tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post3517618304590296656..comments2023-07-20T10:21:22.451-04:00Comments on Twenty-First Century Blues: Teaching: The Perfect School Yearrwwgreenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256634291144393792noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-63062194188106157592012-08-22T10:10:44.463-04:002012-08-22T10:10:44.463-04:00"Save on AC costs" is probably the bigge..."Save on AC costs" is probably the biggest reason it won't happen. As far as I know most of the schools around here don't have AC at all, so a change like that would require a lot of retrofitting. Are you talking ONLY high school or all school? Anthony Ballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-64952314170719997112012-01-31T06:02:13.732-05:002012-01-31T06:02:13.732-05:00Be awful hard to further their education, learn up...Be awful hard to further their education, learn up about their subjects, sans that time.rwwgreenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256634291144393792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-30194802898703002642012-01-30T16:12:52.668-05:002012-01-30T16:12:52.668-05:00I agree, except with the part about teachers takin...I agree, except with the part about teachers taking an entire quarter off. Aren't they already getting the three weeks each quarter off?Kelly Stone Gamblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580080443113053144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-57564097893786017812011-01-24T18:51:34.921-05:002011-01-24T18:51:34.921-05:00I totally agree with you. I remember my HS teacher...I totally agree with you. I remember my HS teachers always spending the first two-three weeks reviewing material from the previous school year. It was a waste of precious classroom time. Even then, my school had the "block" scheduling where we had four classes a semester and then four the next. I didn't mind it, but I probably would have learned better if I had the same classes everyday for the whole year.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497623943911837867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-67446174503114422842011-01-24T16:36:09.956-05:002011-01-24T16:36:09.956-05:00Quite frankly, I agree in almost every point.
As a...Quite frankly, I agree in almost every point.<br />As a student, I agree that we do get dumber over summer break. The entire 'summer vacation' process has never made any real sense to me anyway. I am also a child of divorce. I have a court ordered 5 weeks a year with the family I do not live with. This could be broken down into a two week and a three week stay with them. Then money comes into play, and most families cannot afford four plane tickets a year for their child, let alone if they have two children.<br />The four day week should be Tuesday-Friday, letting teachers create their plans on Monday and letting the students volunteer earlier in the week, starting out the week smooth and different every week, instead of ending. <br />It's all a matter of opinion. (Although some of it is fact-based, such as students losing memory over summer.) Hopefully it will change within the net few years for the better.SpencerDisasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960590086603974971noreply@blogger.com