Mrs. Olsen: Any questions? Caulfield: Is ground zero in square one, or is square one on ground zero? She said I was a pain in the address. Frazz: You seem to know exactly how to get there.
Most of my teachers growing up didn’t mind “i’m just curious” questions as long as it was on the subject they were currently trying teach, but would get flustered if we went off topic.
this is like the gag with Lucy and the football. the teacher should know by now never to ask if there are ant questions. now all kids need to know are the answers to the questions on the state evaluation tests they have to take.
Gee Man, I get tired of the strange attitude some people have about schools, kids and teachers these days, too. And, Dang, it’s difficult to discuss the issues with somebody who doesn’t have a clue about the subject they’re talking about…..
Everybody went to school, so they know all about how to teach, as opposed to how to drive a truck, or edit a newspaper (or clean a toilet or maintain a boiler, which Frazz must do!) Yesterday’s strip had Mrs. Olson saying she lost the test key so she gave everyone a B, meaning the cartoonist thinks that even the every day tests in things like Social Studies come out pre=printed! Most teachers (especially in grade school) make the tests up based on what they covered in the unit, folks! The real Mrs Olson wouldn’t need a key because she’d KNOW what the answers were – including a range of variables that would get a kid full or partial credit even if it didn’t match the textbook 100% because she could see how or THAT the kid was thinking!
It seems like having standardized tests would be a good way to try to keep the grades standardized so that a high school education means the same thing across the country and so a kid can transfer to a new school without being behind.
I have a feeling that the problem with teaching to the test is maybe that the test isn’t very good? Maybe I’m missing something.
Maybe it’s the difference between “multiple guess” and essay?
I’m not a teacher, nevertheless I do get really tired of the “these kids today don’t know how easy they have it; why in my day” rants. Both my daughters attend public high schools, and they receive good grades because they WORK for them. I stopped being able to help them with their homework even before it included physics, calculus etc.
mdcdjg2008 over 11 years ago
Most of my teachers growing up didn’t mind “i’m just curious” questions as long as it was on the subject they were currently trying teach, but would get flustered if we went off topic.
magicwalnut over 11 years ago
I’m a retired teacher. , I LOVED any question that wasn’t, “Will this be on the test?”
paultunes over 11 years ago
this is like the gag with Lucy and the football. the teacher should know by now never to ask if there are ant questions. now all kids need to know are the answers to the questions on the state evaluation tests they have to take.
phoenixnyc over 11 years ago
I will always take Caulfield’s reaction when he learned what it meant that Mrs. Olson’s sciatic nerve was flaring up:
“I’ve been REPLACED?????”
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
do teachers actually teach anymore, or do they teach to the test and give out packet work.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Gee Man, I get tired of the strange attitude some people have about schools, kids and teachers these days, too. And, Dang, it’s difficult to discuss the issues with somebody who doesn’t have a clue about the subject they’re talking about…..
Mary McNeil Premium Member over 11 years ago
Everybody went to school, so they know all about how to teach, as opposed to how to drive a truck, or edit a newspaper (or clean a toilet or maintain a boiler, which Frazz must do!) Yesterday’s strip had Mrs. Olson saying she lost the test key so she gave everyone a B, meaning the cartoonist thinks that even the every day tests in things like Social Studies come out pre=printed! Most teachers (especially in grade school) make the tests up based on what they covered in the unit, folks! The real Mrs Olson wouldn’t need a key because she’d KNOW what the answers were – including a range of variables that would get a kid full or partial credit even if it didn’t match the textbook 100% because she could see how or THAT the kid was thinking!
krisl73 over 11 years ago
It seems like having standardized tests would be a good way to try to keep the grades standardized so that a high school education means the same thing across the country and so a kid can transfer to a new school without being behind.
I have a feeling that the problem with teaching to the test is maybe that the test isn’t very good? Maybe I’m missing something.
Maybe it’s the difference between “multiple guess” and essay?
mdcdjg2008 over 11 years ago
have to say I love the Dalek pic for your profile.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
I’m not a teacher, nevertheless I do get really tired of the “these kids today don’t know how easy they have it; why in my day” rants. Both my daughters attend public high schools, and they receive good grades because they WORK for them. I stopped being able to help them with their homework even before it included physics, calculus etc.