Amie Beadles
Joined: 23 Apr 2008 01:57 pm
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Posted: 02 May 2008 11:33 am
Post Subject: Re: Students at JT Read Article
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| I was a student at Robert E. Lee 10 years ago when the IB program was first enacted at John Tyler. Now I have been a teacher at JT for almost three years. Do you really want to know what the true problem is?
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| Ever since "TAKS" was accepted as the defining line of education for every student, it inevitably became a severe limitation as well.
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| There is a huge difference between a curriculum centered around an end of course exam and one that is based on TAKS. With TAKS, students cannot ever receive adequate presentation of a full concept, but only bits and pieces. Learning through TAKS is quite like understanding all the ingredients to a recipe but never receiving the actual recipe to know how all things fit together. How frustrating would this be for you? Now keep in mind, students are getting tested to death on top of this. Can you honestly imagine how difficult it is for these students to be required to master 5-9 chapters in just maybe a four week period? It is as hard on teachers as well as students.
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| As for who's job it is to inspire students...IT IS everyone's job to inspire them! I would not want to be a student in this day and age...I praise them everyday for coming to school...Wherever the IB program goes, TISD will make sure students find it....it is not about location, but availability. |
What is so hard about 5-9 chapters in a four week period? That is what is wrong with so many incoming freshmen in college is that they are so used to the slow pace of high school that they get go crazy when they get to college.
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