tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18971425.post114762923423198164..comments2023-10-20T07:41:40.436-04:00Comments on Wayfarer Journal: ¿Cuáles de las siguientes afirmaciones son correctas...?Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070909646327061524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18971425.post-1147729730944261502006-05-15T17:48:00.000-04:002006-05-15T17:48:00.000-04:00I have a lot to say about this post. I highly sus...I have a lot to say about this post. I highly suspect, though, that none of it is going to come out the way I intend.<BR/><BR/>There is SO much that is wrong with the way we educate our children in schools. So much of the emphasis is on paper - what tests have you passed, what grades have you gotten - and I think that really misses the point. Life isn't graded like that - I don't really feel that the work we do in schools, either as students or as teachers, should be graded like that, either.<BR/><BR/>The things that make you and I great teachers are things that can't be measured by standardized tests, or by once-a-semester observations by administrators. The things that make us great teachers are the same things that make us great friends and great parents. We CARE. We believe in the kids long and emphatically enough that our belief starts to rub off on THEM. We don't know everything there is to know about our subjects, but we know when a kid is "off" and we care enough to find out why. We're willing to offer up ourselves as models - examples of how to learn and think and interact with others, of how to be present and responsible and caring.<BR/><BR/>There are no bubbles to fill in for that, and there never will be. Once the people in charge figure that out, things might start looking up in public education.Mrs. Chilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.com