In his first year of gradual school in English Education, Yr Doktor Zoom took a class on doing research in written composition. A troublemaker even then, we did a project where we attempted to compare the writing of kids attending public schools with the writing done by kids in a Christian school that used self-paced, workbook-based instruction from an outfit called
I think it shows America's exceptionalism when we allow tax-free cults to turn children into complete idiots and then permit them to vote and hold public office.
And sadly, too many students today WANT to be fed the facts so that they can regurgitate them. i just finished a unit on Macbeth with University-destination grade 11's; in a class discussion on Macbeth, only 3 (three) of 27 could identify "ambition" as the defining characteristic of Macbeth- because I hadn't told them that yet. Because they couldn't figure it out from what he said and did. Ye Gods.
I am sorry to say that the "regurgitate a line from the thing you read" mindset is alive and well in textbook-affliated test banks today, in college even. I guess that confers an advantage to these kids.
They're airplanes?
I'd like to think I came upon my rockin and rollin and devil worshippin on my own, but I'll give 'em that one. They certainly helped.
Or doesn't taste rubber cementy enough because the orange marmalade & anchovy marinade hides the flavor.
Makes me wonder why we ever did away with those dang literacy tests.
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Where are the answers posted?
Nancy, I think her name is Nancy.
I think it shows America&#039;s exceptionalism when we allow tax-free cults to turn children into complete idiots and then permit them to vote and hold public office.
she called herself Lil
And sadly, too many students today WANT to be fed the facts so that they can regurgitate them. i just finished a unit on Macbeth with University-destination grade 11&#039;s; in a class discussion on Macbeth, only 3 (three) of 27 could identify &quot;ambition&quot; as the defining characteristic of Macbeth- because I hadn&#039;t told them that yet. Because they couldn&#039;t figure it out from what he said and did. Ye Gods.
Ah. This explains why both my sons want to join the armed forces.
I am sorry to say that the &quot;regurgitate a line from the thing you read&quot; mindset is alive and well in textbook-affliated test banks today, in college even. I guess that confers an advantage to these kids.
It&#039;s probably Government blue cheese
Except when it is something bad, then the answer is:
&quot;Obama did it.&quot; Alternative acceptable answers: &quot;Hitler&quot; and &quot;Satan&quot;
That&#039;s it, is it?
I forget what number covers &quot;Freedom of Ignorance&quot; in the Bill of Rights.