tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post6883410033183203293..comments2023-06-25T06:35:00.953-04:00Comments on Retail Pharmacy, Life, and General Lunacy: A Quick Blurb About EducationPharmacy Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988761844897996541noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-52827390997930770412009-10-02T22:46:22.515-04:002009-10-02T22:46:22.515-04:00I can't agree more with you, although I don...I can't agree more with you, although I don't know jack about how kids really learn (even though I am taking child psychology at this very moment. ha). Not only did I dislike projects, I do VERY well with tests. I am just lucky. I can barely pay attention, skim my reading, and ace the test. I test well. Most of my friends in school did not. <br /><br />Oh well, I don't have to do it so I shouldn't care. What I hate about my college though is that most of it is papers. I am actually great at writing papers but when I am feeling lazy a test just seems so much easier...<br /><br />It seems the school system lacks a lot of discipline in recent years. I'll have to ask my cousin. She teaches 2nd or 3rd grade I'm pretty sure...SugarStarzKillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561030036065164004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-42848953128653470832008-04-12T13:10:00.000-04:002008-04-12T13:10:00.000-04:00Reading, writing, and arithmatic, taught to the tu...Reading, writing, and arithmatic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick!<BR/>They don't paddle in most schools anymore either, and look at the discipline problems they have.<BR/>Ahhhhh, the good old days.Blondefabuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383256453110862550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-67443147076219431162008-04-10T16:18:00.000-04:002008-04-10T16:18:00.000-04:00I agree...I just think that making a science proje...I agree...<BR/><BR/>I just think that making a science project worth 80% of a marking period grade for a 5th grader is pretty ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I think the emphasis on projects is getting a little out of hand. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned homework questions and tests?Pharmacy Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988761844897996541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-83289090704455997312008-04-10T16:11:00.000-04:002008-04-10T16:11:00.000-04:00That's a good point..but I still contend that what...That's a good point..but I still contend that what we learn should have some relevence to daily life...even just to make it more interesting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388441305144848353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-42482764211333582102008-04-10T15:31:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:31:00.000-04:00Teachers should be preaching understanding the mat...Teachers should be preaching understanding the material instead of memorizing it.<BR/><BR/>That's the great thing about math. You have to understand it. You can't do it if you don't understand how.<BR/><BR/>And the thought "I'll never need to know this stuff outside of school" is stupid. If you want to look at it that way, you'll never need to use 90% of the stuff you learned in school. Is anyone ever going to quiz you on history or science when you're an adult. No... It's just good to know so that you can be a well-rounded person.Pharmacy Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988761844897996541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817205780911729159.post-42411412465503169312008-04-10T14:00:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:00:00.000-04:00In some ways the hands on projects are better than...In some ways the hands on projects are better than rote memorization. After all, how much are you learning if your just blindly memorizing random crap. But yeah, the whole "it fosters creativity" is BS....Still the education system in America is in need of a huge overhaul...<BR/>I think one of the main issues is teachers need to make stuff relevant to kid's lives. They need to find a way to make students see that what is learned in the classroom really does matter to their life. In every single math class I ever took in middle school and high school, I would hear all the time, "I'm never going to need to know this in life...this is useless"...so teachers need to connect the material to real life.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388441305144848353noreply@blogger.com