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Hold on, is she a student? If so, why does a âpre-teenâ have a major and already studying for an adult job?If sheâs an intern, why does she need to learn all that?
I once was assigned to teach the elementary ed majors the one and only math class they would ever have. I called it âchicken algebra.â It was mostly simple arithmetic with the simplest of equations, like 2+2x=8. A goodly number had to take it three times to pass the course. When my kid was in elementary school, he did his homework, and I corrected the teacherâs grading of his homework. They argued about the one where the kids were supposed to imagine planting a shrub every ten feet around the building and report how many shrubs. Iâm not sure she every understood that you didnât count the corners twice. And they never did grasp the difference between and and or in word problems. These were Gen-X who could not be tech-addicted, as there wasnât enough tech. No, it was just elementary ed majors.
As an undergrad, I also had to take courses on teaching from the Education Department in which the professors consistently violated every precept of teaching they pretended to be teaching. The course on producing visual aids and tests was that, without actual instruction, beginning from day one taking the final and through negative feedback eventually got it right. It was not anyoneâs age. It was a plain rotten system for training teachers.
kaystari Premium Member about 5 hours ago
Hold on, is she a student? If so, why does a âpre-teenâ have a major and already studying for an adult job?If sheâs an intern, why does she need to learn all that?
MeGoNow Premium Member about 1 hour ago
I once was assigned to teach the elementary ed majors the one and only math class they would ever have. I called it âchicken algebra.â It was mostly simple arithmetic with the simplest of equations, like 2+2x=8. A goodly number had to take it three times to pass the course. When my kid was in elementary school, he did his homework, and I corrected the teacherâs grading of his homework. They argued about the one where the kids were supposed to imagine planting a shrub every ten feet around the building and report how many shrubs. Iâm not sure she every understood that you didnât count the corners twice. And they never did grasp the difference between and and or in word problems. These were Gen-X who could not be tech-addicted, as there wasnât enough tech. No, it was just elementary ed majors.
As an undergrad, I also had to take courses on teaching from the Education Department in which the professors consistently violated every precept of teaching they pretended to be teaching. The course on producing visual aids and tests was that, without actual instruction, beginning from day one taking the final and through negative feedback eventually got it right. It was not anyoneâs age. It was a plain rotten system for training teachers.