[RC] Keeping it Fair and Endurance Related - Kathleen
“Why? Because it's no different from our public schools, which refuse to
recognize that individuals learn better in different ways in different
environments. It's impossible to deal with all the variations.”
I have stayed out of this incessant argument about
clinicians and the wonders and pitfalls of each of their techniques but enough
is enough!
The quote above is absolutely ignorant, unfair and uncalled
for in this discussion strand. There is NO NEED to denigrate an entire profession
to make your point.
Not only do public school teachers recognize that
individuals learn better in different environments, we spend tremendous amounts
of time making sure that our unit plans include multiple intelligences, all learning
styles, variable developmental levels, accommodations for special education
students and English language learners, not to mention kids from disrupted home
situations, migrant students, students with health challenges, students with
attendance problems, and on and on and on.
The federal pressure (NCLB) for standardized testing has
created difficulties for individualizing the assessment of student progress but
teachers continue to work hard to meet each of our student’s individual needs
on a daily basis.
None of you are going to change each other’s mind so
how about agreeing to disagree and moving onto a more endurance specific topic.
Kathleen Ferguson
National Board Certified Teacher – AYA Biology
Master’s of Education – Measurement and Evaluation
