<p>a) Actually grade homework
b) Give random pop quizzes very similar to the problems assigned in the homework (so if you actually did the homework instead of copying you'd have no problem).
c) No group projects. Those are silly and usually one or two people end up doing all the work. And definitely no group quizzes.</p>
<p>^Group projects, while annoying, prepare you for the working world in that they force you to deal with other people and get things done without killing each other. They are pretty necessary if you want to work in any kind of an office environment.</p>
<p>Group quizzes, though, seem absolutely ridiculous (though I’ve never taken one).</p>
<p>One of my teachers does b! It’s not a quiz grade, but it’s pretty good because if you didn’t do the hw and don’t understand, you can pretty much infer from that that you’re going to fail the test the next day, so you come in for tutoring. And if you did do the hw, you know what concepts are going to be on the test. Win/win.</p>
<p>For grading homework though… people copy each other’s work to an almost insane extent- I’m talking literally people crowding around other people’s desks and sharing answers with the teacher like right there. I don’t have a problem with just taking a completion grade, because quite honestly, 20 people and 7 periods = 140 papers, and if you don’t do the hw and it’s not just busy work you’re screwing yourself. If a person is smart enough to understand the concepts, I don’t see the point in doing extra work- the purpose of which is to reinforce those concepts.</p>
<p>id assign group projects, but i wouldnt try to make things ‘fun’ by assigning projects involving videos. id also go on a lot of class trips and things like that</p>
<p>a)I would know what I was talking about and make sure that I have at least 2 methods of explaining everything so kids who have trouble can understand
b)I wouldn’t have such a cocky “I’m always right, you can’t argue with me” attitude because I acknowledge that sometimes I’m wrong.
c)I would assign lots of research papers because that is what prepares you for the real world and I would give up assigning stupid 5 paragraph essays</p>
<p>mmm…teach.</p>
<p>An epic amount of FAILS</p>
<p>Heh, raid’s b reminds me of some of the teachers in my school…</p>
<p>“Guess what? I’M the one with the college degree, so I’M right, *****!”</p>
<p>i hate group projects…stupid things!</p>
<p>Group projects <em>shiver</em></p>
<p>I don’t mind it if there are decent people who put forth effort, but when I get with the lazy ones who don’t are either way…</p>
<p>UHG</p>
<p>^ exactly. decent ppl = okay; idiots = big no no</p>
<p>Be a teacher. </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Give points to homework that I check ON TEH SPOT (no flipping, but seeing problems are completed)</p></li>
<li><p>No pop quizzes…assigned quizzes/tests on given dates. If your absent, make it up, or else you get a 0!</p></li>
<li><p>Group projects (choose your partner - only if you analyze the class well…allow this…if not. random)</p></li>
<li><p>Be chill</p></li>
<li><p>Be funny</p></li>
<li><p>Be strict</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t let the students panic and listen to their concerns. When to schedule tests and stuff.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I would never have my students do group work, because someone is bound to get screwed over somehow.</p>
<p>i would have my class be extremly writing based
lots of research papers but also have opinion pieces in order to examine the thinking process of my students</p>
<p>No busywork. We’ll hate you and not learn. Lose-lose situation.</p>
<p>I’d actually teach instead of shopping online during class… like most of my teachers.</p>
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<p>^^ HA! I was going to say the EXACT same thing.</p>
<p>If I were a teacher, I’d teach Social Studies. I’m not into the whole note taking thing, so I’d try to make my class really interactive. For example, when we began studying a new place, I’d line up the desks in my classroom like an airplane and we’d fly there. Then, we’d research the location and make decorations for the classroom based on what we learned. We’d have ethnic days where we would try food from the location and listen to the music. I’d try to incorporate current events from the location of study into it too.</p>
<p>And I would have interactive activities, such as role playing, in place of tests.
Ideally, there’d be no paper in my class. I’d want the students to be interested.</p>
<p>All of my current teachers are the complete opposite of this though. =[</p>
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<p>Well then your students will have a rude awakening when they get into the real world. lol</p>
<p>I would do a few group projects where I assign the groups…and lots of writing assignments. No multiple choice tests, ever. Lots of presentations.</p>
<p>My students would hate me, but later they will thank me. ;)</p>
<p>Let’s see:
- I wouldn’t do attendance, kids can come if they feel like it
- I would assign them chapters of the book and have them answer the questions straight out of the book. That way I don’t have to make worksheets
- If I did grade homework (which I wouldn’t), I would grade it for effort
- I wouldn’t do lectures or anything else that I have to suffer through as a kid
- Kids can do whatever the hell they feel like it in my class. If they don’t feel like learning, they can enjoy the merits now and suffer on the exam (if I chose to give one, which I wouldn’t)</p>
<p>Yep, my class would be pretty easy for me as a teacher :)</p>
<p>^I guess this explains your view on the lazy teachers thread.</p>