Students who don’t want or care to perform. won’t, no matter what you do for them or to them.
Most kids who go to charter or private schools either want to learn or have concerned parents who want them to learn.
I have heard this from teachers before. So much depends on the home environment of students, and it is unfair to expect teachers to be able to solve that problem.
Students who don’t want or care to perform. won’t, no matter what you do for them or to them.
Most kids who go to charter or private schools either want to learn or have concerned parents who want them to learn.
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Exactly. A combination of low IQ and zero impulse-control. Money won’t solve any of that.
New York State killing literacy test for Teachers in the name of Diversity .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3534339/posts
> Students who don’t want or care to perform. won’t, no matter what you do for them or to them. <
I spent quite a few years teaching in urban high schools. Oh, the stories I could tell. Anyway, in even the worst ones, I’d say that at least 75% of the kids would be willing to give learning try.
If you took your time with them, and were patient, your could make progress. Some of my fondest memories as a teacher are working with those kind of students. Since they knew so little, every advancement was a big deal.
So why are the scores so low? It’s that remaining 25%. Those kids are chronically disruptive. They will do more than just not pay attention. They will talk on their cellphones in class, get up and walk around, push other kids, etc. And if they are feeling particularly feisty, they will threaten you.
The administration will not remove those kids from the classroom. That would be politically incorrect. So you, the teacher, must play cop all day. It’s very difficult to teach when playing cop.
The dems and unions need to keep children from being educated, so there will be plenty of uneducated adults to guarantee their careers.
Mark