Well today was our district wide pep rally to start off the school year. Following that this afternoon we had a different type of motivational meeting. Boss man said that we needed to raise our test scores. Social Studies is lagging behind. Test scores are going to become more of a focus for him and therefore for us.
My gut reaction is here we go again. Testing Testing and more Testing. Why is it that so many teachers agree that this current form of education is practically useless, yet we simply accept it and convince ourselves that "it's the way it is." I've heard "I don't like it, I think it's stupid, but we've got to do it" so many times sometimes I'm afraid I will start repeating that mantra as well.
On the other hand, however, the fact remains that NCLB and ABC is the current form and the students are now held to even higher standards. So I'm looking forward to blogging this year's civics classes. And hopefully receiving some beneficial comments--preferably from many of the folks that I teach with...
Of course I will need to find an acceptible blog format because blogspot is forbidden by our county's internet filter.
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