<p>Didn’t read all posts–just inital issue re science and the schools mentioned in the article etc</p>
<p>In our situation (re science teachers)
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our student is a very good science and math student strong As and Bs in honors and AP leves…and the chem teacher for AP does not teach
…our student has to dig for it, and use open courseware from colleges.
Our student is a jr…so the teachers logic of "I expect them to learn how to learn this themselves since they will be in college in a semester " is just laziness on the part of a teacher who isn’t teaching…
…I think its because some students get to the point where the teacher no longer has as firm a grasp on the material to teach what the kid is asking…</p>
<p>do I want spoon feeding , no
–however when when my student goes in to ask a serious question and gets and answer like, “I had chocolate chip cookies for dessert, what did you have…” thats just dumb…I don’t know that this teacher is speaking in metaphors to get the kids to think–Could be and yet many students are like what the heck is that?</p>
<p>I have read how MIT feels the kids are coming in without the ability to think and analyze the material…lots of facts at their fingertips and they still need to be able to integrate and write about that …and thats lacking.</p>