This is problematic on so many levels that I need a thread to explain.
Background: I teach at a blended learning school. Many of our students work during school hrs so our flexible timetable allows for it.
Background: I teach at a blended learning school. Many of our students work during school hrs so our flexible timetable allows for it.
I'm not necessarily opposed to students working in itself. There are many reasons why students need to work:
- Support their family
- Support themselves
- Extra spending cash
But it takes a particularly disciplined student to successfully balance work/school.
- Support their family
- Support themselves
- Extra spending cash
But it takes a particularly disciplined student to successfully balance work/school.
I say this b/c not many teens are good at it. They either overschedule themselves or their work does. Then they skip school or come to school too tired to learn.
At my school I'm always cautious when a student tells me they got a job. There's a chance they'll drop out of school.
At my school I'm always cautious when a student tells me they got a job. There's a chance they'll drop out of school.
So why do I find @fordnation's fireside chat problematic?
B/c students should go to school.
If there are barriers to going to school, they should be addressed. If a student needs to work to support their family, then that's a poverty problem, not a lack of elearning.
B/c students should go to school.
If there are barriers to going to school, they should be addressed. If a student needs to work to support their family, then that's a poverty problem, not a lack of elearning.
There are no studies that prove elearning is good for students. What it does do is remove students from school & the support system in place.
If we're going to make changes to the education system, it should be changes based on sound research that promotes student learning.
If we're going to make changes to the education system, it should be changes based on sound research that promotes student learning.
It should not be changes to make it easier for students to get part time jobs.
If they don't need the money, then their priority should be education.
If they do need the money, then as a society we should be examining why. Why does a teen have to work before they graduate?
If they don't need the money, then their priority should be education.
If they do need the money, then as a society we should be examining why. Why does a teen have to work before they graduate?
People argue that post secondary/workplace req elearning.
1. Not every student goes to post secondary.
2. You need to build the skills towards elearning.
You don't teach someone to swim by throwing them into the deep end of the pool.
1. Not every student goes to post secondary.
2. You need to build the skills towards elearning.
You don't teach someone to swim by throwing them into the deep end of the pool.
Again we are not against elearning. We are against MANDATORY elearning.
Even if we want to make it easier for kids to get jobs, why is it mandatory? Are we expecting all kids to get jobs while in school?
This is a gov't trying to rationalize savings on the backs of our students
Even if we want to make it easier for kids to get jobs, why is it mandatory? Are we expecting all kids to get jobs while in school?
This is a gov't trying to rationalize savings on the backs of our students
Also if @fordnation really cared about teens making money, then maybe he shouldn't have cancelled the minimum wage increase.
That could have helped so many of my low income kids.
That could have helped so many of my low income kids.
TL;DR: we should value education & make policies that are good for learning instead of making it easier for kids to disconnect and drop out.
No mandatory elearning. Let students opt in if they want elearning.
Stop trying to profit off our kids
#ONpoli #OntEd #NoCutsToEducation
No mandatory elearning. Let students opt in if they want elearning.
Stop trying to profit off our kids
#ONpoli #OntEd #NoCutsToEducation
