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> “…no self-respecting teacher wants to be stuck teaching underperformers.” If you look at people that are not academically inclined and call them under perfor
by alimov 4y ago
> “…no self-respecting teacher wants to be stuck teaching underperformers.”
If you look at people that are not academically inclined and call them under performers then maybe that’s part of the issue. I think everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and if someone is more inclined to do vocational training rather than the standard track I think their strengths and interests should be developed / encouraged. An educator teaching someone that is actually interested in what they are being taught sounds like a more rewarding experience than lecturing a class where maybe 5 of 40 (not an actual stat) students are actually engaged.
- zozbot234 4y ago> If you look at people that are not academically inclined and call them under performers then maybe that’s part of the issue. It's not me doing that, it's education schools telling prospective teachers that their students will just be "learning their math by themselves", and the teachers can simply be facilitators. It must be a comfy job teaching math class to little Carl Friedrich Gauss and the like, but what about the remaining 99% of students - who will need actual teaching?
- alimov 4y agoSorry, I should have worded that better.
- pessimizer 4y agoIt's not whether people are more suited for vocational or "standard track." It's our aptitude for judging that in children.
- alimov 4y agoThat’s a good point. I am not aware of a “good” way to make that kind of judgement, especially considering the lack of resources available to those that would be making such a judgement (k-12 educators at public schools)