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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (310610)	11/13/2006 5:04:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576762

Ted, > They are so hard core poor its going to take a long time to turn them around.........and it ain't MS Word that's going to do the trick. I think you get the drift. Education, teaching them the skills for better paying jobs, and creating an environment where such higher skilled jobs can be created in the first place. The alternative is to continue letting them fall behind in the global market. The problem is that the problem is very complicated but Americans want a quick fix. And English as a second language [ESL learners] is hardly the major problem. Most poor kids have too many distractions to want to learn. As it is, its hard enough getting middle class kids to focus and learn. You would not believe how we are being taught to teach. There is very little of the kids sitting in their seats listening to the teacher lecture. All teaching now is interactive.......with kids actively participating probably 70% of the time. Even the guys in my cohort who graduated 5 years ago are surprised at the changes. And what's even more surprising is how noisy classrooms have become........how much noise teachers tolerate. Going back to the ESL students......you get as tired teaching them as you do playing ball all afternoon or working in the yard. Its the hardest teaching......and the kids I was working with wanted to learn English.