Posted by
Seer1963 on Monday, September 24, 2007 9:36:09 AM
The President of the NEA says that No Child Left Behind works. He is amazed that it works, but admits it works. Did you know? It is truly amazing that people are surprised it works. Let's see, if I want to teach a dog a trick, I have to actually "teach" the trick. Making teachers teach, even if it is to a test, gets children to learn new things. The thought that it would not work was truly unbelievable. Teachers being forced to teach actual reading, writing, and arithmetic, instead of "how to live your life better" improved the students reading, writing, and arithmetic. I remember, years ago, people talking about teaching Ebonics (Urban Ethnic Lang) instead of English. It was insanity like that, the insanity of teaching the "pop culture" subjects, instead of teaching the neccesary subjects that have caused so many problems in our country. To complain about people not reading enough and not teach them English seems a little disingenuous to me.