my middle school teacher told me something once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildor
"if you leave it there"
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my middle school teacher told me something once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildor
"if you leave it there"
No Wildor, you must sit quietly and raise your hand with 2 fingers extended to use the restrooms
* makes a mess on the floor and starts crying... *
Haha! Need a mop and a bucket?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildor
I don't have a problem with kids going to the restroom. You don't need my permission. I don't run my classes that way. It's actually rare for my kids to go to the restroom because I work them so hard and they are too involved to listen to their bladders.;)
It's not very clear to me what sort of a teacher you are (or have been) nor where in Europe you have taught.
I am assuming that you've taught in England (UK) rather than any other country, because of language, but correct me if I'm wrong.
I've got a few questions.
What would you say is the biggest difference between students in the US and in Europe?
Is the common belief in Europe that many Americans are quite unaware of what is going on in the world outside their country and in many cases have no idea where most places/countries are located on the world map, due to a lack of education or just ignorance?
Should Obama be given the go-ahead for a national health insurance scheme?
I'd contend that the public education system in the US is intended to create "Renaissance Men" who display proficiency in all four core subject areas as well as in art and PE. The focus is on creating well-rounded individuals. In the European countries I've lived in, there is much more specialization in high school in terms of the subjects the student can elect to take. So therefore I would say the US system favors breadth and the European systems I'm familiar with favor depth. But that's the system, not the students.Quote:
Originally Posted by EduLeics I
The biggest difference I've seen between the students in Europe and the students in the US is the respect in which teachers are held. Please don't misunderstand, I feel very loved and respected in the US by my peers and students, but in Europe the kids would automatically stand to attention when I came into the classroom (till I trained them out of it because it kinda freaked me out). :eek: But that's 100% just my personal experience and in no way can be generalized across two such diverse continents.
The ability or inability of US Americans to locate countries on a world map is connected to the federal accountability system called No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Social Studies is not one of the subjects that schools are assessed on for NCLB, so the trend in some places has been to cut back on Social Studies in favor of more Math or English, starting as early as the first years of school. I will say that while I have run into many US Americans with dreadful geography, but I have also met many Europeans who couldn't locate US States on a map either. Except for Italy and Florida, those are easy. :D
From personal experiance on the US student side, I know many of my classmates could care less about anything their teahcers tried to teach them, they were worried more about other "things", some legal, some not, and did not pay attention to anything out side their own little world, and others were very world consience.
All clear...Quote:
Originally Posted by Boleslav
It almost seems I'm from a different era when reading this all.. In my days (listen carefully kids, granddad is talking :D) all those things were so normal...
as an amarican i would agree that respect is not taught in our school system, freedom of something would no doubt be in jeperdy if we had to respsct people.
But Candle, I remember in my junior and senior years, there was no freedom of expression, or any other freedom now that you mention it, and the parking passes had our names on them, instead of numbers, which means any idiot could walk around, identify your vehicle based on the tag, and do what ever they wished to it.