I hate being mean to 15 year olds.
But this was just platitudes and motherhood statements.
Did you win an essay contest or something?
But this was just platitudes and motherhood statements.
Did you win an essay contest or something?
It's platitudes because of the vagueness. Students should want to learn, stuff should be relevant, etc etc. These are unmeasurable, untestable and thus irrefutable statements.
Given that education has as an inputs billions of dollars and amongst its outputs the future of civilisation, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a little analytical rigour.
Everyone's got one.
Public boarding schools.
Lots of folks are hurting financially these days, so there's a lot of distraction for teenagers and not enough structure. Boarding schools will go a long way to solving that.
I also think what Obama mentioned in the SOTU address is a great idea: pre-school for all, not just those who can afford it.
Far from structure, outside of class, it is much easier for students to become distracted, since one residential advisor cannot possibly supervise a hall of 30 students and keep track of there whereabouts and how they're spending time.