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[toobfreak]

Alright big mouths! Here's your chance. Give me a practical, realistic idea about improving day-to-day classroom instruction and if it is serious and possible I'll try it out in September and let you know how it went. Remember, "practical" and "realistic."

Here are the 3 absolute best suggestions for fixing all that ails education:

1. Break up the teacher's union and get rid of that self-serving group of thugs so that both teachers, students, schools and taxpayers are free again.
2. Get government out of education to restore common sense learning.
3. Put parents not school boards in charge of how and what their students are taught, and for evaluating the budgets and efficacy of their local schools.

Schools were put there to work for the community, not the other way around.

 

[MarathonMike]

A few lessons on the importance of saving, investing, and reducing debt.

 

[westwall]

Alright big mouths! Here's your chance. Give me a practical, realistic idea about improving day-to-day classroom instruction and if it is serious and possible I'll try it out in September and let you know how it went. Remember, "practical" and "realistic."

What grade do you teach? If middle school concentrate on the three R's.

If older I will make suggestions based on appropriateness.

 

[fncceo]

Give me a practical, realistic idea about improving day-to-day classroom instruction

Why would I want to do that? My kids have already received their education.

 

[SweetSue92]

In this thread we have people suggesting that kids learn only the basics like math, reading, civics

AND

that kids learn to balance a checkbook and fill out forms...in school.

See why teachers cannot win?

 

[JGalt]

In this thread we have people suggesting that kids learn only the basics like math, reading, civics

AND

that kids learn to balance a checkbook and fill out forms...in school.

See why teachers cannot win?

If we're gonna compete with China, our kids need to learn some practical skills...

 

[SweetSue92]

If we're gonna compete with China, our kids need to learn some practical skills...

You say that, and then some talk show host will grill a "man on the street" on the years of the Civil War and the dude will say 1920 or something, and then everyone will chortle and nag teachers. Maybe the OTHER posters got their way and the "man on the street" can balance a checkbook, shoot a gun, fill out forms. But cannot recall offhand the years of the Civil War--so again, teachers failed.

No one can make up their minds on what should be taught--everyone has made up their minds that teachers suck.

And the cultural rot continues apace

 

[JGalt]

You say that, and then some talk show host will grill a "man on the street" on the years of the Civil War and the dude will say 1920 or something, and then everyone will chortle and nag teachers. Maybe the OTHER posters got their way and the "man on the street" can balance a checkbook, shoot a gun, fill out forms. But cannot recall offhand the years of the Civil War--so again, teachers failed.

No one can make up their minds on what should be taught--everyone has made up their minds that teachers suck.

And the cultural rot continues apace

You can bet the Chinese student's brains aren't turning to mush like our kid's are.

 

[SweetSue92]

You can bet the Chinese student's brains aren't turning to mush like our kid's are.

I'm not saying you're wrong.

I'm just saying either way, teachers lose. I mean look at the responses in this thread.

 

[gipper]

Alright big mouths! Here's your chance. Give me a practical, realistic idea about improving day-to-day classroom instruction and if it is serious and possible I'll try it out in September and let you know how it went. Remember, "practical" and "realistic."

Teach the truth about the American EMPIRE.

 

[Unkotare]

Teach the truth about the American EMPIRE.

America is not an empire.

 

[Unkotare]

Here are the 3 absolute best suggestions for fixing all that ails education:

1. Break up the teacher's union and get rid of that self-serving group of thugs so that both teachers, students, schools and taxpayers are free again.
2. Get government out of education to restore common sense learning.
3. Put parents not school boards in charge of how and what their students are taught, and for evaluating the budgets and efficacy of their local schools.

Schools were put there to work for the community, not the other way around.

Well, that was not useful at all.

 

[Unkotare]

Open discussion of a topic. It would keep the boredom down and allow all kids to participate and those kids who get lost in the shuffle can show their knowledge and boost their confidence. You be the moderator and keep it going.

We already do a lot of that.

 

[Unkotare]

Eradicate Drag Queen Reading Hour. F...

There isn't one.

 

[Unkotare]

Stop all liberal progressive curriculum so we can keep up with China... because they are kicking our ass with educating their children....

Not like you'd think.

 

[Unkotare]

Start Teaching children actual subjects like math, science, history and civics.

Keep personal politics out of the classroom.

You realize I teach actual classes, right? I'm not the Gandalf of education. I teach ESL for the most part.

 

[Unkotare]

Sure ya will.
You'll go against what your boss tells you to do and risk losing your job?
....

And just what is it you imagine my boss tells me?

 

[Unkotare]

...
And the idea that you think you as an individual can change that is ludicris [sic].
...

There's a winning attitude

 

[Unkotare]

What subject are you teaching?

Mostly ESL. Also History, and sometimes Biology.

 

[Unkotare]

Teach them how to think for themselves and not just believe everything they see or what the crowd believes

Critical thinking skills will last a lifetime

Critical thinking is always part of what is taught.