spouse of a teacher, we spouses are also very well positioned to identify, assess and opine on the areas that have the potential for improvement. But before we launch ourselves to do so, we need to sift out the "beauty from the beast". The American education is very good in the sense that it stresses on the practicality of the learning process unlike those of countries such as India and China. The US system is geared towards developing the learning faculties instead of merely focussing on imparting knowledge. And that is very laudatory. No learning by rote. (Recall the TV clips where madrassa students keep rocking and reciting the Koran without understand what those verses mean :) ) Another "beauty" of the US system is "individualized learning." But the "beast" is the opposition of a majority of the teachers to the "teaching to the test" issue. If we do not have a system to measure how much an individualized student has learnt, then what good is it to claim that our system is geared towards individualized learning? And then after we have a system to measure the effectiveness of the teaching/learning system, should we not be segregating the children into those who are quick learners and have the ability to self-teach and those who need some more attention during the formative years. I don't quite understand the philosophy of mixing these kids up. The texting issue is something that got me thinking. There are kids who rarely use "because" in their conversation. They use the brevity enforced term of "cuz" and so on. There needs to be more activities such as reading a book, taking kids out to the playground and field trips more often instead of just setting them up in front of a TV in the classrooms. It is good to have the Internet in the classrooms and ask for funding to do so. But I see teachers using the Internet for primary school children to play games. Besides, I wonder how much of a social benefit there is to computerized teaching. The things mentioned in your post can be implemented immediately without the need for more funding. I hope the public schools implement them soon instead of just the Charter schools doing so now. Just a few thoughts.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next