Reply to Teaching in the U.S. vs. the rest of the world

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Teaching in the U.S. vs. the rest of the world"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have taught in three countries (Japan, USA, and Cameroon, Africa in the Peace Corps). We have “low power distance” culture in the U.S.  children are taught that they should have the same rights as adults.  Look at movies here. Parents and teachers are usually treated as bumbling idiots while the kids are in charge.   Students are taught to disrespect authority and education in general.  Our social structure has also destroyed upward mobility for most kids, so it is hard to argue that education guarantees success in life unless you have the means to pay for college.[/quote]

This is the kind of thing that really ignorant teachers say sometimes to explain why the kids hate them.  Some imaginary loss of respect that once existed, but actually it's more likely the person in question isn't respected because they don't respect the students.[/quote]

NP who is a teacher who in general is respected by students and has good classroom management.  That being said it is not innate that adults or teachers get respect from students in the US.  Teachers have to work hard to earn it and there are parents who think kids should have the same rights as adults.  This might sound all well and good until you see that put into practice- kids going to the bathroom whenever they want, wandering the halls, on their phones, etc.  There needs to be a level of respect in a school for adults if things are to be successful.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics