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10 Things Teachers Did Not Have to Deal With 10 Years Ago
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:25 am
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:25 am
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#1: The Inability to Punish Students: This is a story in modern education that is big and is about to get much bigger.
#4: Pep Rallies for Standardized Testing: The era of high-stakes testing has done very little to improve student performance. It has spawned cuts in the arts, less recess time for elementary school children, more rote memorization, and perpetuated the illusion that test-taking prowess is synonymous with academic achievement, not to mention the long-term effect of discouraging the brightest and most ambitious young people from entering the education profession.
#8: Politicized Schools: Like it or not, schools have become epicenters of hot-button political issues. From transgender bathrooms to guns and second amendment discussions, schools are now at the intersection of division and discord.
#9: Era of “feelings” where students are never wrong: It has happened to almost all of us recently. A student will “feel” like a test is unfair, will “feel” like a fact is not true, will “feel” like a teacher who is simply trying to modify a behavior is being “disrespectful” to them.
#1: The Inability to Punish Students: This is a story in modern education that is big and is about to get much bigger.
#4: Pep Rallies for Standardized Testing: The era of high-stakes testing has done very little to improve student performance. It has spawned cuts in the arts, less recess time for elementary school children, more rote memorization, and perpetuated the illusion that test-taking prowess is synonymous with academic achievement, not to mention the long-term effect of discouraging the brightest and most ambitious young people from entering the education profession.
#8: Politicized Schools: Like it or not, schools have become epicenters of hot-button political issues. From transgender bathrooms to guns and second amendment discussions, schools are now at the intersection of division and discord.
#9: Era of “feelings” where students are never wrong: It has happened to almost all of us recently. A student will “feel” like a test is unfair, will “feel” like a fact is not true, will “feel” like a teacher who is simply trying to modify a behavior is being “disrespectful” to them.
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 11:26 am
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:27 am to anc
As a teacher, I see this shite everyday!
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:28 am to anc
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Pep Rallies for Standardized Testing
I heard about this one a few years ago and didn't believe it.
Are there any studies that show a pep rally increases test scores?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:28 am to anc
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#4: Pep Rallies for Standardized Testing: The era of high-stakes testing has done very little to improve student performance. It has spawned cuts in the arts, less recess time for elementary school children, more rote memorization, and perpetuated the illusion that test-taking prowess is synonymous with academic achievement, not to mention the long-term effect of discouraging the brightest and most ambitious young people from entering the education profession.
THIS X1000
Standardized tests are used to data mine our kids and to make people rich. They provide no positive outcomes for our students. It is a total waste of our time. We spend 20-25% of the school year on tests, pre-tests, diagnostic tests, data analysis, and test prep. It's a damn joke.
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 11:32 am
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:30 am to Zach
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I heard about this one a few years ago and didn't believe it.
Are there any studies that show a pep rally increases test scores?
Nope, but the kids love it. Why you ask? Because its another reason to get out of class.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:31 am to CoachChappy
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THIS X1000
Standardized tests are used to data mine our kids and to make people rich. They provide no positive outcomes for our students. It is a total waste of our time. We spend 20-20% of the school year on tests, pre-tests, diagnostic tests, data analysis, and test prep. It's a damn joke.
I 100% agree coach, it is a damn joke and all about money.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:33 am to anc
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#1: The Inability to Punish Students: This is a story in modern education that is big and is about to get much bigger.
I remember my mother complaining about that when she was teaching 5th grade in St Tammany Parish in 1989. Im not sure that this is a recent development.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:33 am to anc
Part of Obama’s legacy
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:36 am to WHS
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As a teacher
Why are posting here and not, you know, teaching?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:38 am to memphis tiger
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Why are posting here and not, you know, teaching?
Its my off hour dumb arse. I am also about to go on lunch break as well. Would you like to know what I am eating?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:38 am to WHS
Nice.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:39 am to memphis tiger
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Why are posting here and not, you know, teaching?
Why aren't you doing whatever job you are supposed to be doing?
Also, don't you read the OT none of us teachers actually work
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:41 am to WHS
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Its my off hour dumb arse. I am also about to go on lunch break as well. Would you like to know what I am eating?
Lighten up, Francis.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:42 am to anc
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1: The Inability to Punish Students: This is a story in modern education that is big and is about to get much bigger.
Downfall of our society.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:47 am to anc
any mention of shitty parenting, single parent households, parents who can’t speak English, or parents who legitimely do not care?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:51 am to anc
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#1: The Inability to Punish Students:
False
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#6: Fear of School Shootings and Lock-Downs:
False
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#7: Heroine, Opioid Epidemics:
False (Crack Epidemic ring a bell?)
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:05 pm to anc
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#1: The Inability to Punish Students: This is a story in modern education that is big and is about to get much bigger. A hodge-podge of policies and euphemisms—restorative justice, social-emotional learning, banning punitive actions for defiant and vulgar students—has resulted in a toxic situation where many teachers feel they are no longer in control of their own classrooms and schools. While many of these policies are instituted with just and well-meaning motivations such as trying to end the tragedy of the school-to-prison pipeline phenomenon and ensuring poor students are not disproportionately disciplined, as is often the case, the consequence has been a loss of control on many campuses across the country. While suspension and expulsion should never be the first or even second option for discipline, there absolutely must be consequences to destructive student behaviors if for no better reason than to protect the vast majority of students who are well behaved and want to learn.
An actual situation where thanks Obama is truly appropriate.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:07 pm to Green Chili Tiger
wow 
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:08 pm to anc
I graduated high school in 1989 and I VIVIDLY remember ACTUAL pep rallies encouraging students to do better on standardized testing though.......
Posted on 4/17/18 at 1:17 pm to Green Chili Tiger
I didn’t know that Green Chili Tiger is actually Dwight Schrute.
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