Student Teaching Woes

Erik Bates | February 10, 2004
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Scott Hardie | February 10, 2004
Hey, it can be hard to get high school kids interested in anything, whether there's a personal connection or not. Just hope you're getting through to a few of them.

Jackie Mason | February 11, 2004
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Erik Bates | February 11, 2004
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Aaron Fischer | February 12, 2004
Erik,

Welcome to the effect of modern multimedia on our populous. The information age has produced some unbelievably great things for adults. We can get news about anything, anytime, anywhere, and get it almost instantaneously.

One thing that was obviously never fully considered was the ability of the developing mind to absorb / comprehend the broadband stream of data we produce with today’s modern multimedia delivery methods, I.E. television, radio, and computers.

I think this rapid delivery of information has caused an “attention defecit disorder” on a massive scale within today’s youth. The program you’re displaying probably doesn’t have many rapidly changing scenes / bright colors / loud rapidly changing music, that attracts the youth of today.

Anyone else thinking that keeping the kids away from the TV is a good idea?

Scott Hardie | February 12, 2004
Yes. (Not keeping them away completely, but definitely limiting it.)

Bryan Antonio Carroll | February 13, 2004
Well while i attended High school, Student teachers owned. I mean they seem to lack the "Sit down and Shut-up" attitude that teachers normally have ^_^.

Jackie Mason | February 13, 2004
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Anna Gregoline | February 13, 2004
I remember some regular substitutes though, that were worse than the teacher. Who knows? It is EXTREMELY difficult to get high school kids to care about anything, which is a shame, because I think that while no real book learning goes on in high school, it's a big attitude changing time, and I think a lot of kids get jaded and irritated by their high school experience. For me, middle school was the deepest pit in hell, but I didn't like a lot of high school either. And a lot of what we had to do is even stupider in retrospect.

Scott Hardie | February 14, 2004
Teenagers are a tough lot to teach anyway. They're impatient because they feel like adults. There was a time not long ago when they were beyond school, off to the working world (or the farm). They're getting harder to reach these days, no doubt, but I don't think they were ever easy.