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Oh, and to answer your question -- read upthread.  In response to the person who said that group work wasn't really teaching kids much, the person responded (repeatedly) that "most parents aren't experts in teaching".  Obviously, they said that as a way of dismissing that opinion.  It was said another time as well.  It's a common refrain from the MCPS defenders.  It's silly.  In no other field do we say that you can't question the techniques because you don't have specialized knowledge.  In other fields, the specialists explain/defend the techniques.  MCPS doesn't, because in many cases, it can't.[/quote]

Who is saying that you can't question the techniques? The point is that the typical non-teacher parent who hasn't read up on the subject doesn't have enough knowledge to evaluate whether or not the techniques are good -- but thinks they do, because they've spent a lot of time in school. When you go in for surgery, do you tell your anesthesiologist, "I can't believe you're using [this anesthetic], I've had surgery before and so I know that [this other anesthetic] is the one you should be using, you incompetent fool."? I can't think of any other profession besides teaching that everybody believes they know all about.[/quote]

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