Saturday, January 21, 2012
Literacy, Literacy, Literacy
From our discussions in class about literacy I have been left to wonder if I really know what is going on in our world let alone things related to this class. After we read about some background of the No Child Left Behind Act and then continued to discuss it in class the next time we met I just couldn’t help but thinking how we, as American’s, have let this bill be passed into effect so many years ago. It sounds like a good thing when you hear “No Child Left Behind,” but it is idiotic. How do we expect to know how much someone has learned just by giving a student some silly little test that really has no meaning? School is supposed to be about learning something. Literacy is just supposed to be fun, its supposed to be a new way into learning about culture, opinions, etc. Instead it has turned into something that personally I dreaded in school. I feel like all it is anymore is here is what you are supposed to know to pass this test so learn the material, who cares if you are interested? Learning should be fun not something you have to do so you can pass some test that really doesn’t prove you’ve learned anything. I think we shouldn’t be told how to teach students or even what material we have to know in order go on to the next grade level. Learning should be interesting and something you want to do, not something you are forced to do. Basically that stupid test is pointless.
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Like you, and many of our peers in the class, I find standardized tests to be rather inadequate. However, if we don't have test, what do we have? What might that something new look like? Also, if what ever that something new is, is meant to make learning fun, then how can teachers appeal to the interests of a diverse classroom?
ReplyDeleteWithout a test, yes it would be harder to prove the competency of someone. Although you should let the teacher decide how to test. Maybe having.requirements to have learned by then but not a standardized test. As far as making learning fun, I feel its pretty easy. All you have to do is be connected with the class. If you're connected and on their "level" then they will listen more.
DeleteCan you please drop whatever major your doing right now and become a teacher and go back in time and be one of my high school teachers. I feel like it takes a teacher who really cares for each of her students to make it fun instead of just spurting out information and hoping it sticks
ReplyDeleteI had always wanted to be a teacher when I was younger. I still think about it sometimes. I would love it....I just want to help people.
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