08-18-2009, 09:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2009, 09:03 PM by Dr. Cringle.)
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Man, I remember loving my Kindergarten class. It was a little harder the preschool, but there was no pressure that I recall. We had fun. Now were pressuring them to read at that age? Academic acheivment is fine and dandy, but this standardized, cookie-cutter test score bullshit that No Child Left Behind stirred up is just that: bullshit. I hated that my teachers had to teach stuff specifically for the WASL (Washington's Standardized Test), because it was so cut and dry. I never felt like I learned anything of value. And now were exposing this to kids just starting out? Blehh. *grumbles...*
Man, I remember loving my Kindergarten class. It was a little harder the preschool, but there was no pressure that I recall. We had fun. Now were pressuring them to read at that age? Academic acheivment is fine and dandy, but this standardized, cookie-cutter test score bullshit that No Child Left Behind stirred up is just that: bullshit. I hated that my teachers had to teach stuff specifically for the WASL (Washington's Standardized Test), because it was so cut and dry. I never felt like I learned anything of value. And now were exposing this to kids just starting out? Blehh. *grumbles...*
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