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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash
I'm sorry...yes they do...at least my mother and sister both still do that. I don't know what world yo live in but apparently it isn't the same as the one they teach in.
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http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
Montgomery County Public Schools outside of Washington DC.
The only school system in the USA to have 4 of their high schools ranked in the top 100 schools by NewsWeek/MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/
15 Richard Montgomery** Rockville Md.
34 Bethesda-Chevy Chase** Bethesda Md.
51 Wootton Rockville Md.
75 Churchill Potomac Md.
I could see how smaller school systems would operate differently from this school system, however being in such a large school system does in fact "trail blaze" on new ways of teaching. I know that many school systems in the USA are now switching over to more of a standardized way of teaching (which unfortunately means that many of these teachers will become machine feeders and people who read off of the planned/mandated lesson plans). With SAT and ACT becoming such a cut throat way of determining the future of kids today (by judging what college they attend) there is no way that teachers in the future are going to be acting alone in the tasks that you listed. Many of them around the nation have infact switched over to this new method of teaching. I dont agree with it, but it does put everyone on a level playing field while trying to enter colleges these days (which are extremely competitive to say the least.)
There are still teachers out there who teach for the love of it, and I applaud them. I know there have been many teachers that have left a positive impact on my life just because they went the extra mile. I hope these same teachers and new teachers do not lose the motivation due to the new way of education.
Jim