[geeks] Education

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 @ 22:49 -0500, Lionel Peterson said:

> >From: William Enestvedt <William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu>
> >Date: Mon Sep 26 08:32:35 CDT 2005
> >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] Education
> 
> >I gasped when I saw:
> >>
> >> 1. "Feel good" education.  Can't have the student tramatized.  Can't
> >> give too much homework, can't grade with a red pen...
> 
> I've not seen a teacher afraid to give too much homework...

Me either, and I think that a lot of schools really do give too much
homework.  They seem to think that throwing homework at the students
makes them smarter, which is complete bullshit.

The majority of homework I had to do, and what I've seen recently, is
mostly mindless, repetitive, busy work.  It's design to create assembly
line mentality and compliant behavior rather than teach anything.

Better instruction in the classroom would eliminate the need for most
homework, and would give the student a chance to create their own
homework as they learn what they need extra study on.

Burying students with homework is NOT education.

The other stuff... yeah, I agree.  The whole PC and self-esteem thing is
ridiculous, but the insane level of busywork really is a problem.

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