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So I got to thinking (I know it's amazing news) about how we as teacher spend so much of our time correcting behavior. However, I have never really stopped to think what I'm trying to correct that behavior towards. What I'm saying is that most of the time we know exactly what makes a "bad" kid, but I don't think I've really have sat down to think about what makes a "good" student. Now without degrading into a pointless discussion about the absurdity of dualism, I think that we spend too much time separating students into categories of good and bad....
Holy Moo Moo, how many times have you heard that question after you just taught the class how to multiply polynomials or how to graph a line using slope-intercept form? The answer is, in all honesty, NEVER. So what's the point? Why teach these kids something they'll never use unless they somehow get inspired to become an Algebra teacher at a local high school? It's a battle I fight everyday in my Algebra 1 classroom. One day this past week, I just broke down and told the students sitting in their cute little desks with their confused, beady white eyes, that...
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