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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 669516" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Agree Lammie! Our USA educational system is sicko! I haven't been inside a K-12 school for 50+ years (except when I taught some night classes for Adults in Horticulture and stuff). It's a good thing I'm not a teacher because I would teach the "approved" stuff and insert analogies, examples, parallels, commonsense, practical stuff, and other "good" stuff also. I might eventually get found out...duh...so be it...there are always other jobs around...lol. I have taught a number of credit courses in Colleges and Universities where I didn't have to submit lesson plans, but just "follow the book" and use as many related materials as you saw fit. In the higher education setting issues such as "student retention and recruiting to one's program area" are important as well as getting good evaluations from students and/or possibly co-worker faculty members. On the other hand if "everyone makes A's B's and C's in higher education" then the professor is probably too lenient on tests and grading. Also, if the professor has too many D and F students, well...either you are not teaching or you have a bunch of dumb students...decision is usually that of your Department Head...lol. I always liked to grade on the "curve"...after all, the "real world" is on a Normal Distribution Curve...right? A few really bright and functional people, a whole bunch of people in the middle, and a few really dumb and stupid people out there...lol.</p><p></p><p>We can't teach certain historical facts, classic literature and books, and other "unapproved" stuff because we might OFFEND some small minority kid (or) offend their parents. Even the "approved" curricula details on any given subject can be easily "modified" to suit the biases and prejudices of any given teacher. Yes, we have some stupid and naive teachers who probably squeezed by their teacher education program in college (as are some doctors, lawyers, etc., etc.) with a "C" average or so.</p><p></p><p>I'll shut up for now...lol... ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 669516, member: 9"] Agree Lammie! Our USA educational system is sicko! I haven't been inside a K-12 school for 50+ years (except when I taught some night classes for Adults in Horticulture and stuff). It's a good thing I'm not a teacher because I would teach the "approved" stuff and insert analogies, examples, parallels, commonsense, practical stuff, and other "good" stuff also. I might eventually get found out...duh...so be it...there are always other jobs around...lol. I have taught a number of credit courses in Colleges and Universities where I didn't have to submit lesson plans, but just "follow the book" and use as many related materials as you saw fit. In the higher education setting issues such as "student retention and recruiting to one's program area" are important as well as getting good evaluations from students and/or possibly co-worker faculty members. On the other hand if "everyone makes A's B's and C's in higher education" then the professor is probably too lenient on tests and grading. Also, if the professor has too many D and F students, well...either you are not teaching or you have a bunch of dumb students...decision is usually that of your Department Head...lol. I always liked to grade on the "curve"...after all, the "real world" is on a Normal Distribution Curve...right? A few really bright and functional people, a whole bunch of people in the middle, and a few really dumb and stupid people out there...lol. We can't teach certain historical facts, classic literature and books, and other "unapproved" stuff because we might OFFEND some small minority kid (or) offend their parents. Even the "approved" curricula details on any given subject can be easily "modified" to suit the biases and prejudices of any given teacher. Yes, we have some stupid and naive teachers who probably squeezed by their teacher education program in college (as are some doctors, lawyers, etc., etc.) with a "C" average or so. I'll shut up for now...lol... ;-) [/QUOTE]
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