Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing... (Reply #9)

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Fri May 24, 2013, 12:45 AM

9. Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing...

it used to be a lot more fun.

Yes, fun is also important when you are a child or an adult teaching them. The curriculum now is more stringent and narrow and the pressure on teachers and kids is nothing short of obscene. I always wonder how these standardized tests have come to dictate not only what a child should know, but how a teacher must teach.

Think about the word "education". It is not a stringent and narrow set of information, but a world of knowledge. Not what to think... but HOW to think.

I could get into my long sermon about education, but I'll spare you that for now. Just remember that not only do we feed body, mind, and soul... we also educate them.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
Retiring principal: ‘It is harder for us to be nice to kids’ [View all]	Brickbat	May 2013	OP
Much more difficult now	Ron Green	May 2013	#1
Yup. If someone does that today,	Art_from_Ark	May 2013	#6
True	NewJeffCT	May 2013	#20
My students give me hugs all the time.	LWolf	May 2013	#23
Glad to hear things are at least going well on the hug front...	villager	May 2013	#27
I'm hanging on.	LWolf	May 2013	#28
At the first parent teacher conference each year, I tell the teacher it's ok to hug my son.	SunSeeker	May 2013	#32
We're a school of huggers.	noamnety	May 2013	#35
That was the first thing that came to my mind also.	Curmudgeoness	May 2013	#36
'With elevated standards and increased testing,	elleng	May 2013	#2
More fallout from neocon mean spiritedness	BeyondGeography	May 2013	#3
Plenty of blame to go around, we have plenty of pearl clutchers right here on DU	Exultant Democracy	May 2013	#8
Exactly!!!	gopiscrap	May 2013	#19
It's true. The politicians... and the people who OWN them... have to get over the idea that they....	Smarmie Doofus	May 2013	#4
If you talk to anyone about education, they have an opinion. And the bought and paid for	world wide wally	May 2013	#10
To a certain degree	Spike89	May 2013	#24
Teachers have always	sulphurdunn	May 2013	#43
I agree with all of that	Spike89	May 2013	#45
Education is no longer about kids. Its about $$. And we ALL know how well that works.	MichiganVote	May 2013	#5
Thank you.	woo me with science	May 2013	#11
+ infinity	BrotherIvan	May 2013	#22
Its not too late. It will never be too late.	MichiganVote	May 2013	#30
This brings tears to an old man's eyes.	JEB	May 2013	#7
Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing...	world wide wally	May 2013	#9
I used to give all-essay Final exams. Then a new principal asked for exams that anyone could grade/	WinkyDink	May 2013	#26
Just Retired	Cybergata	May 2013	#39
kr. yes, heart-breaking. anti-human policies for anti-human times. the fruits of neoliberal	HiPointDem	May 2013	#12
Huge, huge K&R	woo me with science	May 2013	#13
I agree with you.	bbkenn92	May 2013	#42
Great, great letter	n2doc	May 2013	#14
Morning kick.	Brickbat	May 2013	#15
du rec. nt	xchrom	May 2013	#16
k&r for exposure. This is very important. n/t	Laelth	May 2013	#17
No mercy for a mistake	BanzaiBonnie	May 2013	#18
Starting my 28th year next year	Ishoutandscream2	May 2013	#21
K&R nt	CokeMachine	May 2013	#25
Excellent commentary!	CrispyQ	May 2013	#29
Yes	libodem	May 2013	#31
Great article!	PennsylvaniaMatt	May 2013	#33
Trust is basically dead	defacto7	May 2013	#34
sad kick.. . . . n/t	annabanana	May 2013	#37
I tried volunteering at a school last year.	BlueCheese	May 2013	#38
k&r'd	snot	May 2013	#40
k&R	midnight	May 2013	#41
Who is "us," really?	blkmusclmachine	May 2013	#44

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