tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post1347641062528772131..comments2024-03-19T00:04:13.541-04:00Comments on Successful Teaching: Don’t Let Our Children Downloonyhikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-55721836316451106472008-09-01T13:31:00.001-04:002008-09-01T13:31:00.001-04:00laura: Glad you enjoyed it!laura: Glad you enjoyed it!loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-62701083162873261032008-09-01T13:31:00.000-04:002008-09-01T13:31:00.000-04:00m-dawg: thanks for understanding!m-dawg: thanks for understanding!loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-79541315218870153612008-09-01T13:30:00.000-04:002008-09-01T13:30:00.000-04:00TS: I kept telling them if she could do the work w...TS: I kept telling them if she could do the work w/o assistance in 30 minutes and still make As, then she was not being challenged enough. They would not admit that and said it was more of an issue of following directions. I ended up finding stuff to challenge her at home. <BR/><BR/>I think if we use more universal design for learning, we could meet the needs of individual students. The only loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-89702474530396577702008-08-31T15:15:00.000-04:002008-08-31T15:15:00.000-04:00What an infectious young man! We sometimes forget...What an infectious young man! We sometimes forget as teachers that students yearn to learn from us. Thank you for sharing a tremendously inspirational video. I believe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-31950169932757239192008-08-30T10:35:00.000-04:002008-08-30T10:35:00.000-04:00First, the video of the 5th grader was so inspirat...First, the video of the 5th grader was so inspirational to me. That young man "gets it"! And, I hope all those educators in that auditorium "gets it" too!<BR/><BR/>Second, your daughter was robbed of a decent education that year in school. She could've been pushed further. And, those teachers made a bad choice to not help your daughter rise above her potential.<BR/><BR/>Why are we in education M-Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597592214404682497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-51435262258491431032008-08-28T08:43:00.000-04:002008-08-28T08:43:00.000-04:00Those anecdotes make me angry at the school your d...Those anecdotes make me angry at the school your daughter attends. Who knows what really happens based on your brief one sides review, however, assuming it's exactly as you say, that school embarasses the whole group. Teachers are in a constant fight to be seen as professional and valuable. Having teachers ignore a good student who is willing to do extra work for goodness sakes is terrible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com