Obama wants to extend school time- Page 2
Obama wants to extend school time
#25obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 4:37pm
"You can continue to write-off the education in other countries all you want, but children in our one-size-fits-all school system will grow up and have to directly compete with the best and brightest of the rest of the world for the same jobs."
OK I am gonna say it, I think we should track kids(like they do in Asia and Europe). When they get to high school they should concentrate on a certain field. I think if a student doesn't want to go to college send them to a trade school. I think our one size fits all school system caters more to the students getting left behind and hurts the brightest students, especially when they are all in one classroom and the teacher has to interrupt their lesson to discipline a child because they can't send them to the office because the state frowns upon that. Seriously if we suspend too many children we get in trouble, so you have to do something close to horrific to get suspended (like make a death threat).
#26obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 4:42pm
PE three days a week, Colleen? Isn't this cruelty to gay boys?
Totally...
This past Thursday I managed to lock the paper with my combo on it in my gym locker...
#27obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 4:44pm
I'm a senior, and my schedule is from 7:30 to 2:15. This is not an extended day; this is the typical schedule for my area. Every freshman and sophomore is required to take English, history, science, math, gym/health, a foreign language, and an elective class (like a music or art or writing elective, or an extra history or science credit). I think that about covers all the bases. We also have a study hall period.
Juniors and seniors don't have to take gym, and seniors can choose which science they want to take. More students take AP than regular courses. It's not a magnet school, just a regular public school. I think that's a pretty good model, without extended school days to cram more stuff in.
#28obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 4:57pm
I so envy you Schmerg! NO GYM!
My schedule goes from 8:05-2:30.
1. Study Hall/Gym (Day 2)
2. Marketing
3. Senior Seminar (English)
4. Politics & Gov't
5. Math 4
6. Lunch
7. French 4
8. AP Bio
9. Study Hall/AP Bio (Day 2)
I can get in late & leave early on Day 1 because of the Study Halls.
#29obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 5:17pmAt my school, if you have a certain amount of exercise outside of school you can get out of gym and have a study hall. I get out of gym for dancing so I have two study halls.
#30obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/29/09 at 11:40pm
The lack of social studies, art and music is more evident in elementary school than high schools, where there are seven class periods every day. There are newly-built elementary schools in my area that didn't even bother to build a gym in the school because they knew they wouldn't be having PE classes. PE and art and music take away from time that NCLB wants to be dedicated to teaching to standardized tests. That doesn't even get into the issue inner city schools that don't even have the money or facilities for electives and extracurriculars.
Your probably upper middle class suburban schools are not the standard.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#31obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/30/09 at 6:20am
1. School districts cannot AFFORD to extend the day.
2. My school was just named a National Blue Ribbon school. Not every public school is lacking.
3. Keeping them in school LONGER doesn't mean they will learn anything more. They are kids.....how long are they suppose to be able to focus, sit still and contribute?
MORE is not necessarily better. The bigger problem lies in the attitude that comes from home: backing up their children that are caught cheating, allowing fresh behavior at home and in school, making excuses for their child's every behavior, allowing every "issue" to be more important than responsibility.
But politicians can't fault parents, but feel free to blame schools.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#32obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/30/09 at 6:55amIt is a stupid idea based on faulty information.
#33obama wants to extend school time
Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:33am
In NJ PE has to be taught. There is a certain number of hours that are mandated (I forget how many) also we have to have specials in elementary school such as Art, Music,PE, Library, and science (social studies taught in class). We are not a suburban school we are a low income urban school.
I also think that we should have mandated preschool for 3 and 4 year olds. We have it in my district and it is the model for the state of NJ. Our test scores have increased with the students that have been in this program
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