I'm a retired 34 year year high school teacher and think most critiques including yours miss the fundamental point that schools do not operate in a vacuum but within the cultural milieu. Learning is work and you have to buy into the process. Especially hard in today's environment of constant distractions. Scalia and RGB would do fine in …
I'm a retired 34 year year high school teacher and think most critiques including yours miss the fundamental point that schools do not operate in a vacuum but within the cultural milieu. Learning is work and you have to buy into the process. Especially hard in today's environment of constant distractions. Scalia and RGB would do fine in today's public schools because they would understand why they were there. I don't think it matters much if schools ban phones during instructional time because the damn things have burrowed a wormhole into most young people's brains. What attention span?
I'm a retired 34 year year high school teacher and think most critiques including yours miss the fundamental point that schools do not operate in a vacuum but within the cultural milieu. Learning is work and you have to buy into the process. Especially hard in today's environment of constant distractions. Scalia and RGB would do fine in today's public schools because they would understand why they were there. I don't think it matters much if schools ban phones during instructional time because the damn things have burrowed a wormhole into most young people's brains. What attention span?