Drumming for Money
Things that have me thinking are the following:
» Is homework really such a bad thing? Is it possible for students to be successful if they don’t do homework. I’ve never been one to assign tons and tons of homework but how much can it hurt to practice just a bit at home. Why do some parents refuse to be accountable for the learning of their children? It’s their child. Why does everything fall on someone else and never on them. It’s outrageous at times how parents behave.
» Who came up with the idiotic idea of teaching a math lesson a day? Pacing calendars are necessary but a lesson a day? You can’t expect learning to take place like that.
» Is school accountability wrong? Why do we get clumped together as a whole in regards to test scores? Why not do this by grade level. I think that would be a more effective. Why do I get test scores three months after the kids took the test. Can’t I get a sneak peek? Last year I think I got a teacher report card. This year I recieved nothing. Did the budget cuts affect this?
» Is it evil if I start “teaching to the test” while at the same time making education fun? Is that a good compromise? More science experiments! Chess! Podcasts! Webcasts!
» As a parent it must be tough to accept that not all your kids have the same abilities but at what point do you accept that reality? Not every sibling is exactly the same and each one has various strengths. Why not accept it?
» Finally, why is it that I don’t see more crazy kids having fun outside? This past Sunday afternoon we were driving back into town and we some kids banging away on a drum. We slowed down to see what was up and we got a much needed laugh. The kids are future musicians!
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