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conulyShe homeschools! She doesn't like the idea of tests and homework! She must be stupid!
I love the assumptions:
There's no way to judge how much a student learned unless you give tests and homework. Well, yeah, I guess they could check class participation and classwork - but how could there possibly be enough time??? Because all my classes, which ran on the "tests and homework" idea, were lecture-based, so this class must ALSO be large and lecture based, and there wouldn't be enough time to do classwork. I've never heard of class discussions, or labwork before!
And:
She withdrew her kids over this! She must not want them to learn! This must make her a bible-thumping fundie!
Aside from the obvious WTF prejudice, I have this to say: Of course, you can't learn unless you have homework and tests! This, despite the studies saying that homework and tests can be detrimental to actual learning. Seriously, think back: which did you learn better, the subject you didn't stress out over but instead liked, or the subject which had lots of tests, which you crammed for? Even if you disagree, which is fair, do you *really* think that there's no other way to learn than by lectures, homework, and tests?
I love the assumptions:
There's no way to judge how much a student learned unless you give tests and homework. Well, yeah, I guess they could check class participation and classwork - but how could there possibly be enough time??? Because all my classes, which ran on the "tests and homework" idea, were lecture-based, so this class must ALSO be large and lecture based, and there wouldn't be enough time to do classwork. I've never heard of class discussions, or labwork before!
And:
She withdrew her kids over this! She must not want them to learn! This must make her a bible-thumping fundie!
Aside from the obvious WTF prejudice, I have this to say: Of course, you can't learn unless you have homework and tests! This, despite the studies saying that homework and tests can be detrimental to actual learning. Seriously, think back: which did you learn better, the subject you didn't stress out over but instead liked, or the subject which had lots of tests, which you crammed for? Even if you disagree, which is fair, do you *really* think that there's no other way to learn than by lectures, homework, and tests?
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Date: 2004-09-09 02:44 pm (UTC)I'd rather be hated for being an individual thinker, than accepted as a conformist. No good change can happen, without individual thinkers.
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Date: 2004-09-09 02:51 pm (UTC)Individual thought IS good - in a general or moral sense. However, if your desire is to survive, it's not good. People will go out of their way to make you miserable if you're not like them, and especially if you don't think like them.
That's not cynical or sardonic. Just me being depressed. Do I do that often? I'm sorry.
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Date: 2004-09-09 03:13 pm (UTC)Agreed. :<
That's not cynical or sardonic. Just me being depressed. Do I do that often? I'm sorry.
*shrugs* I'm depressed a lot too, but I think I keep it to myself more, or maybe just express it differently. That's not a criticism, just an observation.
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Date: 2004-09-09 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-09 03:24 pm (UTC)