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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s not that they don’t teach; (paraphrasing Reagan) it’s just that they teach so much that isn’t so.
Get your kid out of the Stalinist Sausage Factory if you value them at all.
Crazy stuff!
I teach online college courses in American History and Government. First question out of every students mouth (or email) is “do you provide a study guide?” which is code for exam question answers. When I say no, several will quit.
And many are clueless as to what I can determine from their records of access, time spent in text, on assignments, content coverage etc. End of semester is always a shocker to more than a few....even though the rules have been clearly elaborated at semester’s beginning.
In some schools here, the teachers hand out “packets” of course materials. The students are to go through the packets while the teacher sits at her desk. If a student has a question, the teacher tells him/her to go back and study the packet. If the student still needs help, well, it’s obvious to the “teacher” that the student just didn’t read the packet.