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Education

no_hypocrisy

(49,921 posts) Fri Oct 6, 2017, 10:57 PM Oct 2017

I had a terrible day teaching today. [View all]

A 12/13 yo student didn't know:

1) who Patrick Henry was,
2) whether he was a colonist or British, and
3) couldn't choose when prompted with "Give me liberty or give me death".

No, she wasn't punking me (unfortunately). She honestly didn't have a clue.

Location: a suburban town in NJ.

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I had a terrible day teaching today. [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 OP

Who is this guy and why does he have two first names? unblock Oct 2017 #1

Why not just tell them who Patrick Henry was. They're not going to know. Get rote. YOHABLO Oct 2017 #2

Had there been a reading assignment that she didn't bother to read? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #3

Did you teach that in a lesson and it should have been known? BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #4

I hear you, but in my experience that age group seems to wake up in a new world every day. TexasProgresive Oct 2017 #5

I blame the overuse of bullshit projects and the hatred of rote learning NCDem777 Oct 2017 #6

This dinosaur is a CRK7376 Oct 2017 #7

I always liked more lectures NCDem777 Oct 2017 #8