02_SV_TeacherShortcommings
I know education is different today than in the past. I do think teachers need to change what they do to keep things fresh. I do not like the notion that so much of what we see on the selling of the 21st century learners and how they need to learn sometimes cuts the teacher down. Public education has worked for well over 125 years and it will continue to work so long as students are willing to come to school with some of their own self motivation. School for students and real life jobs for student when they become adults is not all about fun. Students still need to be equipped for the "real world" to deal with adversity, confrontation, disappointment, boredom, and change. Sometimes I just get tired of hearing students say, "can't we do something fun to learn". The fun part of learning should be knowing that what knowledge you have acquired is yours and that it can never be taken away. Not wheather you were having fun when you acquire it.
I know education is different today than in the past. I do think teachers need to change what they do to keep things fresh. I do not like the notion that so much of what we see on the selling of the 21st century learners and how they need to learn sometimes cuts the teacher down. Public education has worked for well over 125 years and it will continue to work so long as students are willing to come to school with some of their own self motivation. School for students and real life jobs for student when they become adults is not all about fun. Students still need to be equipped for the "real world" to deal with adversity, confrontation, disappointment, boredom, and change. Sometimes I just get tired of hearing students say, "can't we do something fun to learn". The fun part of learning should be knowing that what knowledge you have acquired is yours and that it can never be taken away. Not wheather you were having fun when you acquire it.
1 comment:
I really like this quote from your post: "Students still need to be equipped for the "real world" to deal with adversity, confrontation, disappointment, boredom, and change."
Very true! I think that your first two sentences prove that you are where you need to be as an educator for today's students. Don't let the negativity get you down. Some traditional, tried and true techniques are still very crucial to teaching success. It just can't all be like it used to be, that's all.
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