Dmvbatman wrote:
as a teacher you say lupe was right, but another teacher in this thread said he was out of pocket.....
hmmmmmm.... interesting.
I've read every comment in this thread and the majority of you are saying the same thing.
school isn't giving us the information we need to live in this world, and rapper's aren't these kid's parent's.
other's think rappers DO hold some influence......to an extent I agree.....but like bun B said, let's just not put the blame solely on rappers.
but rapper's shouldn't switch the subject to movies and other forms of music all the damn time, if we all point fingers at another party, then we'll never get no where.....fix the problem with your genre then you can point finger's.
From my experience...all the state of California cares about are API's. The curriculum is based off what will get the kids through CSTs. No Child Left Behind ruined the already flawed system and principals only objective is getting higher scores...not grades...SCORES.
Does it not speak volumes that many kids can't pass the CAHSEE (california high school exit exam) but are socially promoted to the next grade? There's something wrong with education when one of the key factors of your future is based on an EXAM? To get into a university you need to take the SAT which to me is unnecessary because some of us genuinely do not test well. The books we are given to teach with are outdated by decades in some cases and do not provide todays youth with anything they can relate to. We need new literature for kids to read and debate about. Some classics (poe, langston hues) speak to todays generations but to be honest some of the material in the curriculum is outright boring.
In the end, The education system is nothing more than a business. School districts get money from attendance and scores and only care about the $$$ and not the children in the seats. The majority of the budget is given to testing, not to the hiring of more teachers in an effort to build an efficient system where there aren't 40+ kids in one classroom so actual learning takes place.
I wont even go into the "seniority" and "bumping" that goes on within the district that further hurts the education of our kids.
Dmvbatman wrote:
as a teacher you say lupe was right, but another teacher in this thread said he was out of pocket.....
hmmmmmm.... interesting.
I've read every comment in this thread and the majority of you are saying the same thing.
school isn't giving us the information we need to live in this world, and rapper's aren't these kid's parent's.
other's think rappers DO hold some influence......to an extent I agree.....but like bun B said, let's just not put the blame solely on rappers.
but rapper's shouldn't switch the subject to movies and other forms of music all the damn time, if we all point fingers at another party, then we'll never get no where.....fix the problem with your genre then you can point finger's.
From my experience...all the state of California cares about are API's. The curriculum is based off what will get the kids through CSTs. No Child Left Behind ruined the already flawed system and principals only objective is getting higher scores...not grades...SCORES.
Does it not speak volumes that many kids can't pass the CAHSEE (california high school exit exam) but are socially promoted to the next grade? There's something wrong with education when one of the key factors of your future is based on an EXAM? To get into a university you need to take the SAT which to me is unnecessary because some of us genuinely do not test well. The books we are given to teach with are outdated by decades in some cases and do not provide todays youth with anything they can relate to. We need new literature for kids to read and debate about. Some classics (poe, langston hues) speak to todays generations but to be honest some of the material in the curriculum is outright boring.
In the end, The education system is nothing more than a business. School districts get money from attendance and scores and only care about the $$$ and not the children in the seats. The majority of the budget is given to testing, not to the hiring of more teachers in an effort to build an efficient system where there aren't 40+ kids in one classroom so actual learning takes place.
I wont even go into the "seniority" and "bumping" that goes on within the district that further hurts the education of our kids.
thats it.
thats it.
I disagree. I think giving the children something feasible to work with plus allowing them to see the fruits of their labors will do a lot to change their attitudes toward learning. Taking care of a plant draws many parallels to contractual relationships and could be used to integrate business lessons and economics as well. School in the us today is b/s. This is coming from someone who has worked in the school districts from admin side, think tanks, to standardized test training. A lot of that stuff taught in school like geometry/ trig/ calculus/ history, means nothing at all if children have no means of applying that knowledge. Hell, you could combine all those subjects just by studying agriculture.
I disagree. I think giving the children something feasible to work with plus allowing them to see the fruits of their labors will do a lot to change their attitudes toward learning. Taking care of a plant draws many parallels to contractual relationships and could be used to integrate business lessons and economics as well. School in the us today is b/s. This is coming from someone who has worked in the school districts from admin side, think tanks, to standardized test training. A lot of that stuff taught in school like geometry/ trig/ calculus/ history, means nothing at all if children have no means of applying that knowledge. Hell, you could combine all those subjects just by studying agriculture.
I guess he went over your head. Yes, the books are antiquated...Some books dont have information about Ceasar Chavez. What about recent history? Why must we keep throwing World War I, American Revolution and Boston Tea Party at our kids when we can just as easily inform them about the history they were or will be a part of...like the Iraqi wars, Libya, the economic depression we are in now.
I guess he went over your head. Yes, the books are antiquated...Some books dont have information about Ceasar Chavez. What about recent history? Why must we keep throwing World War I, American Revolution and Boston Tea Party at our kids when we can just as easily inform them about the history they were or will be a part of...like the Iraqi wars, Libya, the economic depression we are in now.
