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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We experienced no textbooks in 9th or 10th grade honors history and bam! huge dense book for APUSH and a teacher who says "read and take notes on a whole chapter before the next class.  zero modeling of note-taking or guidance in how to do this.  just an expectation that kids who've never had a textbook will know how to do this.[/quote]

They probably expect that the APUSH kids took AP World where they spend a lot of time on learning note taking. [/quote]
Except that many kids don’t do this. It’s not a prerequisite so there are lots of kids coming out of honors. I think the teacher has a big ego and only wants one type of learner in his class. It’s a shame when a teacher makes a kid suddenly hate a subject they’ve always loved. [/quote]

I’m 50 years old and no one ever taught me how to take notes this is not a skill that all teachers teach, and not every method works for every kid, Watch a YouTube video or help your kid out on your own.[/quote]

"it was this way when I was a kid" is such a damned cop-out in education.  Times have changed.  Education has changed.  Teachers have changed - most in good ways.  I do help my own kid.  There are some amazing teachers out there.  And also some really bad ones who haven't kept up with the changes.[/quote]

So if a teacher instructs them on note-taking that makes them a good teacher? My DD had a HS teacher that forced Cornell notes and the students got in trouble if they didn’t use them. it caused unnecessary stress in my DD‘s life because that particular note style did not work for her. I would say that was a bad teacher.[/quote]

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