On Mar 12, 2007, at 8:37 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
> This week is the standardized tests at our schools around these parts.
> Tons of stress for both the teachers and the students. I tell you, I
> believe it was easier (and better) to be a kid when most of us grew up
> as opposed to today. A kid can't be as much of a kid it seems
> anymore.
> I realize the Asians have raised the bar on education (have been doing
> that for years, iirc) but has it really come to this? Isn't there a
> better way to educate these kids? Aaah, what do I know....I'm just a
> dad (who is glad he's not a kid nowadays). ;-)
I always found it ironic that schools try to teach kids that
diversity is good, and that being different is OK, but then expect
everyone to learn the exact same way at the exact same time.
I have two kids, and they couldn't be more different in how they
learn. One, like me, can visualize and manipulate mental images; the
other doesn't have the slightest idea what I mean when I ask him to
picture a number line in his head.
-- Ed Leafe
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