Monday, February 25, 2008

Interesting

I enjoyed watching both videos. I thought that the Seinfield skit was a good example of how some students are not really interested in what teachers bring to the table to teach students but instead are more interested in what they need to know to make a grade or pass a test. I think it shows how we as teachers have to work with students to debunk the grade-based teaching idealogy. We have to think of better ways to show students that school is about learning, it is about experience and preparing students for the real world not test.

I thought the other video was interesting as well it's always nice to hear people talk about how important teachers are because I know that there are going to be days where we don't feel important or even like we are reaching students.

2 comments:

Stacy said...

And it really isn't about memorizing dates!!

Priscilla Wilson said...

Totally on! I agree. I do think we can make a difference, and students genuinely care most of the time about their education.