10-30-2011, 12:04 PM
mot definitely, the teacher has to be a teacher and not a lampstand as so many are.
an hour a day seems a lot but if you do it right, as good teachers can, it could be made interesting. i'm sure of it. and the hour a day could mean poetry twice a week art twice a week and maybe drama twice a week. creative writing could be done in english. i like how Leanne does out forum classes. She almost always leads by example. with kids it could be similar but a verse a lesson and some (lots) of reading
that was one the few things i loved as kid, reading. i was self taught from newspapers and i loved it. Then i was a dreamer and the newspaper opened up whole new worlds. imagine if teachers could do that, i know some can. most i saw however couldn't, wouldn't even try. the system in retrospect, broke them. so i agree it is an educational thing. as for the homework. don't give it out. instead add an hour to the school day and make them do homework then. also make them do two hours homework over the weekend. that way many of the kids that never do their home work will at least have to look like they're doing it. as for the summer holidays. make it 4 weeks instead of 8 thats an extra 100 hours of extra education.
an hour a day seems a lot but if you do it right, as good teachers can, it could be made interesting. i'm sure of it. and the hour a day could mean poetry twice a week art twice a week and maybe drama twice a week. creative writing could be done in english. i like how Leanne does out forum classes. She almost always leads by example. with kids it could be similar but a verse a lesson and some (lots) of reading
that was one the few things i loved as kid, reading. i was self taught from newspapers and i loved it. Then i was a dreamer and the newspaper opened up whole new worlds. imagine if teachers could do that, i know some can. most i saw however couldn't, wouldn't even try. the system in retrospect, broke them. so i agree it is an educational thing. as for the homework. don't give it out. instead add an hour to the school day and make them do homework then. also make them do two hours homework over the weekend. that way many of the kids that never do their home work will at least have to look like they're doing it. as for the summer holidays. make it 4 weeks instead of 8 thats an extra 100 hours of extra education.