tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416408857676902397.post7497936171414649222..comments2014-02-25T10:35:27.679-05:00Comments on Rheebot No More: What Motivates You to Get Up in the Morning?Inner City School Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488876224344662116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416408857676902397.post-20410067738354522162011-05-05T21:46:31.803-04:002011-05-05T21:46:31.803-04:00How do you teach in an environment of chaos? In a...How do you teach in an environment of chaos? In a world of poverty you go to school where a little less chaos exists then the home environment you leave and go home to everyday. <br /><br />I believe there are many factors involved in the struggle of inner cities (which also happens in the suburbs but to a lesser degree) that we miss the things that work in order to play politics, advance agendas, struggle for power, to feed our ego of intellectualism. We have socially engineered many of our schools to fit the vision of a select few. Washington DC is being scandalized by test scores that have been altered. Since when does a test score measure the dignity of a child? When does a test score see the pain inside the child? I’ve heard it said that it takes a village to raise a child but the village that raised the children of this generation has given them hell as an environment to learn in. We don’t need more scholars to plan more failed curriculum to advance their social agendas of perceived success with a record of dismal failure. What we need are caring people who show that they care (by showing their love) for that child. When a child sees that….they will engage themselves to what you’re teaching. Love makes a sponge of the mind.Mikezarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16479278280534070219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416408857676902397.post-40419609612648995402011-05-05T20:54:57.974-04:002011-05-05T20:54:57.974-04:00Hmmm... I'm not so sure. A good portion of my ...Hmmm... I'm not so sure. A good portion of my kids come because their friends are at school. They also know they can generally get away with anything, and with promotion policy the way it is, they'll likely be moved to the next grade despite doing very little work. <br /><br />Also, some come to recruit gang members.<br /><br />And then there are those who come because they yearn to learn.james boutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.com