Could we not incorporate some modern and nontraditional activities like this into Phys. Ed.?
Maybe we can just revamp the whole system to focus on incorporating some of the traditional skills in nontraditional settings. Is that possible under current legislation?
I’m sure it is somewhat–but how on earth are educators going to find the time to constantly interpret data and differentiate instruction so we can push learners through the grades as “proficiently” (as measured by arguably poorly calibrated tests and standards) as possible?
OR THIS MIGHT HAPPEN! I’ve been looking for a real-life demonstration of what the potential future holds for the less cognizant of my young ones…
and here it is!
I’m not sure what to make of the guy’s laugh in the video…psychologically he must have felt that he was watching America’s Funniest Home Videos with good ol’ Bob Saget (remember him?).
Just in case you were interested on staying up to date on the latest and greatest developments in drug smuggling and disguises…
Straight from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Microgram Bulletin, read up on what’s going on in your world. Everything from cocaine found in ukeleles to candy, the DEA has it identified!
I was in the computer lab with my young elementary kids. They were practicing their typing skills when suddenly another teacher barges in to say that her kids needed the lab at this time because today was the day she had asked that her kids could use it. Confused, I asked what this was about. She proceeded to tell me that she had sent me an e-mail some time ago asking me to switch our times around. I said that I didn’t remember getting the e-mail, but I could check on it.
She said, “well there’s nothing to check. I e-mailed you.” I told her I’d be with her if she’d like to wait out in the hall as the scene wasn’t particularly healthy for my kids to be witnessing.
She just stood there.
I repeated myself, and she took one step backwards, continuing to glare at me, her head moving from side to side from sheer anger and intolerance that I could have dared not bow down and immediately shew my kids out of the lab.
I asked her if I had responded in agreement to her e-mail. “No.” I asked if she had signed up in the computer lab schedule binder. “No.”
I said, “well I don’t want to escalate this situation, but my kids have been looking forward to working on their keyboarding skills today.”
“They can practice that anytime. My kids have a project to work on.”
She was irate, causing a scene, refusing to go into the hall in front of her kids, yet unashamed to torment mine. Wanting to calm the winds, I offered to be out of the lab within the next ten minutes. She continued telling me nothing new, and I calmly explained that the longer she was going to stay there arguing, the longer it was going to take us to finish up and exit for her.
She finally left in a huff (um, woof?), and I finally found her ambiguous e-mail in my mailbox. When we had left (5 or 6 minutes later), I gave her a courtesy call and apologized for not contacting her to clarify her e-mail. She told me she accepted my apology, but informed me that now she didn’t want to use the lab.
Darned if I do, darned if I don’t…whatever should I have done…
