I say this young man has an important point.
I had such a confrontation with my high school biology teacher.
When a mere circle in a cell could be attributed as a food vacuole or a fat droplet, he only allowed only one of the two answers, thereby dropping my grade to a “B”.
I gave it to him full throated, standing and pointing.
Being right, he could hardly raise a fuss. Plus, like the eGOP, he was a WUSS!
Jees does that bring back memories. I have very vivid memories of the days i used to seeth as a parade of spirit killers used to waste our youth in hs classrooms. It was truly tragic!
“Handing them the freaking packet” approach is most likely mandated by the school district or administration. My wife taught in an IB school in Texas and they had a similar approach. Very bureaucratic telling the teacher exactly what to hand the students, in what format, and when and they changed it almost monthly (and because it was a low income school, she ended up having to buy all the packets herself, be it folders, envelopes, or binders- the district couldn’t make up its mind).
there may be hope for this country yet....
In many school districts, teachers are PROHIBITED from face-to-face teaching. Instead, teachers must give students packets, and the students are supposed to teach each other.
It's called “cooperative learning”, and it's one of the latest educational fads. It doesn't work, by the way.
I know teachers that were fired - yes, fired - for trying to teach the old-fashioned (and successful) way.
LOL!
One of the packet “teachers”....busy work. Quiet! Fill out the papers and shut up. BOOOOORING!
And so, it begins.
This thing is going to go mega viral !!!
He will be on the news very soon.
He will also cut his hair before to long.
He should be invited to a private school.
WOW !!!
I've been in this profession for 20 years and there are always teachers we refer to as "Ditto Queens" because all they do is hand out the same xerox copies year after year after year!
Wait...there are some problems here...”you want a kid to come in here and get excited, you got to make ‘em excited...you got to touch their hearts.” Really? My teachers didn’t. They instructed and clarified. Their job was to understand the subject matter better than I did, not to motivate me or “touch my heart.” We call this generation of students the “engage (entertain) me or enrage me” generation for a REASON. The “packet” is a problem because it requires independent and evidential WORK. It’s boring and no fun. When attempting to avoid unpleasantries or accountability, the best defense is to shift blame...a political lesson these kids have learned well. Think about it. Whose responsibility is it “motivate” and “touch hearts,” and how many “packets” of work were (are) you responsible for completing?
Reminds me of when I was in a 6th grade class with some old hag. I let her know in no uncertain terms that she couldn’t handle her own students and that she wasn’t fit to teach first graders. That was the last year she taught that grade.