The "Ah-ha!" Moment

[Unkotare]

Every teacher knows how great that moment is when you see in a student's eyes that he/she suddenly "gets it." They really do say "Ah-ha!" sometimes. A very rewarding moment. On the other hand, when a student is struggling to get to that moment but just doesn't quite break through, it is terribly disappointing. Just gotta keep at it.

 

[task0778]

Which is why we should be teaching kids how to think for themselves, instead of what someone else's idea is of what to think.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

For the life of me, I couldn't figure out division. 4/2 = 2

Then somebody told me that it was just subtracting the number on a loop.

So 12/2 is subtracting 2 from 12, 6 times so the answer is 6.

That was the secret for me.

But a lot of times, they always failed to explain things to me in a way I could understand.

 

[Unkotare]

Which is why we should be teaching kids how to think for themselves...

Which is what we are doing.

 

[Jets]

Teachers deserve all the credit in the world. They touch more lives in ways they don’t even realize.

 

[$ecular#eckler]

Which is why we should be teaching kids how to think for themselves, instead of what someone else's idea is of what to think.

How do we do that?

I have heard that for at least twenty years, probably more; and it would seem that that would be the conventional goal, but for some reason, people like you seemingly argue that that has not taken hold. What's the hold-up???

 

[task0778]

Which is what we are doing.

I hope so, but I am concerned after all this commotion about CRT, socialism, etc. It's one thing to teach what those things are, but it's another to proselytize it. It is happening I think, judging by how outraged some parents are when they find out about it.

 

[Unkotare]

I hope so, but I am concerned after all this commotion about CRT, socialism, etc. It's one thing to teach what those things are, but it's another to proselytize it. It is happening I think, judging by how outraged some parents are when they find out about it.

Personally, I haven't seen any of that. In fact, more and more teachers I know are speaking up about how they will refuse to be a part of any political shit if it does ever come to that. Seems like more media-baited 'outrage' at this point than anything else.

 

[task0778]

Personally, I haven't seen any of that. In fact, more and more teachers I know are speaking up about how they will refuse to be a part of any political shit if it does ever come to that. Seems like more media-baited 'outrage' at this point than anything else.

I have seen that too, but I have also seen what happened in VA where parents got pretty riled up and it cost the democrats. I do not buy the notion that nobody is teaching CRT, by whatever name they choose to call it. To wit:

The phrase "Critical Race Theory" appears on the Virginia Department of Education website despite Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s repeated claims the curriculum is not taught in Virginia.

On the Virginia Department of Education website, several examples of the department promoting Critical Race Theory can be found, including a presentation from 2015, when Terry McAullife was governor, that encourages teachers to "embrace Critical Race Theory" in "order to re-engineer attitudes and belief systems."

Additionally, superintendent memo 050-19 can be found on the site from February 2019 promoting both Critical Race Theory and the idea of "white fragility."
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This week, the Virginia Department of Education drew criticism for promoting a book telling teachers they "must embrace theories such as critical race theory."

In June, officials in Loudoun County, Virginia education officials acknowledged that Critical Race Theory influences their work and in July it was revealed that a Virginia school district spent over $30,000 on Critical Race Theory training for administrators.

Virginia Dept. of Education website promotes CRT despite McAuliffe claims it's 'never been taught' there

The phrase “Critical Race Theory” appears on the Virginia Department of Education website despite Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s repeated claims the curriculum is not taught in Virginia.

www.foxnews.com

Fox News some say. So what, I answer back. Is it true or not? I kinda think so.


In New York City, parents lamented that white students as young as ten years old are learning that they are perpetuating the problem of racism and that their families are racist. In North Carolina, a teachers’ conference focused on “whiteness” and “disrupting texts.” In Oregon, teachers were encouraged to take “ethnomathematics” in order to “dismantl[e] racism in mathematics.” In California, teachers were taught to hide radical left-wing indoctrination from students’ families.

Joe Biden Wants to Take Critical Race Theory to the Next Level

If the Biden administration gets its way, the federal government will soon be alternatively bribing and threatening every school district in the country to push divisive and damaging curricula on race in the classroom.

www.heritage.org

Heritage, another right-wing source. So what, I say again. Is it true or not? Are our kids being taught how to think, or what to think? It doesn't sound like a miniscule problem to me, and there could be serious ramifications down the road. I don't think we should ignore the possibility.

 

[miketx]

I had a teacher in 8th grade I wanted to touch. I dont recall her name.