What Did You Learn in School Today: Tom Paxton
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August 23, 2011 at 11:25 am
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August 23, 2011 at 5:18 pm
The first Tom Paxton song I ever heard!
August 23, 2011 at 6:47 pm
John,
I’m impressed you remember. I haven’t the faintest idea though Can’t Help Wonder Where I’m Bound popped into my head.
August 23, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Great song.. wish schools were teaching something else these days.
August 23, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Lori,
Schools are teaching to the state and federally mandated testing. If the schools don’t succeed, they get labeled under performing which brings a slew of problems. That little little time for other stuff.
What in specific do you wish was being taught?
August 23, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Here, they are being taught to take the tests to pass from what we call “every child left behind”. They are not taught to think on their own, question any material that is not on the tests. Art, and all those other goodies have been cut. Teachers face class sizes that are too big, and don’t really have a choice. If one has money, they go to private schools, but the children I taught ( volunteer ) are in a poorer neighborhood. They went to a great after school program, which was cut for political reasons. I think I sent you the video where I won tutor of the year.
August 23, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Lori,
It is called No Child Left Behind and is a federal mandate which judges schools based on their performances as rated in comparison with federally developed standards. It was intended to help raise the standards of poorer schools which are without the resources of richer schools. It is failing and states have started asking to opt out of the mandate because of weaknesses they say they are finding in the law.
Massachusetts has has its own testing, the MCAS, and students cannot graduate without having passed English, math, science and history. The curriculum lack originality has most schools have to teach to the test.