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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Another Education Oriented Post I have a question for you all. Recently I've been mulling over the notion of grades. At the school I teach at, grades are oppressive. They exercise tyrannical control over the educational lives of the students. See, like most educational institutions, grades have ceased to be what they were intended to be. Rather than a tool used to assess a student's understanding and mastery of a certain subject, they have become the end or the goal. The implications of this are considerable. Our students know full well that they can get an "A" in a class without ever having to learn anything. Some of them do so because they are very bright, and find ways of memorizing facts just long enough to be able to regurgitate them for a test. Some simply cheat. Neither feels any tinge of a notion that they've let an opportunity slip by them. In fact, they feel successful. I believe that much in our educational system would be improved if we found a way to stop putting the cart before the horse and made mastering the subject matter the goal, rather than some abstract "grade" that has no ultimate value. So I'm turning the question over to you. Think about it and post away. The sky's the limit. If you were charged with the task of returning grades to their rightful place, and could do whatever you liked to the educational system, what would you do? How would you accomplish your goal?
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Jimmy Doyle is a dad, husband,
teacher, friend, and other things. Currently he's just trying to figure out what it means to follow Christ and be in community with others. He enjoys having conversations with fellow pilgrims on the journey.
Stephen Zedler has a wife and three kids who he loves very much. He has been called by God to study and teach history, particularly U.S.
history. He also believes that God has called him to reform the way children are educated in America.