On 4/02/2014 2:55 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
On Sun, 2 Feb 2014 08:07:47 Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Don't disregard that in a group of people (kids in this case), each has there own set of skills that are complimentary to others in the group. When one or more of the group is down on a subject, then there are one or more in the group whom could work with them and bring them up to the standard (without any direct teacher involvement). And given that the skills vary per topic, if the group is large enough, then the reciprocal can work for those helpers to become the helpees.
If that worked well then they could just sack all the teachers and have the kids just hang out and teach each other.
No, if it means less teachers, then that government sponsored business might need to embrace other options. Seriously, I know schools need funding. Absolutely it would allow for better utilization of teachers, perhaps those that are left [due to a reduction, not complete removal], will possibly have the benefit of better pay and there would be more incentive for better teachers to want to be there instead of elsewhere which might be more lucrative to them. Students will also greatly benefit from peer learning, it develops the both the helper and the helpee and it can significantly reduce teacher workloads without a need for a significant reduction in class sizes.
http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/05/17/lord-of-the-flies/
I've blogged about this at the above URL.
You've blogged, so that's all the answer there is?
The TV Show Kid Nation is on The Pirate Bay if anyone is interested.
Why Pirate bay? Would that be illegal content in this case? Perhaps this is a better option: http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kid-nation/episodes-season-1/288040
No more of an obsession than any of the other ways that I've observed that society is badly broken and needs to be fixed.
Become a politician if you think YOU have all the answers.... I won't vote for you, but good luck.
If it's a matter of them just needing to be a year older then spending a year working would be much better than repeating a year.
Perhaps, perhaps not. There is a complete disconnect when you leave school and for many there is no going back.
Another problem with today's schools is that they they pass every student almost every year, when some students need to be held back at least once to help them get up to speed and not to be forever behind everybody else.
That's a bad idea. It's an extra year to the prison sentence.
It's not a prison sentence, gee, you really highlight how you hate school so much more than many kids today that WANT an eduction. You really do seem very scarred from *your* self-diagnosed psychopath teachers, both of them -- are you a mental health expert too, also an expert at everything else as well .. ;-) ??? There are other opinions. Cheers A.