tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post8545724637220397474..comments2023-10-07T02:42:10.642-07:00Comments on Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools: What is Teaching?FedUpMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-78355770430835770562013-02-24T21:02:59.899-08:002013-02-24T21:02:59.899-08:00The sad thing is many many high schoolers are depr...The sad thing is many many high schoolers are depressed. HomeworkBluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-51372765786598911472013-02-24T16:31:45.668-08:002013-02-24T16:31:45.668-08:00@Cheryl Ursin -- thanks for stopping by!
@Deb -- ...@Cheryl Ursin -- thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />@Deb -- believe me, you're not half as alarmed as I am about my daughter's depression. We are working hard to help her, but I don't want to go into too many details.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-48356008848619813412013-02-24T12:53:24.747-08:002013-02-24T12:53:24.747-08:00"The lesson of report cards, grades, and test..."The lesson of report cards, grades, and tests is that children should not trust themselves or their parents but instead rely on the evaluation of certified officials." From Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto<br /><br />I am becoming more and more convinced that grading and tracking and judging is damaging to kids. It causes them to subjugate their own sense of accomplishment and instead only value the opinions of others. Eventually, they either don’t trust their own judgement, or it’s been beaten it to death and they couldn't find their true feelings they wanted to.<br /><br />I find "what is teaching" to be less important of a question than "what is learning?" <br /><br />We must trust our children as THE LEARNERS. Let them decide what is important to know, what questions to ask, how to find the answers. <br /><br />"...stop asking questions, stop constantly trying to find out how much people understood. We have to let learners decide when they want to ask questions. It often takes them a long time even to find out what questions they want to ask. It is not the teacher’s proper task to be constantly testing and checking the understanding of the learner. That is the learner’s task, and only the learner can do it. The teacher’s job is to answer the questions when the learners ask them, or to try to help learners understand better when they ask for that help." How Children Fail by John Holt<br /><br />Not to be an obnoxious know-it-all, but it alarms me a little when you speak of your daughter's depression. Free her from the prison of school. You can do it.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766716788178729762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-42686303109202675922013-02-24T12:07:15.706-08:002013-02-24T12:07:15.706-08:00Too depressing for words. I guess I'll be home...Too depressing for words. I guess I'll be homeschooling my grandkids, eh? When that day comes in the distant future...HomeworkBluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-49557271533797972172013-02-24T09:33:05.265-08:002013-02-24T09:33:05.265-08:00I like your blog!
And I hate, hate, hate rubrics....I like your blog!<br /><br />And I hate, hate, hate rubrics.<br /><br />http://fewbricksshy.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Cheryl Ursinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922520656253488465noreply@blogger.com