Comments on: Standards Train Wreck http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/standards-off-the-rails/ The blog of the Head of School at Poughkeepsie Day School Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/standards-off-the-rails//comment-page-1#comment-212 admin Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:57:03 +0000 http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/?p=2191#comment-212 And...you don't need a pencil to take a walk in the jungle. Did you have any particular jungle in mind? How will you get there? And…you don’t need a pencil to take a walk in the jungle.

Did you have any particular jungle in mind? How will you get there?

]]> By: John Spencer http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/standards-off-the-rails//comment-page-1#comment-210 John Spencer Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:41:21 +0000 http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/?p=2191#comment-210 An educrat once lectured us on how to write lesson plans. "It's like a train," she explained. "You have to have an engine. Those are your objectives." After awhile, I decided trains were the exact metaphor I was looking for in terms of standardized education. Trains rip through geography without respect for the ecology, the humanity or the culture. Trains stay on track and never meander. Trains are made to serve economic purposes. They are slow, expensive, and heavily subsidized. I would rather my class look like a walk through a jungle than a train ride. .-= John Spencer´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnSpencersBlog/~3/anTreXQnalc/effects-of-rainy-day.html" rel="nofollow">the effects of a rainy day</a> =-. An educrat once lectured us on how to write lesson plans. “It’s like a train,” she explained. “You have to have an engine. Those are your objectives.”

After awhile, I decided trains were the exact metaphor I was looking for in terms of standardized education. Trains rip through geography without respect for the ecology, the humanity or the culture. Trains stay on track and never meander. Trains are made to serve economic purposes. They are slow, expensive, and heavily subsidized.

I would rather my class look like a walk through a jungle than a train ride.
.-= John Spencer´s last blog ..the effects of a rainy day =-.

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