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Ongoing Open Call: What Should Change About School?
I’ve just begun reading Nikhil Goyal’s One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School. Goyal is an American high-school senior who has made a name for himself talking to the media about educational change, and although I’m not far into his book yet, I am already intrigued. I’ll write more on his ideas Continue reading
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Willing to Read and Write: Reprise
Last week, this post – first published in September of last year – spiked in my blog stats. It seemed a whole pile of people were reading it, but I couldn’t figure out who or why, although the search term “effort” had a corresponding spike. Maybe now, at midterm, teachers and students are being hard Continue reading
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Plagiarism: What Do Students Think?
It is only a week and a half into the semester, and already my office mate and I are talking about plagiarism. There are hangovers from last semester – cases that never quite got resolved – and our college has a new plagiarism policy that requires, among other things, that we submit any plagiarism accusations to Continue reading
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Five Purposes of Higher Education
What do you think higher education is for? Back in September, Richard Kahlenberg gave a convocation speech in which he outlined five “Purposes of Higher Education.” I don’t entirely buy them. Kahlenberg, in his speech, is critical of the extent to which higher education has accomplished these things; I wonder whether they should be our Continue reading
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How to Cheat
So I came across this Wikihow site the other day. It details 120 ways to cheat on a test. Does this say something about: a) kids these days? b) human nature? c) the inevitable descent into absolute amorality/immorality for which the internet will prove responsible? d) a revolution in human thinking that I’m too old and prissy Continue reading
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University Isn’t Everything
This is the final post in our series “What Students Think Should Change About School.” In today’s post, Ruth explains that our fixation on getting everyone to university means a poorer education for everyone. * Society has this idea that certain levels of education are necessary for a person to have any worth. I think Continue reading
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Students Need To Know Why They’re In School
It seems that there are a lot of things students would change about school if they could. For example, MaplesAndMerriment thinks that students need a clearer understanding of why they are in school at all. This is Post #4 in a 5-part series on what students think should change about school. * If I could change Continue reading
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Lighten Up About My Grades
What else should change about school as we know it? This is Post #3 in my series on what students would change about school, if they could. Today’s post is from Katy George, who believes that we need to change our attitude toward grades. * I am currently a senior in college majoring in journalism Continue reading
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If You Can’t Pay for College, Don’t Go
What would students like to change about school? Our series continues. Today’s post is from Aewl. His perspective? College should be reserved for those who can pay for it. * I’m currently a Freshman at a local Junior College. All my classes are online classes as I work during the day full time as a Continue reading
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School Is Too Easy
This week, I’m featuring posts from five students who have shared their thoughts on what they would, if they could, change about school. Today’s post is from Emily. Her take? School should be more of a challenge. * I’m a high school student at a nationally acclaimed magnet school. I go there because my home Continue reading
About Me
My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
Classroom as Microcosm 