RE: Miseducated and automated

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You didn't leave a lot for me to say. Well written and I agree with it all.

I have a really good friend that is a lifetime member of education. 2.5 PHDs (one in ED) and a 25 year teacher at High School and College. He is fighting a lonely fight against the state of education in Arizona right now.



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I have quite a few friends who are struggling as teachers, with not may young people wanting to take the job at all. The education system doesn't attract the best candidates, but people expect their kids to be educated to a level that is unprecedented in history.

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Erv's fight is against standardized tests and the results having a bearing on the school's funding (and the teacher's standing). He feels (as do I) that teaching children to learn rather than to take tests is the key to education.

The last two years he has been mentoring student teachers. It's a hard thing.

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He feels (as do I) that teaching children to learn rather than to take tests is the key to education.

I think we have spoken about this before. Teach kids how to learn first and the entire school curriculum can be halved or - the volume taught doubled.

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