Getting "Slammed" by student teaching
The other day I was
talking to a friend who is in college in a teacher
ed program. He made the comment that you study all
this pointless theory and then you get slammed when
you student teach. I happen to disagree that the
theory is pointless, but I definitely agree that
you get "slammed" when you student teach and
believe that the theory would be more meaningful
after you have started some teaching.
I talked to other friends who teach and supervise
student teachers in hopes of learning that the
teacher ed world has made great strides since I was
more directly in the field. Nope.
In that spirit I plan on making several posts
presenting my ideas on teacher ed. I have yet to
read up on what others are saying but will do so
and, of course, comment. These first posts,
however, are some ideas I've had based on my own
experiences and/or observations.
We're a great place to educate our kids, so sayeth Forbes
Unlike CQ Press's
crime statistics, Forbes seems to realize that St.
Louis is more than just the city. In ranking the
St. Louis area #9 for best places for education,
David Savageau has looked at the
entire metropolitan area.
Grades
Public School Support A
Private School Options A+
Library Popularity C+
College Town B+
College Options A+
I find the lower grade for library popularity
intriguing as I've always heard St. Louis had a
strong library system. I'll have to look into this
further. Where are the weak links? I don't have
time this Christmas vacation to do much digging as
I am busy catching up with my reading and paying
those library fines.