Chicago teachers strike

[Danoff]

The teacher isn't asking the parent to do the teaching. The teacher is allowing the student to make mistakes so the teacher could understand what they need to work on in the class.

There is a way to do this in class... it's called a quiz.

 

[Azuremen]

There is a way to do this in class... it's called a quiz.

But kids can't Google the answer to quizzes, which means the teacher might actually have to teach!

💡

 

[Submerged]

Sometimes, if you do a quiz when the student has been working on the same problem in the same lesson, they will be able to answer straight off.

However from your response, I assume you mean a quiz on the topic when the student is cold to the subject (as in, they've not warmed up on it after the homework topic).

Are you going to tell me that you have a class of 30 students. you're going to quiz each student 5 to 10 times on mathematics questions verbally? Or get them to do it on paper, with 20 different questions and you mark it correctly for them?

Sometimes teachers does do things that seem a bit "lazy" but there are reasons for them doing it. If you ever want to find them out, the teacher should be more than happy to explain it to you in a reasonable manner.

Sometimes, they are constrained by educational decreed that imply they must set certain workload by a certain amount or face disapproval from management. What most people don't realise with teachers is that they face a LOT of red tape and a lot of governmental pressure which runs against what is actually good for the children or not.

 

[Danoff]

Are you going to tell me that you have a class of 30 students. you're going to quiz each student 5 to 10 times on mathematics questions verbally? Or get them to do it on paper, with 20 different questions and you mark it correctly for them?

You mean like homework? See where I'm going here?


Edit:

Don't like the word quiz? Call it classwork.

 

[Keef]

Want to get kids to keep up with the rest of the world? Cut down on the construction paper and dried macaroni and focus more on math and reading DURING CLASS!!!

That goes for all levels of education, including college. Drop the macaroni and focus on math and reading.

I mostly agree. I've been through just one course at my community college that was essentially one of those required wastes of time for many students. Something about teamwork. It was called "Student Success" and it taught you about techniques for being successful in college.

It's a waste for most students who want to get down to business, but sadly is necessary for some. There's plenty of high school kids that are just plain undereducated by the time they graduate, because of that macaroni bull that you cite. I was taught little to no problem solving skills throughout grade school, just facts. Facts don't help when you have to figure out how to organize yourself in a way that will allow success once you get pummeled by hours of college work. Because many kids don't learn that in high school the college had to take up the slack, but those few who are predisposed to not being dumb end up wasting their time and money in that class.

Besides that, I haven't had to deal with much mucky muck. From a problem-solving standpoint, 101 classes were basically 14th grade compared to where most local high school kids graduated. I'd say there's at least a year's worth of bullcrap in grade school that needs to be thrown out.

 

[bzking23]

i remember the good ol days when some teachers actually cared about you and your education, my 8th grade algebra teacher is still my favorite all time teacher just because he understood us so well, and he was in his 50's. yep but those days are gone. goodbye two years ago...

 

[Froudeybrand]

Just read a handful and Australian teachers strike like once a bloody month it has been said they have 80 days off give or take a year and get paid weekly salary pay I wish I could do that 2 weeks holidays every 6 weeks.

 

[Azuremen]

Just read a handful and Australian teachers strike like once a bloody month it has been said they have 80 days off give or take a year and get paid weekly salary pay I wish I could do that 2 weeks holidays every 6 weeks.

And a clear indication of the result of strikes right there.

 

[bzking23]

the strike is as of now over. the teachers came to an agreement and the students went back to school on Wednesday.