Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Olden Days
Do you remember when you were in elementary school? Did you ever think, wow this class is so hard! I definitely remember thinking that. Well, today many of the things we learned as elementary students don't even exist anymore. The school system upgraded all of the standards and so, therefore, classes got even harder. The government expects so much more from students these days. I work for America Reads and so I get to help tutor students from different schools. Honestly, some of the homework they have is difficult for me to understand! I think that's pretty sad. I'm not sure if it is helping our future generations or making it hurt more because more and more kids are failing grades. Elementary school should be for introductory knowledge. Why do they have to be pressured to learn about things I didn't learn about until junior/senior high school?
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I think this is absurd. I remember reading my fourth grade cousin's homework and he is actually learning geometry, something that is taught in 10th grade!! I think the state testing is pushing the schools to implement more difficult lesson plans. We should really put a stop to this. It isn't fair to the kids to put so much pressure on them to learn information that is so challenging.
ReplyDeleteI have that same problem lol. I work at a daycare and a lot of the times the kids will come over to me asking for help and i have to read the question over and over again because i dont understand. They make every question so complicated and included practically three questions within one question. I think that state test need to ease up and allow kids to enjoy learning.
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