ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR: QUALITY EDUCATION OR ROTE MEMORIZATION?

[Joe Navarro <jlnhca@yahoo.com>]

ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR: QUALITY EDUCATION OR ROTE MEMORIZATION?
--Joe Navarro
 
            Summer is almost over for many students, teachers and administrators, and the new school semester is on the horizon.  Children are invigorated by the excitement of starting again, being with friends and the challenges of learning new concepts and skills.  Likewise, teachers are refreshed, after having given some thought about what can be done differently this year.  Teachers hope of reaching more students academically and the thought of giving students important life-skills so they can develop and grow to become contributors to their community and families.  However, this excitement is overshadowed by the unavoidable pressures of the state and federal governments to torture students into submission, so that they will become better test-takers by learning through rote-memorization and heavy doses of phonics.

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