Superintendent emailed me. Here is his signature line.
Expecting a kid to learn only from a textbook is like asking them to look at a travel brochure and calling it a vacation.
Walk into my son's room.. taking his summer school online final. He hides his phone. No kidding he is googling the test answers. As we move remote we can't assess the same ways. They WILL Google it!!!
A superintendent emailed me. Here is his email signature line
"You wouldn’t go to a hospital that looked the same as 50 years ago. So why do we allow this in schools? "
Dear privileged parents who want hard working teachers to provide you with things to do at home. NOTHING NOTHING assigned is better than you reading to your kid. Cooking with them. Spending time. Teachers work hard. Let them stick to inside their class. You got outside of class.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
Science is not worksheets.
I can point to more "old' teachers who are doing amazing things than I can to teachers who think they are too old to learn ____. Age is not a variable for learning. Attitude is.
I posted on FB about my books, someone replied that I shouldn't be able to wear politics at school. #BlackLivesMatter is not politics. Valuing the lives and rights of Black Americans is what is right.
Do we ask kids to be more responsible than adults? How many times have I left something at home as a teacher... did I get a zero? Did I lose points? Did I have detention? How many times does a student get to be HUMAN?
