Teachers who never visited VA historic places
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Anonymous
Why don't you do the same with your kids? |
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Anonymous
A teacher who travels to Paris and Netherlands obviously has the time and money to visit historical places near his/her home. It's all about preferences. Clearly he/she doesn't want to do that. Maybe they've read the story, know the history and find international sites more interesting. I'm not seeing the problem. I'm just seeing a bunch of insecure, likely unsuccessful people trying to find a way--something--to look down on others for to make themselves feel better. |
Anonymous
Now I get it! Your mum couldn't afford to take you and your siblings abroad. Local jaunts were the best she could do. In turn, you valued those experiences and gave them to your children. GREAT! So why can't you understand that others had different experiences which gave them different interests and values??? I'm truly wondering about the emotional maturity of some people. I don't understand this "I do this. Why can't/don't you? And if you don't that means there's something wrong with you or you are somehow inferior" attitude in anyone past the age of like, 23. |
Anonymous
You obviously rush in your interpretations and lack the background knowledge needed. Something's wrong with the posters getting very defensive and aggresive every time teachers get questioned. I repeat: QUESTIONED. It doesn't mean "picking on them" |
Anonymous
Perhaps the two teachers grew up in this area before there was much to see at Jamestown. Lots of people used to go to Williamsburg without visiting Jamestown. There wasn't much to see there even fifteen years ago. |
Anonymous
Guess you haven't been following along: "unbelieable. can our expectations of good teachers be any lower?" "It shows a lack of intellectual curiosity. Obviously, teaching for them is just a job." "teachers like that are doing the bare minimum and earn the lowest respect from me" "I do think it shows a lack of intellectual curiosity." "it is about intellectual curiosity" "Kids appreciate when their teachers transmit a passion for learning and making efforts to learn good stuff every day. If teaching is not your passion and you're asking someone else to be your constant fundraiser...you need to part ways with the profession." etc. |
Anonymous
Those statements reflect the experiences of different parents who have the right to question teachers. |
Anonymous
They aren't just questioning, they are flat out accusing teachers of lacking intellectual curiosity, lacking passion, lacking commitment, only doing the bare minimum, etc. They say they lose respect for them and even go as far to say that teachers should find another job. As a parent, I find this to be ridiculous and incredibly disrespectful to teachers. A bunch of complainer parents with nothing better to do. They should be thanking their children's teachers instead of insulting them. |
Anonymous
And in doing so, they have revealed their own insecurity. No wonder Americans are at the bottom of the heap in education. So many parents who don't know their a** from their elbow. If Jamestown holds such value for you, take your kids there yourself. Or you can just wait until they go in 4th grade, like all VA students, and they'll probably have a better time if this is their first visit, and they'll be of an age that they can better appreciate the context and absorb the information (like hell Im talking to my K student about cannibalism). I'm not a teacher, but I also don't hold my children's teachers to an unreasonable standard, or one that makes no sense. Whether or not a teacher has personally visited Jamestown or Williamsburg or Antietam or any other place has no bearing on their efficacy as a teacher, nor is it an indication of a lack of intellectual curiosity. Clearly the schools need to be doing a better job of teaching logic and reasoning. |
Anonymous
Agree! I have been fascinated by the arrogance on this thread from people who are only looking at one side of the matter. We all have opinions, and it is time that we be more tolerant of the opinions of others. Personally, I don't think the lack of a visit to Jamestown shows a lack of intellectual curiosity. Others may disagree. But, to firmly say that a teacher has a lack of intellectual curiosity simply because she has not been to Jamestown is quite a stretch. The teacher very well may have a lack of intellectual curiosity--on the other hand, she may be an expert on Jamestown through other research. |
Anonymous
Like it or not, there are educated parents who question teachers nowadays (again, not all teachers). What is the logic of putting a whole class of 3rd graders to watch a video for 30 minutes every day? Educated parents do appreciate teachers who make the effort to teach explicitly. I still have great respect for two ES teachers who went above and beyond transmitting their passion for learning. Just last week, a sub teacher surprised one of my kids when she shared her experience at Monticello. I can guarantee she made a difference just by doing that. |
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If a teacher is showing a video for 30 minutes every day, then ask her. That has nothing to do with a visit to Jamestown. If she is doing it for a week, it may be that she has a good reason. I can think of a couple--perhaps, she is pulling kids aside for special help or testing. Perhaps, it is a really good teaching resource. If she is showing a 30 minute video every day, I would have issues, but I would ask before condemning. I hardly think that a visit to Jamestown indicates a passion for teaching. |
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The real issue is not if a teacher has never visited Jamestown or other sites specifically but if a teacher does not find those places relevant.
A child seeing Jamestown or the battlefields etc is far different than reading about it. Like a science experiment or working with animals. |