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Originally posted by telerionif you -don't- teach at or below high school level, you're gonna lose a majority of the kids, given the limited banding in place today.
[b]??? high school teachers are teaching at a high school level; how hard could it be?
That's exactly the wrong way to think about educating kids.
and wouldn't a lecture set created by an institutional team beat a handcrafted set created by the average teacher?
Why would you think so?
Moreover, teachers generally do use an insti ...[text shortened]... formed from their experience both as an educator and a person with knowledge in their subject.[/b]
this is the computer age! we could have 1200 bands in a 1200-kid high school! science lectures by Richard Feynman! philosopy lectures by an Socratic avatar! economics lectures by telerion! and for a lot less per lecture than individually handcrafted ones. why not?!?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram
Originally posted by whodeyWhen homeschooling is outlawed, only outlaws will be homeschooled.
Did anyone here about this? Apparently California has banned homeschools unless the teacher has a teaching license. If not, the minor must either attend public or private schools. I thought that all home schooled students had to take annual profeciency tests to assess if they are being taught what they need to learn. If so, why is this not good enough fo ...[text shortened]... gressive courts in California have just ruled on this. Oh hail Big Brother. Show us the way!!!
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI have found that the old adage "those who can't do, teach" to be highly applicable to me. I'm in education because I wasn't accepted into biotech or grad school.
It's not difficult at all -- in fact, the students with the lowest aptitude scores flock to the so-called "education major."
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI just can't wait for the witch hunt. Can you see these mothers and fathers being hauled off to jail with such criminals as child molestors and drug dealers? No doubt they will do more time than the child molesters and drug dealers. That's the sad part.
When homeschooling is outlawed, only outlaws will be homeschooled.
Edit: What is funny is that the state has no business making any more laws that could potentially put any more people behind bars. The prison system is too overcrowded as it is.
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterWhere is it not difficult? Aside from graduating with the appropriate degree, you need to pass a string of expensive tests (now there's a business to get into), continually take courses and workshops, and jump through numerous other hoops. That (and a decent college program) tends to weed out the losers who just want to play school.
It's not difficult at all -- in fact, the students with the lowest aptitude scores flock to the so-called "education major."
Originally posted by pawnhandlerOf course, that said, I've known teachers who taught second and first grade who I firmly believed would be overwhelmed by trying to teach anything higher because the content would be over their head! One was a nun, though. In that community, everyone was a teacher or a nurse, and it seemed as though many of the smarter ones were nurses. Some of the sisters taught right out of high school (or not even!) and took college courses one or two at a time on the side, while they were teaching.
Where is it not difficult? Aside from graduating with the appropriate degree, you need to pass a string of expensive tests (now there's a business to get into), continually take courses and workshops, and jump through numerous other hoops. That (and a decent college program) tends to weed out the losers who just want to play school.
Originally posted by whodeyExactly. That's why abortion should be legal.
I just can't wait for the witch hunt. Can you see these mothers and fathers being hauled off to jail with such criminals as child molestors and drug dealers? No doubt they will do more time than the child molesters and drug dealers. That's the sad part.
Edit: What is funny is that the state has no business making any more laws that could potentially put any more people behind bars. The prison system is too overcrowded as it is.
Originally posted by pawnhandlerThen why are there so many bad, incompetent teachers that their unions protect from termination?
Where is it not difficult? Aside from graduating with the appropriate degree, you need to pass a string of expensive tests (now there's a business to get into), continually take courses and workshops, and jump through numerous other hoops. That (and a decent college program) tends to weed out the losers who just want to play school.