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In reply to the discussion: The Silent Treatment: A Day in the Life of a Student in ‘No Excuses’ Land [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)93. You're acting like that's all that happens at the school
Like they don't have classes in which the teacher asks them questions and they ask the teacher questions.
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HiPointDem
Dec 2012
OP
I agree. But silently marching in lockstep.. Not the best of ideas in education...
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#7
Yeah, I think it's a sad day when teaching kids self-discipline feels "fascist"
Recursion
Dec 2012
#12
It's the whole set up. Shutting up BEFORE getting on the bus. Having a predetermined greeting for
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#19
It's THE MAN, man! They're trying to keep these kids down! Make them conform, man!
Recursion
Dec 2012
#26
Poor dirty hippie kids! You have to pound some sense into them, or they won't march in lock step
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#29
"unless they have the floor". children at this school do not get to "have the floor". i doubt
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#16
Well, yes they do. They are asked questions by the teacher. That gives them the floor. They can also
Recursion
Dec 2012
#22
Irrelevant. The kids at sidwell friends aren't schooled like the students in the OP. Not at all.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#36
KINDERGARTNERS should have the opportunity for free-form answers calling for independent thought
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#87
Programming elementary school students into being little robots would be horrifying
Recursion
Dec 2012
#88
That is what is happening here. The students are expected to give scripted replies
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#92
is this your proposal or something? how do you know about classes they haven't described?
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#97
that school is not *this* school, & i'm quite aware of kipp, another prison school chain for black
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#99
Students respond with an enthusiastic, “Yes, I’m ready to learn today. I can’t wait to learn somethi
Recursion
Dec 2012
#2
Let's ask bill gates if his kids are schooled like this. or eli broad's children.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#11
His kids go to an undisclosed private school, so I have no idea what their discipline system is
Recursion
Dec 2012
#21
How does learning to be quiet and still help concentration? You're joking, right?
Recursion
Dec 2012
#15
You can learn to control your physical motions and sounds without making a 24/7 routine out of it.
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#18
Did you even read the article? They aren't even silent all of the school day, let alone 24/7
Recursion
Dec 2012
#20
Glad to see that you would agree that extending these rules to recess would be over the top.
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#35
you don't know what the hell they do at recess because the article doesn't mention recess.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#45
You must not have read the same article as me, also, it's not just about the silence, but just as
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#74
They talk at lunch if a staff member allows them to move to 'level 2' as a reward for being
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#40
BTW I didn't know Foxconn was starting manufacturing training in America yet. nt
Pholus
Dec 2012
#37
It's fairly common for charters. Especially charters for the poor and black.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#41
lol. that's a model. it's a hypothetical kid in a school that is in the proposal stage.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#76
that girl exists, but she's not a student at this school. because this is a proposal for a charter
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#102
I don't know what to think about this. It goes too far. I wouldn't want a child of mind in that
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#43
Not at all. School wasn't quiet when I was a child. But we were required NOT to speak during class..
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#49
Maybe it was just the school where I went. It's disadvantaged, which was why there were
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#109
I can finally articulate why this is a pathetically stupid idea. It's not the silence...
Pholus
Dec 2012
#50
Yeah, the ones who would make horrendous bosses, execrable co-workers and lying subordinates
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#64
Someone who has been trained only to say what others wish to hear is useless
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#71
Primary school is not and should not be boot camp and children are not slaves
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#75
The amount of degrees between the Socratic Method to a mere Pavlovian response
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#106
If you'd read the article you'd know these are "would-be" children in a "proposed" new school.
Pholus
Dec 2012
#111
Oh, now I did explicitly state this once but apparently you only hear things I didn't say.
Pholus
Dec 2012
#128
No, I KNOW it isn't necessary. But your educorp doesn't get that it's better if it is spontaneous.
Pholus
Dec 2012
#110
It shows that I never read, but only heard the name in movies, doesn't it?
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#133