Submitted by Anita Avila (not verified) on October 3, 2007 - 21:40.
There is so much more to teaching these days than the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. With the way our society is changing, including the students, our education system needs to do the same. I am part of the Generation Y there are more and more men AND women going to college and diving into their careers. We have lived through the wave of technology and demographic change and have high expectation of ourselves and others. It is widely agreed that teachers today have much more responsibility than teachers 25 years ago, and Generation Y teachers are willing to live up to those expectation. In today's world, one needs to know much more than basic academic skills. I agree 100% with the statements in the posting. Students need to use the knowledge that they have learned and apply it through written and oral communication. It is one thing to be eligible for college, meaning you took all the required classes and passed all the required test; but it is more important to be prepared. A students can know anything and everything there is to know about World War II, but can he write a proper persuasive essay one the topic or present a factual speech? These are things that students today need, to be prepared for college and the real world. With the new generation coming into the "real world" society is going to become much more competitive, and we need to prepare our students to win.
There is so much more to
Submitted by Anita Avila (not verified) on October 3, 2007 - 21:40.
There is so much more to teaching these days than the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. With the way our society is changing, including the students, our education system needs to do the same. I am part of the Generation Y there are more and more men AND women going to college and diving into their careers. We have lived through the wave of technology and demographic change and have high expectation of ourselves and others. It is widely agreed that teachers today have much more responsibility than teachers 25 years ago, and Generation Y teachers are willing to live up to those expectation. In today's world, one needs to know much more than basic academic skills. I agree 100% with the statements in the posting. Students need to use the knowledge that they have learned and apply it through written and oral communication. It is one thing to be eligible for college, meaning you took all the required classes and passed all the required test; but it is more important to be prepared. A students can know anything and everything there is to know about World War II, but can he write a proper persuasive essay one the topic or present a factual speech? These are things that students today need, to be prepared for college and the real world. With the new generation coming into the "real world" society is going to become much more competitive, and we need to prepare our students to win.