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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can you help kids master knowledge unless you fully grasp the content and can explain it in multiple different ways?

English is subjective.  Not grammar but interpretations of literature.  One student may argued one way and the other a different perspective.  As long as both providing supporting evidence from the text, they are both correct.

This is not true in math and science.  There is a correct answer.  Either the kid is able to come up with the correct answer and show their work or they can’t.  I don’t know about you but I’m not getting on a roller coaster where the engineer gets the calculation close enough.

That’s why the hard sciences are more difficult to teach than liberal arts subjects.  There is no room for interpretation and there’s no ability to BS a calculation.  [/quote]

What about strong writing? I don’t understand why we don’t value good writers and, subsequently, the ability to teach writing. I suspect a survey of law offices, medical settings, corporate settings, etc., would show that there is a desperate need for strong writers.

Incidentally, subjectivity is why English is so hard to teach. BS, as you so aptly put it, isn’t the goal of writing. We want people to make a claim and back it up with evidence. If you fail to do that, then you have BS. [/quote]

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