tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29173677.post701354188578157876..comments2023-08-03T10:01:21.218-07:00Comments on Conor's Web Log of Esoterica: No Child Left BehindConor P. Cahillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408504477586184299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29173677.post-5940808418641195022007-04-20T22:24:00.000-07:002007-04-20T22:24:00.000-07:00I teach in a rural Ozark school and am both happy ...I teach in a rural Ozark school and am both happy and relieved know someone has the courage to place some of the responsibility of education upon the shoulders of students and parents. As with so many other aspects of life, educators have taken on "raising the children" while attempting to educate them. Every year our school sees more and more parents who enable their children to be lazy and irresponsible. Seems society today is too busy to pay attention to our future. I have always thought that the govt. puts this on us because we are the closest thing to the family and you sure can't legislate families. On Monday we begin our yearly test and I have just spent six boring weeks of drilling to prepare the students. Frankly, I don't care how they score as the test is not valid, comparing apples to oranges each year. I feel more guilty for having allowed the passion to be taken out of learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29173677.post-67420267060344099332007-03-09T17:16:00.000-08:002007-03-09T17:16:00.000-08:00Targeting the children that are "on the cusp" of p...Targeting the children that are "on the cusp" of passing a test is universally practiced in English schools. It is government policy to ensure it happens and there are programs designed for those students. In my experience it does benefit the child but often at the expense of others, usually the able children. Of course, it is not designed with the student in mind but rather, as you suggest, the schools' test scores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29173677.post-63011260191481568992007-03-09T10:08:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:08:00.000-08:00Hi Conor! My wife, Karen, was a primary school tea...Hi Conor! My wife, Karen, was a primary school teacher in the UK for seven years. She would readily tell you that the biggest predictor for academic success is parental attitude. She had parents that told her that "As soon as my child leaves the school gates we don't even think about schoolwork, reading or anything like that. That's YOUR job."Pat Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992756159399259364noreply@blogger.com