Testing Is Not Fun

Monday, I tried to keep one full class and a half quiet while the third and fifth grade students took their test. Too much!! Tuesday, I had another double second grade and a half class. Wednesday, today, I was a proctor for the 5th grade. From 9am until 12pm. If the students weren't going crazy with three days of testing, I sure was !! Tomorrow, class project: Peas and Connecters.

#2) P21 Statement on the State of the Union

Fusing 3r's- reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic with the 4C's- critical thinking/problem solving, collaboration, communication, creativity and innovation is the motivation behind P21 in an effort to ready every student for the future global economy. We've seen and heard all of this before. Its called 'The 80's". Each core and elective course all ready requires some form of the 3r's in its lesson plan. Two of the 4C's, collaboration and communication, went out the window with the invention of computer and cell phone. According to NPR, this week, most students prefer to text, about 300 texts a month. They actually want to avoid people, especially when they're talking about that person. According to the broadcast, they'll talk to their parents when it's necessary to receive a 'yes' and to reassure them of a situation.
We'll be talking about this in the next century.

#1) Online All The Time

Youths spend an average of 7.5 hours a day... by Encarnacion Pyle explains that there are positives and negatives with technology. As with all extra-curricular activities, moderation is the key. Multi-tasking is a positive, however, obesity is not.
I am worried about obesity, bullying and of unhealthy personal relationships with our young adults. When I hear young couples talk to each other, I think, they are rude to one another. Maybe they are, or not. I don't want them to talk to me in that manner. My sister deleted a younger cousin and his fiance from her Facebook page due to their language toward one another. And, they wanted to know why she did it. They have no clue of their rude language.
Lower grades, depression and addictive behavior are also major concerns of mine. I am not a fan of technology primarily due to young people thinking that every thing comes to them in an instant- instant gratification.