Posted on 01/19/2017 1:02:50 PM PST by Kf90
My 7 yr old daughter came home from school with a practice study test for her Social Study's test two days prior to the test date. The first night my husband helped her study, asking the questions and my daughter answering from multiple choice answers. The second night, I helped her study and she seemed to struggle with about 6 questions. I asked her if her teacher went over the test or if anything was taught to her about the test at all and my daughter simply said "We just went over the test today." I asked her why and my daughter said they only have Social Study's class if there is time in the day. I, being a former home schooled student, have been having a very hard time with this. My mom was my teacher and made sure that my siblings and I had a solid lesson in all of our subjects, Math, Reading, Spelling, History, Science, Social Study's, and Bible. My mom has been home with the Lord since I was 13 and I can not ask her now just how much of our work she had to turn in to the state so they can verify we were being taught or not, but I do know she had to. I doubt she had an option of choosing which classes she had time to teach or not. If my 7 year old is telling me the truth, why is it that my daughters teacher has that option? Does it have to do with Common Core? Is this something that other teachers do? Are they allowed to chooses the priority of the lessons? I'm close to having a meeting with the teacher but I don't want my daughter to get treated differently if I do. I am very frustrated with this and not sure how to go about the situation.
Nightmare.
I don’t know.
But I remember when no child left behind came out that had a teacher on television complaining that if they had to focus on reading and arithmetic to be able to get good scores on the standardized tests they wouldn’t have time to teach social studies.
And I’m thinking if they don’t have skills in reading and arithmetic, shouldn’t that be where your focus is and not social studies!!!
I think in 1st and 2nd grade that the main focus is math, reading and spelling. Social studies is more of a bonus or fun lesson. If this is a public school then it could be because of teaching pointless things like social justice.
We homeschooled our kids until high school. When they got to HS, I couldn’t believe how many times I asked what they did in school & they answered “we watched a movie”.
My guess is that the teacher has a boatload of students they are responsible for and that the administration of that school sees him or her successful if the students do well on the reading and math standardized tests. Ask your child if that is what the class seems to be taught the most. If this is the case, there isn’t much you are going to change.
I’m in higher ed. Home schooled students in my experience are much better prepared for college level studies.
One of my courses is a large lecture survey type course. I do not use a text. I post articles and book segments but the vast majority of the content is delivered through lecture. I spend the first two classes on how to take lecture notes - how to listen essentially. I do this because I have to, not because I want to.
Home schooled students generally listen better, I can tell because of the types of questions they ask. They’re generally better critical thinkers.
“If this is a public school then it could be because of teaching pointless things like social justice.”
Yep, if they are skipping social studies, the kids may be skipping some indoctrination. Don’t complain!
Yeah, it’s the new way — a boatload of homework definitely requiring parental guidance. And we’re in a great district.
My grandchildren all go to public school ,however, my daughters in law and my daughter all buy extra grade appropriate workbooks and also essentially homeschool their children. Teachers dump a great deal of homework on children. Unfortunately these children are unable to do it and the responsibility of sitting and teaching the lesson falls to the parents. I sent my children to private school starting with nursery school so I really have no use for public schools and most public school teachers.
YOU were homeschooled, and yet you are committing child abuse!!! (Sending your child to a child abuse center!)
They don’t have time to teach.. They just want to talk about feelings and if they want to be gay or cross dress or not..
Really?
The easiest thing to do is ask the teacher and/or principal. I’ve always had a copy of my daughters’ class schedules, times & teacher before the semester begins. We have an orientation night a few weeks before school starts, as well as a back-to-school night just after. Information about classes, schedules, homework expectations, etc is available then. There are many on-line resources available as well.
I do not know your situation. Most people do not realize that the loss of an income makes home schooling one if the mist expensive options. (The more kids the more cost effective.) As a former home school parent (one college grad, one in grad school) I strongly recommend homeschooling if at all possible.
Home school your kid.
And when you do please teach your daughter that it is spelled “Social Studies” and NOT “Social Study’s”.
Do teachers teach? No. Clear with my twin 9 year old boys that the teachers go through the motions, aligning by rote, content from common core. They do not actually tech the content. We find ourselves filling in the details, teaching them ourselves. Teachers don’t correct spelling or bad handwriting. They do not even teach cursive. Nothing.
My husband and I found it illuminating to occasionally sit in on some of our children’s classes. Sometimes what the student relays to the parents isn’t the full story. My daughter can tell you I’m no huge fan of the public school system!
This is why university students who get questioned on Water’s World on Fox look dumber than rocks. The only ones dumber were their parents, who paid tons of tax money for the miseducation of their children in secondary school and now are wasting more money on their miseducation at the university. The students have no clue as to the history of the USA.
“Social Study’s”
“Really?”
I see that “possessive for plural” mistake EVERYWHERE now. It is depressing.
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