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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Mar 31, 2014 15:43:48 GMT -6
I have always felt that the national post-Sputnik angst was the beginning of serious problems in the public schools. An enormous flood of money suddenly became available to teachers and schools. The “new math” was one of array of innovations suggested by professors of mathematics. The Illinois state legislature apparently concluded that the best way to handle societal problems was to require teachers to teach about them. Accordingly, the list of duties of teachers in the Illinois School Code began to grow: “[g]ot a problem? Tell the teachers to teach about it.” My favorite addition was when the Code was modified to require teachers to teach “values.” In the fullness of time, legislators came up with numerous other solutions, including the No Child Left Behind approach. Don't worry Job, they have it right now, Common Core to the rescue! Sarcasm aside, I thank God my teachers were old ones, "New" math was all the rage, and to a T, they refused to adopt it. I think we were probably some of the last kids before they retired though..........
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Post by job on Mar 31, 2014 18:21:36 GMT -6
I have always felt that the national post-Sputnik angst was the beginning of serious problems in the public schools. An enormous flood of money suddenly became available to teachers and schools. The “new math” was one of array of innovations suggested by professors of mathematics. The Illinois state legislature apparently concluded that the best way to handle societal problems was to require teachers to teach about them. Accordingly, the list of duties of teachers in the Illinois School Code began to grow: “[g]ot a problem? Tell the teachers to teach about it.” My favorite addition was when the Code was modified to require teachers to teach “values.” In the fullness of time, legislators came up with numerous other solutions, including the No Child Left Behind approach. Don't worry Job, they have it right now, Common Core to the rescue! Sarcasm aside, I thank God my teachers were old ones, "New" math was all the rage, and to a T, they refused to adopt it. I think we were probably some of the last kids before they retired though.......... Someone was trying to explain to me a "new" method of teaching reading. All that I could pick up from our conversation was that guessing is an integral part of the system.
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Post by job on Apr 1, 2014 6:49:42 GMT -6
Good Lord Almighty.....(shaking my head) 'new' reading methods.....? no need for learning cursive? Why even bother learning math then? Calculators are available at dollar tree and on everyone's phone, right? Aren't calculators far more abundant and cheaper than a computer? (I suppose the reason why cursive is now considered an obsolete skill.) I wonder how people will be able to sign checks in the future.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Apr 1, 2014 11:01:43 GMT -6
Someone was trying to explain to me a "new" method of teaching reading. All that I could pick up from our conversation was that guessing is an integral part of the system. Common Core to the rescue! What is scary is the total lack of critical thinking skills taught.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Apr 1, 2014 11:04:05 GMT -6
I wonder how people will be able to sign checks in the future. Checks? What are those, not many employers give out checks these days, most are direct deposit to your bank account or to a data card that works like a debit card. Give it time and it will be direct deposited to your cell phone.
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Post by job on Apr 1, 2014 11:27:09 GMT -6
I wonder how people will be able to sign checks in the future. Checks? What are those, not many employers give out checks these days, most are direct deposit to your bank account or to a data card that works like a debit card. Give it time and it will be direct deposited to your cell phone. How about signing a will? Perhaps, we will revert back to the days when people "made their mark" instead of signing their names.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Apr 1, 2014 14:48:06 GMT -6
Checks? What are those, not many employers give out checks these days, most are direct deposit to your bank account or to a data card that works like a debit card. Give it time and it will be direct deposited to your cell phone. How about signing a will? Perhaps, we will revert back to the days when people "made their mark" instead of signing their names. Sadly, living breathing entities like the Constitution, or this country seem to live lives as we do, by the end, you can barely recognize them, they aren't able to reason, and they require diapers to stand to be around them.......... But Greek will entertain us with his magical fiddle, and hey, Obama hit his 7 million mark. All is well, nothing to see here.
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