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Catshrink
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:43 PM Original message |
“D-minus? But I memorized EVERYTHING!” |
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bluestateguy
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. They're going to find out that college is not that way |
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Catshrink
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Meanwhile, those of us who teach high school are fighting a rising tide |
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mike_c
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Sat Oct-16-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. that tide is breaking in universities now.... |
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dkf
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Sat Oct-16-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Or maybe people are afraid to voice their opinions nowadays, especially if they are not anonymous. |
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mike_c
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Sat Oct-16-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. in any event, it's a changing student population... |
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dkf
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Sat Oct-16-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well I've got plenty to say and I get blowback. |
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exboyfil
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Sun Oct-17-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Not to get stoned on this board but the political leanings of |
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mike_c
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. unfortunately, university administrators care less about learning than they do about... |
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Jackpine Radical
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well, at least until the insanity spreads to the colleges. |
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CanonRay
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Sat Oct-16-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. There's always Liberty University |
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Angry Dragon
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. How could you be so mean to those students expecting them |
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dkf
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Sat Oct-16-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well he was the teacher... If they can't apply what they learned isn't that his fault? |
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Sat Oct-16-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. If you were in a classroom on a daily basis you would understand what this teacher is saying. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sat Oct-16-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. The first week of school I did a critical thinking exercise with 6th graders |
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LWolf
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Sat Oct-16-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Not only do students come into 6th grade without ANY critical thinking skills, |
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Catshrink
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Sat Oct-16-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. How about this? |
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LWolf
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Sun Oct-17-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I didn't think about looking for her work under a different author. |
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txlibdem
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Thu Dec-23-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. This needs to be an OP, you've nailed the dirty little secret of education in America |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. My only regret is that I have but one rec to give for this thread. |
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Starry Messenger
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Sun Oct-17-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. +1 |
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adnelson60087
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Sun Oct-17-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. We don't tell them what they want to hear |
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. +1! |
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maryf
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Memorizing vs. thinking... |
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Boojatta
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Mon Dec-20-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. What if a student memorizes NOTHING? Would an F grade be surprising? |
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Fri Dec-24-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. Also known as "I'll test 60% on material I cover and 40% on material I don't" |
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