Submitted by real teacher (not verified) on January 9, 2008 - 10:45.
I too have spent much time and energy developing plans for dream classrooms. However, once you are given 40 desks to fit into the "box" and all those energetic students for each seat, the ideal of bean bag chairs isn't practical. In addition, NCLB has made art, science, nature, and history irrelevant to today's schools--that is the real tragedy. Everything boils down to a test that focuses on vocabulary and lower level thinking skills. Talk to your president if you want to move away from the factory model of education. Remember, factory workers are easier to control than a populace that can evalulate ideas, detect biases and think outside of the box.
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Submitted by real teacher (not verified) on January 9, 2008 - 10:45.
I too have spent much time and energy developing plans for dream classrooms. However, once you are given 40 desks to fit into the "box" and all those energetic students for each seat, the ideal of bean bag chairs isn't practical. In addition, NCLB has made art, science, nature, and history irrelevant to today's schools--that is the real tragedy. Everything boils down to a test that focuses on vocabulary and lower level thinking skills. Talk to your president if you want to move away from the factory model of education. Remember, factory workers are easier to control than a populace that can evalulate ideas, detect biases and think outside of the box.