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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out teachers managed without whiteboards, and managed to both teach and supervise pencil sharpening. How come today's teachers are so much less capable?[/quote]

Our teachers had less they had to teach because there was less expected. Did you know 80 kids taking high school credit algebra in seventh grade in the 1980s?

Besides, our parents didn't care if we had little classroom jobs or actually saw them as a sign the teacher really liked us. I had asthma, eliminating me from the coveted job of clapping erasers.

The teachers also kicked us all out of classrooms during lunch and recess and promptly at 3:30 so they could relax a bit or grade in peace. We played tag and dodgeball while a bored mom volunteer playground attendant smoked Virginia Slims. You only came inside if you were bleeding or had been knocked unconscious. No one got to read quietly under teacher supervision instead of going out. If you wanted to read, you took your book to the blacktop. [/quote]

One of the things I love most about my kids' montessori classrooms is that the kids are still responsible for chores and maintaining the material.  The kids and the teachers are together in a community of learners, and everyone has to contribute.  It's such a healthy attitude that teaches kids responsibility and makes everyone feel valued.  I'm sad that there aren't kids sharpening pencils (and whatever else) in most classrooms.[/quote]

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