No Child Left Behind * This Day In The USA * January 8

[lyonspotter]

Run time: 02:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hTY_Ms2BLg   Posted on YouTube: January 08, 2010 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 09, 2010 By DU Member: lyonspotter Views on DU: 982

 

[LWolf]

1. And the NCLB juggernaut marches on,

given some new steroids by the Obama/Duncan "Race To The Top."

[susanwy]

2. The answer is . . .

"The Catcher in the Rye" - JD Salinger

The "frozen pond" symbolizes the death of Holden's younger brother Allie. In your video log I believe your are alluding to the death of education in Amerika.

Bismarck (had to look up the spelling, I always drop the c).

Cheers

Susanwy

[susanwy]

3. arggg

then I mess up "your are" --> "you are". I chalk that up to the wicked cold that is in my head right now!

[lyonspotter]

4. We're gonna hold it to ya, too! JK...NT

[WhoIsNumberNone]

5. Typos- the bane of the modern computer age.

I wish my keyboard had bigger keys.

BTW- I am 100% in agreement about our educational system. Back when I was in school in the 80's, poor student that I was, I was appalled by the fact that the education system was more concerned that teachers had the required number of education credits (and be re-certified every few years) than if they knew the subject they were teaching. Now they only teach kids to pass standardized tests. Kids are no longer learning to think for themselves- only to pick the best of four answers. I fear for future generations- if any.

[susanwy]

6. I hear ya....

I feel I had a good public school education in the 70/80's, when supposedly we were "falling behind". I did well in college and have been a computer professional for 18 years. Today my kids have been right in the middle of the NCLB and standardized testing era. My older son did ok in HS and is now a freshman in college and discovered he does not know how to study. One thing the "standardized" crap did to him is teach him how NOT to study. He was bright enough to get through HS without a lot of hard core study habits, but he passed their standardized tests alright, so no one cared what he was actually learning. My point is that he did not learn how to learn, he learned how to pass. Thankfully he did learn how to think for himself (I take credit for that accomplishment).

However, my younger son, who is the brightest of the bunch (shhhh, don't tell his brother) is struggling to finish HS. He is not challenged or interested in the "standardized" teaching and testing. Not one teacher seems to engage him or peak his interest. I can't get him into a decent computer class (as our HS is technologically impotent), yet he has bypassed my firewall parental controls numerous times and had an Apache web server running on his laptop collecting and dishing out gaming statistics! He does not do well on the "tests" because he doesn't care. He is musically gifted and the only thing keeping him in school is Orchestra and Choir. The "system" is doing its best to stifle his creativity.

Susan