Howdy!

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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

"Michael Houghton" wrote in message
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Howyd!

In article ,
Tom Sixkiller wrote:

"Judah" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in
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Teachers hardly make minimun wage. Even if we paid them $100K, they don't
know _how_ to teach (besides being beholden to the unions). Further, even
those who LOVE to teach, still miss HOW the human mind learns and grasps
information in the form of concepts. That's why most all of "education"
is
now BY ROTE.

Bull****. You don't even bother to slip in a weasely "most"; you simply
tar all teachers with your calumny.

Well, if in sending my kids to public schools all these years (they're all
in or past college now) I'd seen even ONE that comprehended HOW the young
minds grasps knowledge I'd say "most". That's not been me experience.

....so on the basis of your limited sample, you assert a universal condition.
As I said, "bull****". You seem to suggest, as well, that children all learn
the same way. More bogon flux. If they all learned the same way, wouldn't you
think there would be greater uniformity in educational approaches? Instead,
we have Montessori (works for some, but not for others), boot camps, etc.

You show no grasp of the lameness of your claim.


I won't deny that there are a significant number of teachers whose ability
to teach is questionable, but many teachers actually give a damn about
their
students, doing their best to *teach*. Oh, and "rote learning" is not so
nearly ubiquitous as you would claim.

"Giving a damn" is completely worthless if they don't know _HOW_ it works.

Huh?

Your tirade is so full of manure that it is laughable -- or would be if
you weren't expressing a range of opinions that are painfully common.

You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Is that the best you can come up with? You don't offer meaningful substance
to your outlandish claims. You are just blathering.

yours,
Michael


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