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The Standards Movement is Garbage
I’m starting nursing school in the fall of 2022, but in the meantime I’m working on completing a minor in psychology, which has been my favorite subject for as long as I can remember. To me, the way the human mind develops over the course of the lifespan is absolutely fascinating, and, although I don’t yet have my degree, from what I’ve learned so far about human development, I know that kindergartners are simply not developmentally ready for standardized testing. “But, Celia,” you might say, “everyone knows that about kindergartners.” Well, friend, that’s what I thought too, so you can imagine my shock when I learned that, until recently, and maybe even still, kindergarten students were, in fact, being evaluated via standardized testing. Clearly, the people in charge don’t care that “the results of a standardized test at the kindergarten level have only a 50-50 chance of being accurate,” as it seems that they just want to test the kids (Miller & Almon, 2009). However, I do not place the blame on the schools. Every teacher I’ve had the pleasure of knowing is, at best, dissatisfied with the current state of the education system. I believe the party at fault to be none other than the standards movement.
By Celia Pyburn5 years ago in Education
Why I Kept Teaching After Being Sprayed With Human Piss
The child's face was beyond gleeful. His grin had that manic quality, the kind of expression I recall having at that age while running through sprinklers or being chased at recess. Unbounded joy, mischief and something electric, the experience of being utterly alive and free and no one could stop me.
By Jenny Mundy-Castle5 years ago in Education
Who’s Concerned IF Social Media Affects Education and E-Learning with 5 Teaching problems.
How to teach, how to learn, in the process of how to be educated is the foundation for developing our communication, personally and socially, for competent communities. We exchange information by using a common system of symbols, signs and behavior.
By Annemarie Berukoff5 years ago in Education
Tips for First-Year College Students on Budgeting
● Start with the fundamentals by keeping track of any income you get and how you spend it. ● Budgeting should take into account your long-term goals because short-term expenditure might have long-term consequences.
By Vala Flynn5 years ago in Education
9 TYPES OF PILES BASED ON FUNCTION & DESIGN
Based on its design function and building manner, pile foundations are categorized into numerous varieties. Pile foundations are utilized for large structures with weak soil and to prevent excessive building settlement in the future.
By Nazir Bhatkar5 years ago in Education
How to Restore MySQL Database from SQL Dump File in Linux?
In the events like MySQL server crash, database corruption, and data loss, you can restore the database and recover its data from its most recent backup. You can create a dump (backup) file using mysqldump utility. By default, the utility writes the data as SQL statements that can be used to recreate the original database.
By Robin Shanab5 years ago in Education
