Whoa! Now let me get this straight, (or square for Scott S.), you're
saying that Rebecca's comment is Damning? Hummm....that sure sounds just
about right to what she was conveying and is quite appropriate for and
Administrator who has lost heart, passion, and a true sense of what it was
that brought them to the educational field in the first place.
Pardon me, but that was the very reason I dropped out of my masters in
teaching as well. I was told not to expect to teach "creatively" for at
least six years and even then I wasn't to expect any sudden changes in the
system. My idealism just flew out the window! I wanted to teach kids how
we learn by just asking "why is that so?" first and then going into the
process of what it is to discover. Goddard learned what it was to have an
interest, a question, sitting in the back-forty of his parent's property
in an old oak; that question led to modern rocketry. Look at what Jamie
Escalante went through teaching in a bureaucratic system, trying to
educate the way his passion led him. Is his way wrong? It wasn't until
he and his students became successful and then everybody want to know how
he did it? Do I need to go on? It is passion to question, then to seek
answers which is the component missing in the "good-old-boy"
administration system. This lack of focus is hurdle many have chosen to
climb in today's education world.
Sorry, this one got me charged up! I have enjoyed your feedback in the
past,HJRobles, but this time I have issue with your comments. Bill Bray.
[Host's Note: Hmm... Bill, I think you may be mis-reading Harriet's msg...
As far as I can tell, you, Rebecca, and Harriet are all saying things that
are very consistent. I'll quote Harriet's msg below... Rick]
>As a former high school teacher, now college instructor and administrator,
>I am struck by your comment, "I could not see at that time how I could
>implement what I believed to be sound instructional practices within the
>then-current administrations of American high schools." I wonder if your
>experiences would be different now? Somehow, I doubt it, and I find that
>so damning of our system. Shouldn't an educational system be the
>quintessential learning organization?
--"William Auvinen-Bray" <Bosatsu@home.com>
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