Do Teachers really Teach after the 5th grade? from 6th thru college

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Now to those that ASSUMED the reason i created the thread was to bash education as a whole and go the "i dont need education i can do it on my own" route. that was not the case at all. i was just stating the facts. Teachers do not teach all that much. The statistics prove this. I heard a stat this morning(i'm still trying to find that story in print), saying that for california community college students. 40% of them are enrolled in at least ONE remedial course. (usually remedial math or english).

thats darn near half. thats way too many if you ask me.


so lets start talking about some solutions: (READ THE ENTIRE LINK BEFORE RESPONDING)

Who Needs Algebra? New Approach To College Math Helps More Pass

Who Needs Algebra? New Approach To College Math Helps More Pass
'What Is The Purpose?'
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Ashjame Pendarvis, 20, is studying in the lounge at the University of the District of Columbia Community College with her laptop, calculator and papers spread around her. She's taking the most basic level of math at UDC.

She plans on majoring in infant and early childhood education, but she has to get two semesters of remedial math out of the way before she can start on courses relevant to her major, and two more of college-level math before she can graduate — a typical required math sequence.

"I feel like, if math isn't important in your career, then there is no need for it in college," she says. "What's the purpose of wasting your time and your money?"

Anyone who's had to deal with math homework probably has heard, or uttered, a version of that complaint. What's surprising is that educators like Mellow agree with Pendarvis.

They're trying a new way of teaching math that gets rid of most algebra altogether. It's being tested on almost 5,000 students across the country. So far, many more students are succeeding in the courses, which abandon traditional math sequences in favor of new content, new teaching techniques and even a little psychology...........

 

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and another solution to the problem:

"An Average Guy' Excels at Teaching AP Calculus

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Sorry to bring back what could be terrifying memories, but do you remember high school calculus class? Maybe you loved your teacher, like I did. Maybe you lived in fear. Well, a teacher named Anthony Yom has been trying to make calculus less scary. And his students at Lincoln High, a public school in Los Angeles, have responded. For the last three years, all of his students passed the AP Calculus exam. One got a perfect score. There were only 12 perfect scores worldwide. But when I spoke to Mr. Yom, he took us back to his first year of teaching, when two of his students did not pass the AP exam.

ANTHONY YOM: That really hurt me because I just felt terrible. I just felt like had they had another teacher, maybe they would have passed. So at that point I made a promise to myself that I'm going to do everything to make sure that these kids pass.

GREENE: So those two students who didn't pass junior year, did they pass senior year after having your class?

YOM: You know what, I do have to tell you this. I do still keep in touch with these kids. They went off to college - great colleges. And they took calculus again. And they did very well.

GREENE: Well, there you go. I don't think you need to feel guilty.

YOM: Yeah, but, you know, it's just - I've never experienced that kind of feeling, you know, before. And I think it definitely gave me a good motivation to work harder for students.

GREENE: It sounds like you really love your students and care about their success.

YOM: Definitely. I mean, isn't that what teachers are supposed to do? I get that question a lot of the times, but, I mean, that's why I chose this job......................

YOM: Well, before you teach math, you just have to get to know them. You have to tailor the lesson so that it's relevant to the kids. It could be as simple as just even using their name in the word problem.

 

[BlackEfron]

history was interesting at first but it got boring when they taught about the same shyt over and over again

- blackieorbinson

 

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history was interesting at first but it got boring when they taught about the same shyt over and over again

- blackieorbinson

but what if history was taught including a subject you like?

say you were in love with math but hated history.
And then i hit you with

The Story of Mathematics - A History of Mathematical Thought from Ancient Times to the Modern Day


PREHISTORIC MATHEMATICS

The Ishango bone, a tally stick from central Africa, dates from about 20,000 years ago

Our prehistoric ancestors would have had a general sensibility about amounts, and would have instinctively known the difference between, say, one and two antelopes. But the intellectual leap from the concrete idea of two things to the invention of a symbol or word for the abstract idea of "two" took many ages to come about.

Even today, there are isolated hunter-gatherer tribes in Amazonia which only have words for "one", "two" and "many", and others which only have words for numbers up to five. In the absence of settled agriculture and trade, there is little need for a formal system of numbers.


You have a lot of latin students in your class. they hate history and math. but they are prideful when it comes to their heritage.

you hit them with this kind of stuff
Mayan Mathematics - The Story of Mathematics

MAYAN MATHEMATICS

Mayan numerals

The Mayan civilisation had settled in the region of Central America from about 2000 BCE, although the so-called Classic Period stretches from about 250 CE to 900 CE. At its peak, it was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world.

The importance of astronomy and calendar calculations in Mayan society required mathematics, and the Maya constructed quite early a very sophisticated number system, possibly more advanced than any other in the world at the time (although the dating of developments is quite difficult).

 

[EndDomination]

Yeah, they do.
Maybe I just had fantastic teachers from 6th Grade through college, but I've learned a tremendous amount.
Not just in the form of answers to standardized tests, but I've also learned critical thinking, and how to identify whether information is helpful or not.

 

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Yeah, they do.
Maybe I just had fantastic teachers from 6th Grade through college, but I've learned a tremendous amount.
Not just in the form of answers to standardized tests, but I've also learned critical thinking, and how to identify whether information is helpful or not.

You had a host of incredible teachers to them for hooking you up.

what you had should be a normal thing. its not.

 

[GzUp]

i came in thinking everyone was going to say no.

 

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i came in thinking everyone was going to say no.

I would hope not. i mean i know its bad out there, but i also know somebody is getting a worthwhile education.