Blog Assignment #10

An Open Letter to Educators by Morgan Bayda

This post was about how she has felt cheated about her education at a University. It was hard for Ms. Bayda to stay awake and focus because it seemed as though she was being taught. It appeared as though her teachers scarcely wanted her to voice her opinion but to just listen to there lecture. Morgan Bayda also featured a video by Dan Brown who was a college student that was frustrated about his education. In this video, he made a lot of good points about how teachers were just giving out facts. In other words he was just being taught and not learning anything. He was just given facts and enough information so that he could give it back on a test. Dan Brown also believe that society does not care about how many facts you know. This young man drop out of school feeling like his was not learning anything and no one cared. Which is true they do not care what you know but its about do you have the knowledge or experience for what they are looking for. He stated that people have lost sight of education. I agree with Dan Brown and Morgan Bayda. I have been in class where the teacher just give enough information just so that your able to pass the test. When this happen students are not learning they are just being taught enough information to give back to the teacher. This definitely will not help students in today's society. I too have been taught majority of the years I been in school. I believe that it is about empowering students and giving them a chance to excel. I believe that students need to be educated and not taught. I think this why so many students drop out because they are not being educated. Some students even feel as though they can learn more in the streets and not the classroom. I believe that is why it is time for change. It is time for our students to be encourage about learning. I believe that teachers should do a self evaluation if the students are not doing well or excited about learning in their class.

Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home by Tom Johnson
This story was very different. I really enjoyed reading it once I understood that there was a problem that needed a solution. The solution was to show other ways of learning. This just teaches that we have to learn the students and ways of how they learn. Teachers will definitely need to be creative in the classroom to help our to be successful in learning.