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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

It's No Trick

Recently I learned that Abraham Lincoln wrote the US Constitution and that the Heart of the Ocean (aka Titantic Diamond) was bigger, older and more expensive than the Hope Diamond. Or, at least, this was according to some teenagers I heard talking whilst out on The Mall.

I find it utterly amazing that a man born in 1809 could write such an important piece of history 20 years before he was around. Maybe he wrote it in his previous life? And the girls who were chatting about the mega bling apparently don't know what the words "inspired by" mean. I shudder to think what else students are learning in school.
Posted by: U2Lorax / 08:25
Comments:
It's not about what they're learning, it's about how they are processing the information given to them. Speaking as a middle school teacher, I feel comfortable stating that kids don't seem to take in information & factoids like we did. There isn't as much of an urgency to be right because the kids who are goofing off all the time are getting the attention.

I can go on if you like. Just say the word ;-)
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 04 May, 2007 18:06
 
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