| The intent off the NCLB is good, but is unrealistic. The NCLB was formed to help improve the school performance of US students. I believe that every teacher should try and reach and teach as amny students as they can, but making every school 100% proficient, I believe, is impossible. There are to many variables and to many different kinds of learners in this country to achieve this. There are too may different kinds of teachers and to too many different kinds of students. Finding the perfect mesh of teacher/student in every school in every town in every state, even though it would be great if it happened, is unrealistic. If a school is close to being 100% proficient and just has a few bad seeds, it will ask it's "not so good students" to not show up on that day (you know this has and does happen), so the schools proficientcy scores will go up. If that happen's, that isn't an accurate depiction of what the school and area are reallly like. Just because a school looks good on paper, which is all a proficientcy test is, doesn't mean that we are actually turning out good students. It is sad to say, but the world needs lawyers and the world needs ditch diggers. Society needs people to succeed and fail to stay alive. |
Monday, November 12, 2007
NCLB
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Arts High
I really enjoyed my first trip to Arts High. I really have never seen a class setting like that. It seemed like every student that was there really wanted to be there. You didn't see any kids with their heads down sleeping or getting loud and disrupting the teacher. All of the students seemed to want to be there and want to do well.
The administration and teaching staff all seemed to love their job. They all where so connected to what they do and I got the feeling that they truely wouldn't want to work any place else. As opposed to other schools I have seen, none of the teachers seemed to be there for a pay check, they all wanted to make a difference. Thats what America needs and thats what kids need and I hope all of us feel the same way about our profession because if we don't, it's time to change majors.
The administration and teaching staff all seemed to love their job. They all where so connected to what they do and I got the feeling that they truely wouldn't want to work any place else. As opposed to other schools I have seen, none of the teachers seemed to be there for a pay check, they all wanted to make a difference. Thats what America needs and thats what kids need and I hope all of us feel the same way about our profession because if we don't, it's time to change majors.
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