We, as teachers are entering that turbulent time called "getting ready for the test." I have to say to each and all of you. . .this is baloney!
Isn't all year long supposed to be preparing our students to succeed? I thought so, and still do. I teach. I hate being a "robot" in the classroom. The mad scramble by building administrators to make sure the kids are prepared for the test is so very frustrating!
I agree with educator, author and researcher Richard DuFour, "do whatever it takes [all year] and the test will take care of its self." If we are doing what our students need, then we should not have to scramble around, play reward games, interrupt instruction, pep rallies to get fired up about the test, ect. We do not need another gimmick. We need to teach!
A teacher from Louisiana read this letter to the Board of Education where she was employed, please read, she is speaking the truth.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/10/i-have-had-enough-veteran-teacher-tells-school-board/
And as for that, (teaching), it has changed in the last few years. It is no longer about learning or even about studying. Heaven forbid if I ask my students to study!
More and more demands are being made on the teachers, and less demands on the students. We are creating a generation of people who feel that entitlement is owed to them! They can not fail, they will always get another chance.
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