Comments on: Test’ m till they learn, dammit!

By: CT Essential Politics – Monday 10.01.12 - CT Devil's Advocate

CT Essential Politics – Monday 10.01.12 - CT Devil's Advocate — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:24:31 +0000

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By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:30:00 +0000

If we had printers and computers with something newer than Microsoft 1900 your idea might be defensible.

By: begtodiffer

begtodiffer — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:54:00 +0000

If these reformers could witness the glazed eyes of students sitting in our classrooms day after day, getting spoon fed by rigourous curriculum mandated by the top heavy chiefs, leaving no room for creativity, leaving teachers burdened with neverending paperwork and documenting and analyzing test scores to drive instruction….blahblahblah…and our students are seeing that the only way out is to devise new, ingenious ways to cheat on these tests. There is too much pressure on everyone under the corporate masters whose agenda is to control and amass wealth, taking the taxpayer’s money away from where it needs to go…to enhance a child’s learning not by forcing tests on them, but by allowing them to learn and most importantly, allowing teachers to TEACH.

By: msavage

msavage — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:11:00 +0000

Rich White likes to spout rhetoric and throw out insults, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen him engage in intelligent debate or provide any kind of useful information/statistics. Kind of pathetic, in my opinion.

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:42:00 +0000

You are very kind. I am not. He gets no benefits from me. I will ignore instead. I save my patience for the children…I have none left for bloviating, ignorant, pompous jerks. Goodnight.

By: Magister

Magister — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:37:00 +0000

I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but most of his posts are just to get someone’s goat rather than to have a real debate.

By: Magister

Magister — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:30:00 +0000

As opposed to Smart Board Jungle.

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:21:00 +0000

You are a moron and you know nothing about any of us. Your stereotypes are nonsense and you are a fool.

By: Rich White

Rich White — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:19:00 +0000

I’ll leave you to your abacus, 10 fingers and 10 toes to count your unon dues.
Clearly there’s room for technology evangelists.
My mission is clear. I’m off to watch Glenn Ford in “Blackboard Jungle” and heed the warnings on the perils of Rock and Roll and the Boob Tube as they replace Jazz and Books in the hearts and minds of youth. We are turning into a generation of Juvenile Delinquents we are.

By: Magister

Magister — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Excessive technology gets in the way. Kids are already glutted on it to their detriment. Read The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein.