"A student's point of view: Kids don't want to learn" (CNN)

[limabeans01]

<p>Slacfac and barium, I have found you both very interesting! </p>

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As I’ve said repeatedly, I don’t know how to fix this in K-12–I know that there is more material out there to be learned than can be possibly learned and I know that we do have to somehow prioritize. I know that we can’t just start teaching literature/history/art “from the beginning” because we’ll never get to “now,” and that’s not OK or rewarding for the students

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<p>This is my one disagreement. A lot of ancient history is taught in elementary and middle school. When we get to high school we don’t need to do IT ALL over again! Time to hold students responsible for the things they learned before high school. There should be no need to start from the beginning and cram everything in. I found it boring every time we started over.</p>