Comments on: “We live in exponential times.” http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/we-live-in-exponential-times/ A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:09:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dawn Hogue http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/we-live-in-exponential-times/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Dawn Hogue Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:01:39 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/we-live-in-exponential-times/#comment-695 I agree. Even kids without much think they don't need school. Of course we do have high achieving students, but even they don't push their potential like they should. I think there needs to be a national sense of urgency. I has to come from home and school. And yet, I wouldn't want to create generations of nervous, ulcer-ridden worriers. I guess I'm just going to try to reach my students with a simple message: Your education matters. It is the gift you can give yourselves. There is only so much I can do as your teacher. The real results come from your active engagement in your own learning. I agree. Even kids without much think they don’t need school. Of course we do have high achieving students, but even they don’t push their potential like they should. I think there needs to be a national sense of urgency. I has to come from home and school.

And yet, I wouldn’t want to create generations of nervous, ulcer-ridden worriers.

I guess I’m just going to try to reach my students with a simple message:

Your education matters. It is the gift you can give yourselves. There is only so much I can do as your teacher. The real results come from your active engagement in your own learning.

]]> By: PB http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/we-live-in-exponential-times/comment-page-1/#comment-694 PB Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:27:55 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/we-live-in-exponential-times/#comment-694 Hi - The difficulty that I am currently having that most of my students are very passive - they don't want to work for anything. Why not? Most are given everything they want and are very comfortable with the teacher giving them the answers. It's a trend that has been going on for awhile, but currently it's very acute in my classes right now. If it matters, I do teach in a suburban school... Hi -

The difficulty that I am currently having that most of my students are very passive – they don’t want to work for anything. Why not? Most are given everything they want and are very comfortable with the teacher giving them the answers.

It’s a trend that has been going on for awhile, but currently it’s very acute in my classes right now.

If it matters, I do teach in a suburban school…

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