tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post4705282684826384357..comments2023-10-11T10:08:09.664-05:00Comments on Willful Grace: DATA DATA DATAgracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16353719852472577554noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-10154490771439700452007-02-16T23:49:00.000-06:002007-02-16T23:49:00.000-06:00Where is this magical land where standardized test...<I>Where is this magical land where standardized testing ends after middle school????</I><BR/><BR/>It's called North Carolina, sweetie. Except for the 10th grade writing test, you're pretty much in the clear in the English department. Other subjects are another matter, of course.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232291579882899350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-24512454557405145022007-02-15T22:32:00.000-06:002007-02-15T22:32:00.000-06:00Greg: Thanks for your insight. You're right....r...Greg: Thanks for your insight. You're right....relationship is key. The cliche' that's now become popular in education, and is very true, is this: "Students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."<BR/><BR/>love and grace,<BR/>pamgracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353719852472577554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-25362195613854719432007-02-15T11:22:00.000-06:002007-02-15T11:22:00.000-06:00I always faced issues with testing in school. Fro...I always faced issues with testing in school. From elementary through my undergrad work. I always attributed it to personality and temprament. I know that I can do anything, but other people might be better than me and that's ok.<BR/><BR/>Lately I've played Soduku on one of those video game machines. I've never been fast and I've only proved to confirm that. While I was playing, having someone faster than me offering me solutions and answers only agitated the slow, calculated person that I am. I think offering a means of engaging with the diversity of learning styles and speeds would be amazing as well.<BR/><BR/>I do a lot of work with my church and I know that I would measure failure in loss of relationship. It is those items of trust and such that are so critical and that can't be measured. Many people can't be trusted and they continue to speak things that only prove they cannot be trusted. We all suffer in common and we all desire community. A line from one of my favourite songs:<BR/><BR/>"Now there's no point in placing the blame, and you should know I suffer the same, if I lose you my heart will be broken"<BR/><BR/>That is love, it's not concerned with affirming any and all, but it's concerned with relationship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-31522789771319273792007-02-15T07:47:00.000-06:002007-02-15T07:47:00.000-06:00Peterson: Thanks, friend! While I am a really "st...Peterson: Thanks, friend! While I am a really "strict" teacher in many ways...I'm constantly praying for opportunities to show them the servant-heart of Christ. I sound like I'm "tooting my own horn" here...but I'm not. It's just that Jesus had this "way" about him and it's the best example of teaching I could possibly follow.<BR/><BR/>Jay: Where is this magical land where standardized testing ends after middle school???? I've never heard of such a thing!<BR/>Goody for you if you go to such a place! :)<BR/><BR/>Kurt: Yep. Yep. Yep.gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353719852472577554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-41566053881038028992007-02-14T13:11:00.000-06:002007-02-14T13:11:00.000-06:00I couldn't agree more. I think it's so deplorable...I couldn't agree more. I think it's so deplorable the way education in this country has devolved into training for standardized test-taking.<BR/><BR/>And then there's all this application of demographic data to try to even out the rates of success in each ethnic/cultural group.<BR/><BR/>Well, the big problem with that approach, as I see it, is you're starting out with a system where failure is one of the end products. If everybody scored 100 percent, then a 100 percent score would become meaningless, right? You'd have to redesign the whole testing process.<BR/><BR/>Our whole educational system is based on the idea that education is a competition. The student's goal is to win. But you can't have a competition, and you can't have winners without losers.<BR/><BR/>I could go on and on.kurt_thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976326822025517963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-57219408233275042007-02-14T11:29:00.000-06:002007-02-14T11:29:00.000-06:00Wow. That's very well done, Pam. One of the reas...Wow. That's very well done, Pam. One of the reasons I'm planning to teach high school English as opposed to middle school is that I don't want to have to do those horrible standardized tests. Well, I thought they were horrible. At least you seem to have found <I>some</I> bright side to them.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232291579882899350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381314.post-54100611580999303962007-02-13T22:53:00.000-06:002007-02-13T22:53:00.000-06:00what a lovely and creative response. You express s...what a lovely and creative response. You express so beautifully the magic of teaching. Really it is like magic sometimes and requires so much love and respect.Peterson Toscanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189029949905668568noreply@blogger.com