I too like hores. hores are nice to look at. I like driving down the road and seeing hores along the roadside. hores are surprisingly affordable if you go to a ranch.
The sad/serious part: When I was in grad school (M.A. education)--they "taught" us to do just as Mark says: limit highlighting mistakes and try not to "discourage" students. Our program (a highly ranked educational program in the U.S.--top 10) even went as far as to eliminate the usage of red pens--and made us use green or purple pens because red pens made students feel bad. (I imagine that in 10 years, the pendulum will shift back to red once green pens make students feel bad).
I totally agreed with the sentiment of not discouraging students, but not by sacrificing standards. There is a train of thought that says to identify patterns of error and attack the problem from a "big picture" angle (highlight ONE example of the pattern of error and advise the student through the rest) but you can't do that with really young students.
Perhaps is the teachers gave the papers back to students and let them find their own mistakes and give them credit for doing so. They may be harder on themselves than the teachers are.
I am in an inner-city K-8 public school in Michigan on a routine basis and look at the examples of student work taped to the wall outside the classrooms.
Based on what I see all the time, I have no trouble believing this is authentic.
anon 9:27 am: how many inner-city public schools have you visited lately?
Can we please move the postings away from general commentary on the downfall of our education system and make to the topic at hand: Hores and how funny, entertaining, pricey and great to look at they are.
How are children supposed to know what they did wrong, if there is a limit of three markups? How ridiculous! I still can't believe the stupidity of that rule. Poor children, it's not fair. I WANTED to know what I'd done wrong when I was in school, how else could I correct the errors I was making?!!
Love how this is being passed around the internet as "My kid's friend just wrote this" or "my kid's teacher showed us this..." No they didn't - it's everywhere.
HT: Jesse Sievers
I too like hores. hores are nice to look at. I like driving down the road and seeing hores along the roadside. hores are surprisingly affordable if you go to a ranch.
ReplyDeleteI was at my Auntie's last weekend and she was moaning about classroom standards.
ReplyDeleteShe is no longer allowed to scrawl all over essays correcting spelling and grammar.
They are limited to highlighting 3 spelling mistakes per page, a quota that would be exhausted in the first sentence of your example!
She says the limit has been imposed to prevent children being disheartened..
(This is in the UK)
If the little ones get too disheartened, they could always treat them to rides on a few hores. Just a suggestion.
ReplyDeleteThe no child left behind policies work!
ReplyDeletegood hores can be really expensive. just ask eliot spitzer, he knows all about cheap hores from a ranch.
ReplyDeleteand don't forget that it's important to properly saddle your hores so that you ride them properly. that's how accidents can occur!
The funny part: I was ROFL!!! TOO FUNNY.
ReplyDeleteThe sad/serious part: When I was in grad school (M.A. education)--they "taught" us to do just as Mark says: limit highlighting mistakes and try not to "discourage" students. Our program (a highly ranked educational program in the U.S.--top 10) even went as far as to eliminate the usage of red pens--and made us use green or purple pens because red pens made students feel bad. (I imagine that in 10 years, the pendulum will shift back to red once green pens make students feel bad).
I totally agreed with the sentiment of not discouraging students, but not by sacrificing standards. There is a train of thought that says to identify patterns of error and attack the problem from a "big picture" angle (highlight ONE example of the pattern of error and advise the student through the rest) but you can't do that with really young students.
Perhaps is the teachers gave the papers back to students and let them find their own mistakes and give them credit for doing so. They may be harder on themselves than the teachers are.
ReplyDeleteStan (from New Jersey)
Oops. Found mine. Should be "Perhaps if . . ."
ReplyDeleteStan
I vote fake.
ReplyDeleteI am in an inner-city K-8 public school in Michigan on a routine basis and look at the examples of student work taped to the wall outside the classrooms.
ReplyDeleteBased on what I see all the time, I have no trouble believing this is authentic.
anon 9:27 am: how many inner-city public schools have you visited lately?
Can we please move the postings away from general commentary on the downfall of our education system and make to the topic at hand: Hores and how funny, entertaining, pricey and great to look at they are.
ReplyDeleteI mean back to the topic at hand, "back", not "make". That would not back any sense.
ReplyDeleteHow are children supposed to know what they did wrong, if there is a limit of three markups? How ridiculous! I still can't believe the stupidity of that rule. Poor children, it's not fair. I WANTED to know what I'd done wrong when I was in school, how else could I correct the errors I was making?!!
ReplyDeleteLove how this is being passed around the internet as "My kid's friend just wrote this" or "my kid's teacher showed us this..." No they didn't - it's everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI think we need to change it to the "More Children Left Behind Act"
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