Tag: education
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Education is Wasted on the Youth
One of the great lines from the classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” is when a man on his front porch, after listening to a long, meandering conversation between George Banks and his girl as they stroll down the sidewalk, stands to his feet and shouts: “Why don’t you go ahead and kiss her?” Disgusted…
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Let Kids be Kids. Let College be College.
I’m an educator. I want kids to succeed in this world. I want them to work hard, learn difficult concepts and idealistically walk into the world like they can make a difference. I want them to be productive for themselves and in return for society as a whole. I want them to be cutting edge…
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“If we could only do the arts everyday and forget about things like science.”
I had a delightfully long drama rehearsal with two young actors this afternoon. We put in a good hour and a half on a nine minute sketch we are working on. As we finished, one of the actors commented how she has to go home and wade through a 13 page biology study guide for…
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Getting what we earn. Nothing more.
Each new school year I am confronted with a new crop of students who tend to think they deserve what they have not earned. Now don’t get me wrong, I have incredibly motivated students who do earn a lot. But it’s never enough. And here is, invariably, where the situation arises. After I return a…
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What does our grading system prove?
I’ve been an educator for many years. I’ve thought long and hard about how to best assess students. How to be fair but tough. How to expect a lot out of my students. How it was all right for them to fail. After all, failure is necessary so kids can learn how to persevere and…
Author Mark W Sasse 