tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post4516266552169944596..comments2023-06-24T05:56:00.941-07:00Comments on Ars Brevis: Weighing CalvesTallTchrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552334653035259673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post-51065832724151924112010-05-06T11:52:34.117-07:002010-05-06T11:52:34.117-07:00Way too much emphasis is placed on testing these d...Way too much emphasis is placed on testing these days. I think teachers are a valuable resource. Unfortunately their talents are being wasted on teaching for testing and not utilized to promote a love for learning. Future generations are being short changed with this mindset.Paula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post-9464730039438663172010-05-06T11:52:21.204-07:002010-05-06T11:52:21.204-07:00Way too much emphasis is placed on testing these d...Way too much emphasis is placed on testing these days. I think teachers are a valuable resource. Unfortunately their talents are being wasted on teaching for testing and not utilized to promote a love for learning. Future generations are being short changed with this mindset.Paula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post-10990336316018093192010-05-02T11:45:09.681-07:002010-05-02T11:45:09.681-07:00Thank you for the comment, Dragonfly.
Duta, I&#...Thank you for the comment, Dragonfly. <br /><br />Duta, I'll write about students one of these days. I think young teachers are a precious national resource and I hate to see them shut out of their chosen profession when we need them so much. Thank you for the aside about the Netherlands. You are about the most worldly person I know.TallTchrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552334653035259673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post-848123209309478882010-04-30T11:14:25.396-07:002010-04-30T11:14:25.396-07:00I wouldn't worry too much about the young teac...I wouldn't worry too much about the young teachers. Being young they could go look for other work possibilities, as teaching, nowadays, is a hard, demanding and not so rewarding profession.<br /><br />The big problem lies not in tests, money, teachers , but in - pupils. Not all of them, of course, but most of the pupils lack discipline and quality. Under these circumstances, schools cost too DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272464485763003717.post-59128049069332496832010-04-29T18:00:26.151-07:002010-04-29T18:00:26.151-07:00I love this post and your perspective.I love this post and your perspective.dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355731393155760775noreply@blogger.com