Read the below article-- it has some great stuff in it. Then, if you choose, read my following rant.
A Teacher's Opinion in The Hartford Courant
For me, this could be known as, "Why I did not finish out my English Education major in college and instead chose to pursue writing." I'm still working in a school and thinking seriously of pursuing an Intervention Specialist license, but this government control in our school's is getting ridiculous and I've about had it. You cannot judge educational success with numbers or standards. Instead, you should do a survey of students post-graduation to see if they are happy with the way their education affected their life. They are putting a definition on what "skills" and "success" are, but those are different to everyone... To think that some of the amazing, life changing lessons that I enduring in my education will now need to be eliminated because they don't support the government-mandated "standards" makes me sick. This is why the disparity in academic achievement of differing socioeconomic statuses, differing mental and emotion stabilities, and differing learning abilities and intelligences continues to grow. It makes you seriously wonder whether the government wants logical-thinking, economical, follower types to be the most successful in education and therefore more likely to be employed. Phew... sorry that was definitely a rant.
A Teacher's Opinion in The Hartford Courant
For me, this could be known as, "Why I did not finish out my English Education major in college and instead chose to pursue writing." I'm still working in a school and thinking seriously of pursuing an Intervention Specialist license, but this government control in our school's is getting ridiculous and I've about had it. You cannot judge educational success with numbers or standards. Instead, you should do a survey of students post-graduation to see if they are happy with the way their education affected their life. They are putting a definition on what "skills" and "success" are, but those are different to everyone... To think that some of the amazing, life changing lessons that I enduring in my education will now need to be eliminated because they don't support the government-mandated "standards" makes me sick. This is why the disparity in academic achievement of differing socioeconomic statuses, differing mental and emotion stabilities, and differing learning abilities and intelligences continues to grow. It makes you seriously wonder whether the government wants logical-thinking, economical, follower types to be the most successful in education and therefore more likely to be employed. Phew... sorry that was definitely a rant.
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