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But one teacher's history is not another teacher's history, and the same for philosophy, and science in some parts of the country/world. Much of the private sch

by mym1990 3y ago

But one teacher's history is not another teacher's history, and the same for philosophy, and science in some parts of the country/world. Much of the private school system is run by money, and that money comes from people and places that have an interest at heart...it is not just a free giveaway like it may seem sometimes. Take the private funding away, and you have less bias, but now you have underpaid staff. Lose, lose.

drawkward 3y ago
>one teacher's history is not another teacher's history, One would think that this is an important point to teach the students. That all histories have bias, even the ones with which you agree.
- mym1990 3y ago
  Sure, this is a good step in allowing student to explore other teachings and points of view and learning to think for themselves. That is not how most of the education system is built though, it is built to spoon feed a curriculum, no questions asked. This is quite sad because kids and adolescents are naturally very curious.
  - drawkward 3y ago
    In my opinion, drawing on my past experience as a teacher in a very impoverished area, there has to be a sliding scale. Facts are facts; my middle school students were expect to learn long division, but many struggled with addition, some even still counting on their fingers. Phonics, math facts, sentence structure: some of these should be indoctrinated at an early age, so as to enable later on the higher levels of inquiry that represents true intellectual freedom. On the other hand, you have some people trying to sell "woke kindergarten" aaaand...its not going well for the students and their ability to reach academic goals consistent with early primary school.
    - wait_a_minute 3y ago
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      - mym1990 3y ago
        I'm not even sure you know what you're talking about :/
    - mym1990 3y ago
      Of course, a strong foundation for rudimentary skills is a must, unfortunately not everyone is interested in building that and want to skip to the insert crazy topic of the month. My view is that technology has outpaced the ability of teachers to keep up. A student will see 100 new things on TikTok before a teacher can even blink and address any of it, its an uphill battle and I don't envy the teacher's job.

drawkward 3y ago

>one teacher's history is not another teacher's history, One would think that this is an important point to teach the students. That all histories have bias, even the ones with which you agree.

mym1990 3y ago
Sure, this is a good step in allowing student to explore other teachings and points of view and learning to think for themselves. That is not how most of the education system is built though, it is built to spoon feed a curriculum, no questions asked. This is quite sad because kids and adolescents are naturally very curious.
- drawkward 3y ago
  In my opinion, drawing on my past experience as a teacher in a very impoverished area, there has to be a sliding scale. Facts are facts; my middle school students were expect to learn long division, but many struggled with addition, some even still counting on their fingers. Phonics, math facts, sentence structure: some of these should be indoctrinated at an early age, so as to enable later on the higher levels of inquiry that represents true intellectual freedom. On the other hand, you have some people trying to sell "woke kindergarten" aaaand...its not going well for the students and their ability to reach academic goals consistent with early primary school.
  - wait_a_minute 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - mym1990 3y ago
      I'm not even sure you know what you're talking about :/
  - mym1990 3y ago
    Of course, a strong foundation for rudimentary skills is a must, unfortunately not everyone is interested in building that and want to skip to the insert crazy topic of the month. My view is that technology has outpaced the ability of teachers to keep up. A student will see 100 new things on TikTok before a teacher can even blink and address any of it, its an uphill battle and I don't envy the teacher's job.