I have been thinking a lot lately about just why I want to teach.... I have a paper due in August on this topic for part of my application into the Elementary Education program at Emmaus. Anyway as I was playing with Glory earlier today I started thinking about it some more. We were playing playdough and I casually threw in a lesson on fractions teaching her 1/2's and 1/4's. She loved it and had no idea that we were doing math... This is why I want to teach- children are like little dry sponges, soaking up every little bit of knowledge that you send their way.
But saying that- why do most children hate school by time they are in upper elementary school? I remember when school became a drudgery for me- and I hadn't been in it that long... So is the problem our teachers? Or our children? Or our parents? Why are some of our children graduating from High school and not able to hold down a steady job or even read or do simple math? And does the National Government have too much control of what goes on in the classroom? Why can't learning be fun anymore? What happens to the child to make them hate going to school- when they loved learning as pre-schoolers? Is there a magic answer to all of these questions? I know people have been striving towards the best means of educating their children ever since education began but why have we gone downhill instead of bettering ourselves? I don't know...
Well y'all now know what fills my head at 3am and causes me not to be able to sleep....
so now that its all here on my screen it will have left my brain and perhaps I will be able to sleep....?
so now that its all here on my screen it will have left my brain and perhaps I will be able to sleep....?
1 comment:
Why do kids "hate" school? It is a question that funds a lot of research every year. Different people have different philosophies on the matter. It has be studied since the late 1800s (and probably before). I would be glad to chat with you about it sometime.
-TH
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