| 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
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I agree with you about NCLB being a good idea, however you're right, it has proven to be unrealistic. I think that it is hard to think of a way to make everyone reach the same levels. If you think about it, even in the "average" classroom students all learn differently and at different speeds. Therefore, how can yo possibly teach every student so that they are at the same level when you only have a certain amount of time in the classroom each week? You say that society needs lawyers and ditch diggers, and while this may be true I don't think this is an excuse for the fallacy in our education system. I think that when labels are placed on students, then they don't go anywhere because they don't challenge themselves. What would happen if we began teaching in a way that told all of our students "you have potential"?
society does need failures to keep the world turning. who else is going to change the oil in our lexus right? but such a pessimistic outlook is never good for a teacher to have. a teacher should always have an optimistic approach to teaching, and strive to help their students achieve 100% in everything. though some of nclb's outlooks are highly unrealistic, that does not mean teachers can't try to meet those expectations.
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