Berengaria
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Great Music
by Berengaria init appears that many of the best music threads have been purged.
i can't imagine the formula that would eliminate such wonderousness while preserving "involuntary muscular contractions", but so it is.. the first offering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2vh8jwyqa.
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Did you suffer humiliating childhood experiences as a JW?
by yadda yadda 2 inin john cedar's (jwsurvey.org) latest excellent article on his blog about a us teacher that got reprimanded for trying to force a jw boy to salute the american flag, he relates a similar childhood experience where he was terribly humiliated at school in view of his classmates.. this reminded me of a similar humiliating experience i suffered at school, when i was 11 years old.
during our school's end of year 'prom night' (not actually called that in the country i live) which was in the style of a disco night, my unbalanced jw mother came to pick me up early and stormed right into the hall and grabbed my arm and pulled me out in front of all my friends right in the middle of the dancing.
on the way out she gave the teachers a lecture about the music being far too loud and how unwholesome the whole thing was for children of my age.
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Berengaria
Aggghhh. I remember in Kindergarten, the teacher, Mrs. Barajas, coming up to me during the flag salute (I stood with the rest, arms at sides) and jerked my right arm up and slapped it on my chest angrily. I was totally mortified.
Holidays....................Glee Club..............Shudder
When I was about 7, myself and another little girl went to a door (why the hell were two little girls probably no more than 7 and 10 alone at the door??) and a lady came to the window that looked over the porch and literally screamed at us "you should be ashamed of yourselves". I was. My stomach still gets knots when I think of that one.
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
Words fail.
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
Bravo Oubliette!!
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
The complaint that teachers have to "teach to the test" is a long standing one. My limited experience with common core is that it actually gives teachers more opportunity for creativity. One thing I have heard (from teachers) is that those teachers who have been teaching for some time and are comfortable with their routines, have a lot of work ahead of them. They are not happy about it. Teachers who are already engaged and creative will have easier going. We have two young English teachers that are new to our school, they both came in last year and comprise the "English Department" at our small school. They are doing amazing things.
Remember, each state/school district is responsible for creating their own curriculum under the standards.
Most of the articles you have linked do not cite the fear and paranoia that you are presenting. Of course there will always be discussions and disagreements on the best way to accomplish any goal. Nothing wrong with that as long as those discussions are based on facts and understanding of the subject.
We are done a great disservice when people like Glen Beck weigh in with their fear mongering tactics on such important issues.
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
Private schools are also adopting common core.
There is nothing secretive about it. Here is the website http://www.corestandards.org/
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
Speaker: Common Core gives teachers freedom
September 21, 2013 10:30 PM ShareThis | Print Story | E-Mail Story BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER
Common Core gives teachers more freedom than before in the classroom, something that Yuma officials say they are embracing.
As part of a presentation featuring the Yuma Union High School District, Associate Superintendent James Sheldahl debunked a few myths that exist on the Common Core State Standards.
Sheldahl explained to a group of community members in attendance during this month's Know Yuma: Inside and Out presentation that contrary to popular belief the new standards are not nationally mandated, they were developed by governors and state school chiefs. He added that Arizona voluntarily signed on to become a Common Core State Standards state.
Other schools of thought are that the current state tests, such as AIMS (Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards), aren't broken and a new end of year test like the PARCC (Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) is not needed. The PARCC exam is currently being considered by Arizona's State Board of Education and the Department of Education as a possible assessment to replace the AIMS.
"Some say the AIMS test is fine; well, we have all kinds of data we can show you and all kind of scattergrams to show you that the AIMS exam is not fine... The AIMS test is not aligned to college readiness. There are multiple highly reputable research organizations that have done research on that and have come to the same conclusion."
Also, he said that Common Core does not dictate texts that teachers will use for instruction.
"In the past there were a handful of textbook companies that pretty much dictated what teachers around the country used as resources in the classroom," he said. "...What standards are, is a statement in each academic area - statements that clearly describe what kids need to know or be able to do. It doesn't say how the teachers need to teach it... Most of our teachers who teach in the Cambridge curriculum find it very liberating, they find that they can actually be much more creative and much more resourceful in their teaching and what they can provide to their kids prior to textbook bound curriculum."
Now, Sheldahl said, students have netbooks and teachers provide students with historical documents, for example, instead of reading from an 18-pound textbooks, which the district hasn't purchased since 2007.
Administrator Laura Campbell added that the courses YUHSD is offering to students through their recent Ready Now Yuma initiative are focused in the Cambridge curriculum, which are already aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
Campbell, who is the district's Ready Now Yuma director, explained that the Cambridge curriculum is no longer based on things like students memorizing content, but developing their skills necessary to be successful in their pursuits after graduation like analytical and critical thinking skills.
In history, for example, she said that it won't focus on 10,000 years ago to modern day, but it will allow them to go deeper into authentic historical documents.
She commented that along with the Common Core, the district's college and career readiness approach focuses on: think, know, go, act strategies.
"When students are actively involved in their own learning and they're guiding where they're going in a course or within their high school career, they're much more involved and those skills and techniques just become a part of who they are as opposed to something we're trying to force feed down their throat," she said.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/common-89721-core-teachers.html#ixzz2k45SN2cp -
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How do you feel about Common Core education?
by nonjwspouse inespecially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
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Berengaria
Are you in New York?
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Great Music
by Berengaria init appears that many of the best music threads have been purged.
i can't imagine the formula that would eliminate such wonderousness while preserving "involuntary muscular contractions", but so it is.. the first offering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2vh8jwyqa.
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Great Music
by Berengaria init appears that many of the best music threads have been purged.
i can't imagine the formula that would eliminate such wonderousness while preserving "involuntary muscular contractions", but so it is.. the first offering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2vh8jwyqa.
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