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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 690936" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Just my opinion of course. But I believe very strongly that the changes in the way general education is taught over the last 60 years or so has made it so that general education works for fewer and fewer kids.</p><p> </p><p>Example: When I went to school, when the teacher lifted his/her pointer, the entire class "shut up and listened". Which meant we could hear what the teacher was saying. No background radio playing. We frequently broke into small groups spread out across the <em>school</em> (not just in corners of the same room), where we could more effectively work together. We had a schedule - and stuck to it. An interesting question at the end of science class was noted, and used as a starting point for the next class - not an excuse to avoid the next period's subject. We were <em>taught</em> reading, and writing, and math - not just given worksheets and expected to figure it out (or given 15 ways to do the same thing). I survived because there was structure, and quietness, and direct instruction - things that are sorely lacking in most modern classrooms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 690936, member: 11791"] Just my opinion of course. But I believe very strongly that the changes in the way general education is taught over the last 60 years or so has made it so that general education works for fewer and fewer kids. Example: When I went to school, when the teacher lifted his/her pointer, the entire class "shut up and listened". Which meant we could hear what the teacher was saying. No background radio playing. We frequently broke into small groups spread out across the [I]school[/I] (not just in corners of the same room), where we could more effectively work together. We had a schedule - and stuck to it. An interesting question at the end of science class was noted, and used as a starting point for the next class - not an excuse to avoid the next period's subject. We were [I]taught[/I] reading, and writing, and math - not just given worksheets and expected to figure it out (or given 15 ways to do the same thing). I survived because there was structure, and quietness, and direct instruction - things that are sorely lacking in most modern classrooms. [/QUOTE]
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