http://kayda.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/lets-standardize-the-standards/ J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:43:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://kayda.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/lets-standardize-the-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Chris Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:21:54 +0000 http://kayda.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/lets-standardize-the-standards/#comment-12 That sounds like just one more thing to make it more difficult for good teachers to teach well. After receiving all of this education about how to educate, it seems the government is going to hold my hand and tell me what to do every step of the way. Not only that, but if I try to go explore a new area, they will force me to stay on the path. Despite this impedance to teaching, doesn't standardizing every students education also make our creative minds of the future much less diverse? I know that students should all get an equal opportunity in the world, but if we equip everyone with the same skill set, then everyone will have the same skills. Seems an obvious and pointless conclusion, but what can people accomplish together if they all have the same skills? Not that much more than if they try to do it alone. I think that, in regards to education, we shouldn't rely so much on the word "standardize." That sounds like just one more thing to make it more difficult for good teachers to teach well. After receiving all of this education about how to educate, it seems the government is going to hold my hand and tell me what to do every step of the way. Not only that, but if I try to go explore a new area, they will force me to stay on the path. Despite this impedance to teaching, doesn’t standardizing every students education also make our creative minds of the future much less diverse? I know that students should all get an equal opportunity in the world, but if we equip everyone with the same skill set, then everyone will have the same skills. Seems an obvious and pointless conclusion, but what can people accomplish together if they all have the same skills? Not that much more than if they try to do it alone. I think that, in regards to education, we shouldn’t rely so much on the word “standardize.”

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