[etni] Fwd: Further from the writer of 'appalled '
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From: Jenifer Byk <byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Further from the writer of 'appalled '
Further to my last posting (which I forgot to sign. Sorry.), I would
like to stress a point I made, but didn’t wish to elaborate on. I
will try to say this as diplomatically as I can, because this must be
an awful situation for teachers to be in, but I don’t believe all the
demands, which make you work so hard, are accomplishing the goal. This
is true of the literature too. Don’t get me wrong; I think it is
important to teach literature and to have something other than unseens
in final tests, but many high school pupils are not ready to be thrown
in at the deep end. One of my 10th grade students, being tested on A
Summer’s Reading this week, said “I’ve never had to read a story like
this before.” And though she is in a 4/5 point class, the level is
way beyond her. There are so many words she doesn’t know that it is
impossible for her to appreciate the literary values. She typifies
many 10th graders. Teachers have no time to address this very serious
problem. I won’t mention the writing, which, surprisingly, does not
improve by itself, just because the pupils are made to write a lot.
Perhaps many teachers will disagree with me, and say that their pupils
are benefitting. I know that a great many pupils are not.
Jennifer Byk
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