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Originally Posted by Ms Cyn
Nods.. Creighton Preps moto is.. *Building Men for Others who serve and seek justice in our local, national, and international communities*
The entire public school system needs a complete over haul.. No child left behind has failed on such a massive level.. Forget about learning.. Teach only what the kid needs to pass the next test... Forget about actually preparing a child to think and live.. When Annie was in the states, she was horrified at the way teachers were expected to teach..
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My father, before he died 10 years ago, spent 40 years of his life in education. Ten of it as a secondary school teacher, ten more as a Vice principal and 20 more as a professor of teacher education. I remember listening to he and my mother (also a college professor) talk about schools, their students and how education was changing and not for the better. Growing up in that environment I became an adult with an outlook on education that might justifiably be called romantic. I believe, deep in my bones, that education is the key to liberation. By education, I mean something far beyond knowing facts and figures. It's *how* to think about things, how to know the contents of one's own mind and a grounding in both basic science literacy and basic cultural literacy (art, music, poetry, theatre). This was what my parents saw their mission was: not to fill their students heads with facts for regurgitation but with a thirst for knowledge and understanding that was voracious. All the rest was details.
Cheers
Aj