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Skriven 2013-09-28 16:53:32 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 5157 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: homeEc 231
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Hi Michael,

 ML> Well, at least it would have been an easy A.
 RH> As long as I did things the teacher's way

 ML> Ah, so. I've known teachers like that: I suppose many
 ML> of us have encountered them in our long and checkered
 ML> academic careers.

Sigh, yes. As I got older and more experienced, I found I could debate,
proving my answer was just as valid as their's, with some teachers.
Others I just had to accept that they wouldn't budge on a point. I even
did it in some of my classes here at Southeastern.

 RH> Even tho both my sisters took the same basic course I did,
 RH> neither of them could do much more than boil water when they left home.

 ML> Says something not too great about the quality of the
 ML> teaching and/or the course.

Different teachers than I had. A lot of new teachers used the small,
rural school as a starter job. After a few years, they would move on to
a larger school where they could get more money. Also, my sisters, being
younger, didn't have the responsibility of cooking at home as much as I
did.

 ML> I'd have hoped that that would be precisely the situation
 ML> where individualized training would be available; oh, well,
 ML> I suppose they had to cut the budgets to the bone the same
 ML> way the big city schools did.
 RH> They didn't have the facilities or faculty for teaching that many
 RH> levels. The same teacher taught junior high/middle school and high
 RH> school classes--a full day's worth in a kitchen (with multiple
 RH> stations) and a living room with sewing machines around the perimeter.

 ML> A little flexibility here on the teacher's part would
 ML> have done wonders.

It just wasn't possible in that school set up. The school board hired
just one teacher for home ec, one for shop, one vocal music, one
instrumental, etc. Junior high/middle school had one English teacher,
one math, one science, etc; senior high had one for some classes (all
business related) or two (English). But, you were a name/face in each
class, not just an anonymous face and number.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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