Debating...Technology wold replace teachers?????????
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I agree that in K -- 8 schools it would be rather difficult to replace teachers with technology. I don't see how a computer can tie shoes, wipe noses, put on band aids, etc. Oh! To say nothing of the fact that any vocabulary that is retained from those years is because of emotional connections made with those words. I don't see the computer being helpful in that regard. Is the computer going to pat the student's shoulder and pass out tissues when a student fails a test? Is the computer going to set time aside to talk to the students about the fact that "Jimmy's" mom died, and he won't be back to school for a while? Is the computer going to go outside with the kids and show them how to measure the telephone pole, tree, etc. using geometry and ratios? Teachers not only teach math, reading, science, Etc.,  but they also pass along the culture of the societies in which they teach. We'd be giving up a lot if we gave up human teachers.
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Not really--based on my observations.  The money needs to be spent in the classrooms for more teachers to reduce the class numbers.  And there should be more teaching observations from external sources like principal reviews, education experts, etc. and having them help teachers become better teachers.  \n\nGiving teachers more professional development classes is like giving problem students more classes to take.  It doesn't make the student better, it just makes the student do more of something they are not good at.\n\nThose are my personal opinions.
667484
chances are no one is going to have those and even if they did most teachers change answers around for each class. just spend all the time you would have to use looking for the answers online and study.
1091040
Yeah... teachers try to "cheat" kids out of failure by "tricking" them into knowledge.  :o)
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You can join proteacher.com and they have lots of discussion boards where teachers share ideas and teaching strategies. It is free.
550231
Are you serious? You would lose your liscence to teach.
576833
How dare you claim that those who actually know the subject matter would be the best teachers!  Don't you know it's more about self-esteem, and making the students feel better about the fact that they don't know s**t?
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Sign me up for your team - I agree with you completely.  I'm a former teacher.\n\nThe sad thing is that it wasn't always like this.  Our educational system used to be the best in the world.  Somewhere along the way, we lost our focus.  I don't think it's a lost cause, but we need to act NOW to save what's left.\n\nTeachers can't discipline children who misbehave without the risk of retribution from the parents.  When I was a child, if I was disciplined in school it was a small matter compared to what I faced when I got home.\n\nMany teachers have gotten to the point that they just want to coast to retirement.  They're vested in their retirement plans, and don't want to change careers even though they've lost the passion that put them in that job in the first place so many years ago.  Many new teachers are there because the college degree is relatively easy to get, they get summers off, and they get to coach a sport.  Now, I'm not saying ALL teachers are like this, but everybody must admit there are some out there, and they're bringing the system down.\n\nMany parents use school as a daycare center.  They expect teachers to teach their children how to behave.  They won't help their kids with homework because it's the teachers' responsibility to make sure the kids understand it.  \n\nFew parents attend parent-teacher conferences.  The ones that do are generally the parents of children that aren't having problems.  The kids see all of this and adopt the philosophy that, "If Mom and Dad and the teachers don't care, why should I?"\n\nSchools have become more focused on teaching vocational and technical classes, and less on the basics.  As an instructor of some college-level medical courses, I was once asked by a panel of high school administrators what courses they should offer to their students to better prepare them for a college program in healthcare.  "Should we offer Medical Terminology? Anatomy & Physiology?"\n\nMy answer was, "Make them take 4 years of math, 4 years of English, and 4 years of science.  If they haven't done that, they aren't ready for college."\n\nIf you have a plan to fix the system, count me in!  Let's start a movement in the right direction!\n\nP.S. - Did you notice that the only people who disagreed with you on this wrote in very poor form, with no capitalization or punctuation, or misspellings and generally poor grammar?  I found that interesting.
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Change is good!!\nDo you have the time to teach night school??  That way you won't lose the teaching skills !!
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Yes.  As a matter of fact, I am inclined to believe that the problem at hand is due to a lack of connectivity between college teachers and students.  Many college teachers are haughty and completely forget about how it feels to be in a classroom full of their arrogance.
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The way they are reducing education standards they might as well scrap school.\n\nFFS they are even allowing TXT SPEAK to be used in essays for everything but English Language these days.
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Info Tech can be used to spread literacy using video conference, one can reach out to even remote villages without comprising on the quality of teachers.\nInitiatives like ITC's e-choupal which provide free information to farmers about prices for their produce, weather info, etc. thus cutting out middle-men
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Teachers fill a very necessary role in society.  Take away the teachers and nobody would be able to "do".
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I think : Teachers....Students...and Curriculum.
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Check microsofts support page they have a lot of stuff for teachers/schools.
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I wouldn't try that! Teachers can tell when you've had an automated source do it for you.
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I think all technical schools suffer from complaints.  As a former tech school teacher (not ITT, but couple of different places), I can tell you the faculty generally suffers from apathy, the administration is only interested in the money and not the students, and the equipment you work with are always 10 years behind what they show in the commercials.  You will almost always be better off going to a community college or a 4-year university.