Ana the Ist
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My comment was replying to the "history and civil government questions" mention in the post I was replying to. Not a lot of need for regurgitating geography trivia from a century ago in modern high paying jobs.
People say that who don't like memorizing facts, but interestingly, those who can't or won't memorize anything are not proven as a group to have any greater level of achievement. But the ability to gain and retain vast amounts of information seems to be extremely common among those who have attained high educational achievement.
On the contrary, I can and if that last post was to be an example of your greater understanding, all I can do is laugh.Sure...You're a couple of grumpy old men reminiscing about the "good old days".
If you can't add basic fractions what makes you think you'd be "ok with all the maths" as you put it?
Uh, you could demonstrate some knowledge of the changes in teaching over the years.Sure...You're a couple of grumpy old men reminiscing about the "good old days".
If you can't add basic fractions what makes you think you'd be "ok with all the maths" as you put it?
The FDOE’s announcement comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken a lead role nationally in Republican efforts to aggressively push back against liberal cultural values and “woke indoctrination.”
Florida DOE rejects 54 math books due to critical race theory content
Uh, you could demonstrate some knowledge of the changes in teaching over the years.
As it turns out....self esteem is a sort of nebulous vague concept with no real grounding in psychology. Who knows how many millions were handed to the relatives of politicians and donors who had some garbage degree they couldn't make a dollar with?
Nice pile of assertions, don't bother replying.Sure...
While millions of dollars are federally allocated to schools in need across the US, this has basically become a dumping ground for pop psychology nonsense and cronyism. In my day, they emphasized "self esteem" for several years in multiple grades and I had no idea why.
As it turns out....self esteem is a sort of nebulous vague concept with no real grounding in psychology. Who knows how many millions were handed to the relatives of politicians and donors who had some garbage degree they couldn't make a dollar with?
For some reason, about 3/4ths of this country is too dumb to understand they're being robbed. Those hundreds of millions if not billions are being pocketed while bogus solutions that blame anything except the shallow superficial consumerist culture and declining family support structure. What are they selling the dumb this year? They want you to believe Junior can't pass basic English because his teacher has a different skin color lol. How dumb does someone have to be to eat that up? It's not even a viable solution unless the class is one race lol.
How about the fact that teachers aren't very good? They simply aren't. I had maybe 6 good teachers....noticeably so....and at least 4 times that many mediocre to poor ones. Teaching is a bad deal...for some reason, the degree and certification is an overly long and expensive process that for some reason, never includes learning how to teach a subject. Then they go off to work the worst schools first...because no one wants to work on those kids. It sounds like a well paying job, but it pays about 5$ a year and that's almost 3$ too much for the value.
If you don't think you're being robbed, find out how much federal funding your public school gets and then ask the teachers if they have to buy their own supplies. Your public school probably gets a hefty chunk of change....but it doesn't go to your child's education. Example?
Your current Attorney General has a son in law who runs a survey website (2-3 person business) that asks students and teachers how they feel about their schools....then prescribes the solution outlined above. How much does he make in federal funding for this valuable service? Over 100 million last I checked.
Shall I continue? You were saying something interesting about calculators. I don't want to interrupt.
sounds a lot like education as well, challenge each person to achieve mastery of a given set of tasks, reward them when they do.There is a way to instill an esteem of self. It's been known for thousands of years.
The way we did it in Boy Scouts a generation ago:
1. Place the boy in an organization that is esteemed by his society.
2. The organization gives him goals.
2a. The goals must require a level of determination to complete that is close to the limits of the boy's capabilities.
2b. The goals must be certified as completed by a master.
3. The organization applauds the boy's accomplishments. The boy's society joins in with the accolations.
4. Repeat
5. Repeat
6. Repeat
Hmmm. The military does that too.
My grandmother was a farm wife, married in 1925 at 15, with an eighth-grade education.
She taught her five children how to read before they started school. They all went to college.
She taught me how to read before I started school.
I don't believe there is any valid reason why there are kids being graduated today after 12 years of school without knowing how to read.
sounds a lot like education as well, challenge each person to achieve mastery of a given set of tasks, reward them when they do.
Yeah, I wonder how many children today learn basic reading, adding, subtracting, before entering school.
In my day, they emphasized "self esteem" for several years in multiple grades and I had no idea why.
Nice pile of assertions, don't bother replying.
Maybe because it's vitally important. If not critical. Especially during one's formative years. Maybe you don't have children - as this is blazingly obvious to parents.
They shouldn't have to. That's not my point.
My point is that if a farm wife with an eighth-grade education can teach five-year-old kids to read in just a few months, why is it that trained and certified teachers often don't produce readers in 12 years?
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