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Article #4Re: Dropping standards
From: terphenyl
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 02:46
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 02:46
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BMJ wrote: > > > > Remember these two words: student success. That's all that matters. Yep. Otherwise, you could be the worst instructor on the face of the planet--ill-prepared, mumbling, surly [To any question you could fix the student with a stare and shout "Whattdya, stooopid!"], and do very little work actually teaching, and get away with it. Look at what a fool that Jaime Escalente was. " Before class, my AP Team has "warms-ups" (hand clapping and foot stomping to the rock song "We Will Rock You," played over my Bose loudspeakers). They wear classy satin team jackets, caps and tee-shirts, and their "practice schedule" is as rigorous as that of any championship football team. These are all part of my effort to make math fun, a team activity." ANd... "I learned early in my career that teaching is fun - at least, it should be fun. Students learn better when they are having a good time. While I teach respect and discipline and I demand a great deal of hard work from my students, I always try to do it in a way that is fun. "Students who enter the Escalante Math Program must sign a contract which binds them to participation in the summer programs held at ELAC, strict completion of daily homework, and attendance at Saturday morning and after-school study sessions. The students' parents are also required to sign the contract." http://www.thefutureschannel.com/math_program_jaime_escalante.htm#2origins Would have been easier to just give the same boring calculus course year after year (no need to change preps), and after a very short while, very few would be taking your course. Much easier. Yep, standards are dropping. Schools now will hire any mumble-mouthed incompetent Ph.D over a talented teacher like Mr. Escalente (no Ph.D.; GASP!).
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