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agree with Isaac, I believe the school system is very sub-par. Isaac makes many good points the thing that
stood out the most to me was about how teachers who are not excited to teach. This really does have a major effect on me as
a student. I have had some very monotone
unenthusiastic teachers. This surely
effects how much effort I give in class.
My senior year in high school I had a very unenthusiastic physics
teacher and I just gave no effort in class and would sleep every day. This teacher acted like she cared at first
but then eventually gave up on me and just left me alone during class. I ended up getting a 70 in the class and less
than a 50% on the final exam. I would
have been more willing to give effort is she made class interesting and if she
was not so biased towards the other students.
Also Isaac talked about the strong push towards math and
not the humanities. I do not like this
push because I am extremely bad at math.
This type of learning problem solving can be taught through many other
ways not just math and science. I would
say I am an average problem solver learning to become a better one, but I’m not
learning through math and science, I am learning this through the humanities
like political science classes and classes that teach me how to think
critically.
So if the school system had super fun teachers that were
excited about teaching, I think that students would be much more willing to
learn. And the fact that math and
science are being taught more so than other areas of study.
You sleep in our class sometimes--am I too monotone?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, it's all fun to be entertaining and such, but what makes for a truly engaging experience as you see it? Besides altering voice tone, what makes for an interesting experience?
This is not about you, I only sleep in class when I stay up past my bed time. I was speaking more about high school teachers who do not fully understand what they are teaching.
ReplyDeleteI know--just joking!
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