|
|
Re: Discussion: Do US Math Teachers Suck?
Posted:
Mar 27, 2012 1:28 PM
|
|
Robert Hansen wrote (in part):
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7755256
> I bet if you walked into an algebra class today, the book
> on the desk would not be the first thing to catch your eye.
> In fact, I bet you become exhausted by all the things that
> catch your eye first and you never even make it to the book.
This is one of the funniest comments I've seen in math-teach in
a while. And just so I'm not misunderstood, it's funny because
I can believe this is exactly what would happen to me. I was
in a huge number of classrooms in 1988 (I substituted daily
for several months in three neighboring mid-sized districts,
one urban and two suburban), but I haven't seen much of high
schools since then. Yes, I did teach high school for 3 years
in the late 1990s, but it was extremely traditional, located
in an old brick building with most teachers using blackboards
and a few teachers using overhead projectors. However, despite
my lack of recent experience in being in a high school classroom,
I can easily imagine how different things are now, as even
in 1988 I thought things were quite different from what I
experienced in high school in 1973-77 (at a small rural school).
Dave L. Renfro
|
|
