tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post714395330153127303..comments2023-11-10T09:23:27.270-06:00Comments on Fourth Generation Teacher: From New Math to Common CoreFourth Generation Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16700328444005416956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post-78367388023654842692012-06-07T19:50:01.461-05:002012-06-07T19:50:01.461-05:00Laura, my complaint was never with the Metric Syst...Laura, my complaint was never with the Metric System, but the way policymakers told us we would all shift and teach only that, and when we responded and learned so we could teach, the policymakers said, "Oh, just kidding...nevermind." I love your term "Flaming and fading fads!" The alliteration really appeals to me. And the image. You're right on target. I may steal it for use in the future. Thanks for responding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post-60945053364806595462012-06-07T13:51:01.697-05:002012-06-07T13:51:01.697-05:00As a science teacher, I'd like to put in a goo...As a science teacher, I'd like to put in a good word for metrics: it really is much easier than the standard English measurement system we (almost alone in the world) still use. And I know my ease with the metric system has certainly aided me in my world travels ("I'll have a quarter kilo of provolone, please"). And if we HAD gone completely metric, Mars might actually have another satellite right now. As for your main point of flaming and then fading fads, I agree. And I've only taught 16 years.Laura Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605976173916242513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post-57985572894619979432012-06-05T21:42:25.925-05:002012-06-05T21:42:25.925-05:00I'm still suspicious! It's all about corp...I'm still suspicious! It's all about corporate power.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414625112361602326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post-71942300567260930952012-06-05T20:40:34.969-05:002012-06-05T20:40:34.969-05:00Open classrooms! I taught in an open school...we&#...Open classrooms! I taught in an open school...we've converted some of ours back. Rigor reminds me of the same thing...death. Thanks for reminding me. I wonder what other SBs I've forgotten. And yet we keep plugging along, don't we? Doing what's right for kids.Fourth Generation Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700328444005416956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633935880322794283.post-420995065546200202012-06-05T19:26:28.573-05:002012-06-05T19:26:28.573-05:00Thank you for a great column. I too started with ...Thank you for a great column. I too started with New Math and the metric system. You forgot to mention open classrooms. that was an absolute disaster. recently a suit told me that we have to have more rigor..i always want to say rigor mortis when i hear that..she said that my pre-k students needed more academic rigor. i told her she could want what she wanted but children haven't changed the way they develop. they haven't heard the "word" That cost me re-leveling my classroom library but it was well worth it.<br />I can hardly wait for the new silver bullet that will save my childrenIt's a Small Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252095267213544269noreply@blogger.com