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Old 08-31-2018, 07:31 AM   #44
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I think the problem is educators make it more difficult than it has to be. They would like to make you think education is a science and it takes more time to teach than it did 50 years ago. They are forever developing new ways to teach math, science, English. What happened to simple reading, writing, and “rithmatic”? As far as I know, none of these have changed since I was in school and I went back after Labor Day and was out by June 23rd. (We also didn’t have monthly “teacher development” days - always adjacent to long weekends)


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You think today's students are the same as those from 50 years ago? 25? 10? That "chalk and talk" is effective for students whose culture involves electronics and technology from birth?

Getting kids to read printed words in 2018 IS a science.

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