You got that right. High School bored the hell out of me. I spent most of my time day dreaming or being sent to the counselors office, finally just stopped attending. Boring, so boring, I could pass the tests just listening and regurgitating the drone of the teacher,to no avail. I refused to take notes, I got writers cramp. I learned mor…
You got that right. High School bored the hell out of me. I spent most of my time day dreaming or being sent to the counselors office, finally just stopped attending. Boring, so boring, I could pass the tests just listening and regurgitating the drone of the teacher,to no avail. I refused to take notes, I got writers cramp. I learned more at the public library than I did in class. I learned about the Holocaust in 1954 from Five Chimney's, The story of an Auschwitz Survivor.. published in 1946.
In the 1950's all students were treated the same, whether they had an IQ of 90 or an IQ of 160.
We did some "illegal" things. We had "tracking," and the 4th track were s-l-o-w. Before we knew about learning disabilities. Some of those slow learners became business owners, hired people who were in the 1st track. We had a huge dropout rate.
When I was in school we had "football study hall" which imparted relatively high test scores. We had 11 assistant football coaches, most taught math and science, some taught at the college level. Some later went on to become college coaches.
some of our teachers were nationally recognized. Several wrote masters theses about it, proselytized it.
We had a terrific grants writer, and one of our principals when I was a kid developed an experimental reading program. The draft had something to do with it but a huge proportion of male students went into education.
Today, despite what Elliott says, minority students thrive in that system. Small town. Poor. Crime ridden. Kids win national competitions in stuff like science, robotics.
You got that right. High School bored the hell out of me. I spent most of my time day dreaming or being sent to the counselors office, finally just stopped attending. Boring, so boring, I could pass the tests just listening and regurgitating the drone of the teacher,to no avail. I refused to take notes, I got writers cramp. I learned more at the public library than I did in class. I learned about the Holocaust in 1954 from Five Chimney's, The story of an Auschwitz Survivor.. published in 1946.
In the 1950's all students were treated the same, whether they had an IQ of 90 or an IQ of 160.
Some districts use an IEP for all students.
We did some "illegal" things. We had "tracking," and the 4th track were s-l-o-w. Before we knew about learning disabilities. Some of those slow learners became business owners, hired people who were in the 1st track. We had a huge dropout rate.
When I was in school we had "football study hall" which imparted relatively high test scores. We had 11 assistant football coaches, most taught math and science, some taught at the college level. Some later went on to become college coaches.
Later, through Title I, Chapter 1, we had a "schools without failure" program. https://www.amazon.com/Schools-Without-Failure-William-Glasser/dp/0060904216
some of our teachers were nationally recognized. Several wrote masters theses about it, proselytized it.
We had a terrific grants writer, and one of our principals when I was a kid developed an experimental reading program. The draft had something to do with it but a huge proportion of male students went into education.
Today, despite what Elliott says, minority students thrive in that system. Small town. Poor. Crime ridden. Kids win national competitions in stuff like science, robotics.