tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post5676955837205195201..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: 'How is the Teacher to Cope with This?' Miss C RespondsMary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-12040949539841463582011-04-28T21:45:37.710-04:002011-04-28T21:45:37.710-04:00@UBLOST 2 agree. Love the question you pose about ...@UBLOST 2 agree. Love the question you pose about why we feel it necessary to benchmark students. Important one to ask. Thanks for commenting:)Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-57145179532995123172011-04-25T22:53:07.605-04:002011-04-25T22:53:07.605-04:00When I think about school, I think about how I lea...When I think about school, I think about how I learned to solve my own problems. I think about how much fun it was to actually make friends and to learn something useful for the real world. When I think about school it was fun! I was nutured and the teachers really got the very essence of me. "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." John Dewey... So why do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-20125447958736705602011-04-25T12:59:06.079-04:002011-04-25T12:59:06.079-04:00Lois, an important question and one I grapple w/ e...Lois, an important question and one I grapple w/ especially as I was a teacher of Miss C. I faced similar concerns as so many of the the teachers I worked with taught in NYC schools in the area of literacy. Feedback from candidates was important and helped us to ensure that a sociocultural perspective was important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-52330039453285419392011-04-25T11:29:16.979-04:002011-04-25T11:29:16.979-04:00Miss C's blog poses sharp ethical issues for t...Miss C's blog poses sharp ethical issues for those of us who try to prepare teachers for urban schools. What's OUR job in light of these realities?Lois Weinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301414446000532876noreply@blogger.com