| Re: Tues chat 17 Sep 2013 |
Subject: Re: Tues chat 17 Sep 2013 by teebee on 2013/9/17 12:24:42 Morning guys....late summer making a comeback today and tomorrow. Upper 80's to low 90's the next two days then back to more fall like weather. Homecoming week here and I "got" to sponsor float decoration last night for my class (I'm a freshman sponsor this year). The meetings yesterday were just plain sh!t. Government interference with education is killing it. We have no time to teach kids skills anymore, because we are required to teach them things taught in other areas, because they are what is on the standardized test they are given at the end of the year which is tied to funding of the school. So practical skills (like hands on classes, Woodworking, Drafting, Auto mech and welding) are slighted. Apparently those skills are not important anymore. Just doesn't make any sense to me. They tell us, "Don't change what you're teaching, incorporate these other things." OK, but I tell them "I've always done these things" and the come back is "Well you just need to spend more time doing them." OK so when do I get to teach "MY subject?"......OK off my soapbox....again. Got to go to school and teach everyone elses' subjects. |
