Xander ,'Lessons'
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What?! Oh lord, I would have failed EVERYTHING. Because my notes were some important words or phrases, surrounded by song lyrics by Adam Ant and Duran Duran.
Yeah, would you lose points if the margins were torn off? Because no way would my teachers get my fancy "I love 'insert crush of the week' " covered margins.
Joe laughed at my 20th Century History class notes last semester when he was trying to quiz me before exams. Some key points:
*Rommell = Desert Fox
Patton = AWESOME!!
*Belgium--->Leopold--->Congo--->Rubber--->GIANT ASSHOLE
ION I'm tasked with organizing the lunch for an Engineering Department meeting next week. The PTB decided on Italian. I'm comparing menus, getting prices together...and did I mention that the canteloupe I brought for my morning snack was completely overripe and inedible and I had to throw it away and I'm hungry? ...Tortellini with Chicken: Cheese-Filled Tortellini, Roasted Chicken, Artichoke Hearts, Onions, Sun-Dried Tomatoes in an Alfredo Sauce...
::cries and cries::
I didn't actually take good notes. I just borrowed a friend's notebook, and neatly printed all of their notes to turn in. In high school, the teachers who wanted notebooks also seemed to want them to say ONLY what they wrote on the board.
In high school, the teachers who wanted notebooks also seemed to want them to say ONLY what they wrote on the board.
But, that's ridiculous! What about a throwaway comment that sparked something? What about an observation you made, or a connection between two ideas? ARGH.
Thinking about it later, I think they were modeling good note-taking behavior. They were just pretty rigid in what it would be
Epic, can you ask for samples? of everything?
In college, homework was different - it prepared you for the next class. And in a lot of cases -- do or not do it - your choice. But not doing it, was often FAIL .
Now, Todd, that's some proactive thinking.
My daughter is in the open classroom so she doesn't have homework, or not much. She had some yesterday. The teacher sent home a baggie and asked kids to find something that was "the color of the earth" so she went into the yard and collected leaves. I think that's the kind of homework a kindergartener should have. Her friend in one of the other classes has more traditional homework, he has to trace his name 5 times and trace the numbers 1-3.
I notice some of the parents getting antsy and worrying that the kids aren't learning in the open class. First, it's only week 2. TAKE A CHILL PILL, DUDE. Second, Frances brings home stuff she's done in class like pages with numbers on them (written all backwards and sideways but whatever) so I know that there's learning going on in there.
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