tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post6678511262378282658..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Not a good reason to learn science....doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26211183822091532702011-12-24T07:34:58.065-05:002011-12-24T07:34:58.065-05:00Dear Doug,
I get uncertain about just about every...Dear Doug,<br /><br />I get uncertain about just about everything by the time the sun decides to stop its southern slide. I have no idea how you survive without the light.<br /><br />I have faith that if we remind kids of the world outside their immediate culture, help them learn how to think, to allow them to see beauty, we'll be alright.<br /><br />Not going to happen n our generation, true, but i still plant trees.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-12789643712902771682011-12-21T03:39:16.275-05:002011-12-21T03:39:16.275-05:00And when all the decent-paying jobs are shipped ov...And when all the decent-paying jobs are shipped overseas or automated, there won't be any reason to learn anything, and teachers will need to motivate students with meaningless incentives like grades, tests, and certificates (and punishment, when those don't work) .... What? Yeah, this is <em>progress.</em> Was childhood ever worth anything in its own right? Maybe, at some point it was, but the more I teach, the less certain I am that it is now.Doug Noonhttp://borderland.northernattitude.orgnoreply@blogger.com