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July 20, 2006

How an Empire Crumbles

Punmeister123 (1:09:36 PM): what does a "good" teacher look like?
"Friend from work" (1:10:10 PM): on ratemyprofessors
"Friend from work" (1:10:10 PM): lol
Punmeister123 (1:10:26 PM): sure.
but...
what is your criterion for good?
"Friend from work" (1:10:35 PM): good reviews
"Friend from work" (1:10:36 PM): easy teacher
"Friend from work" (1:10:37 PM): lol
Punmeister123 (1:10:43 PM): "easy" meaning _what_?
"Friend from work" (1:10:48 PM): they say
"Friend from work" (1:10:50 PM): "easy A"
Punmeister123 (1:11:02 PM): hm
don't you want to learn?
"Friend from work" (1:11:28 PM): i want to get a 4.0
"Friend from work" (1:11:34 PM): if learning fits, awesome


This may explain my GPA...

Posted by Andrew at July 20, 2006 01:14 PM

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*smacks forehead* Ladies and Gentlemen, the future of our world...*sigh*

See, this was why the argument for narrative evaluations at my old school was so important. I was there as they were being phased out and the change from caring about learning the material to how to make the "A" grade was so fast, it made your head spin. The students no longer cared about the material other than what they needed to know for the test. Sad.

It's problems like this that make me worried about our public schools. With more and more emphasis being put on passing the standardized tests, we're putting more effort into teaching kids how to pass standardized tests and less on how to think. The above sort of thinking seems to be the result, and a nation of slackers, I fear, is soon to follow (if not already here).

Posted by: Afaeyre Maede [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 20, 2006 09:50 PM