Not Just High Schoolers. Adults Don't Listen Either!

After sharing my daughter's experiences of student teaching, I had the nerve to decide to earn some extra money by involving myself for a second time in school matters. You think I'd learn, but no I didn't.



For the next eight weeks I will be one of the team members grading standardized testing from several states. We had our first day of training and was told that our opinions about grading didn't matter. Our interpretations of the student's answer didn't matter. The only thing that matters is the grading rubric that's presented to us.



Well think high schoolers don't listen? Neither do adults! We had adults arguing with the trainer about whether or not the rubric was correct or whether or not those responsible for creating the rubric were correct. I couldn't believe my ears. We were told just a few hours earlier that our opinions didn't matter. Well needless to say the trainees were reminded in not too nice a tone what we were told earlier.



Why don't we listen or are we just forgetting information so quickly that it appears that we haven't listened? My opinion is that people like those think they know it all and are full of themselves. They're show-offs.

High Schoolers! What Should We Do With Them?

One of my adult children is finishing up a MA in Education thus she is required to complete a teaching internship. She has returned home each day with her mind barely intact due to the riggors of the class room.

From the beginning of the internship all I had to say each afternoon was "Hi" and I'd get an earful of what each (nameless) child did or said. She'd say things like "In the middle of telling them the instructions one child said 'Miss, I don't understand what to do' without waiting for me to finish" This went on for many weeks.

For the last week or two, she's been very silent, silent I tell you...she's asleep on the couch shortly after I say "Hi." After her nap... the stories begin. My teacher-to-be just cannot understand why her students will not pay attention to or follow instructions (this is a high achieving class). One would think that higher achievers would be able to follow instructions, but no; most of them don't.

So what should she do with these students? My suggestion to her was that when she has her own classroom I promise to make her a banner that says something like: Listen to the instructions, Read the Instructions or even Extra points if you read and follow the instructions.

Staying On Track With Blogging

I'm not the type of person who freely share my thoughts with everyone but I am learning that in some cases it's a good thing. Because I don't share my thought readily, I have not blogged in some weeks.



When I decided to start the blog, I promised myself that I would make myself share my thoughts but I fell right back into my old habits shortly after entering the world of blogging. Well I'm back again and I'm planning to stick with it this time.



I have been working on the web site adding new products and other projects during my time of "silence". Products that has been added to the store are patches and T-shirts with religious decoration. They were added for customers who have needed them in the past.



I had fun working on my various projects and plan to blog more frequently.