Hi Everyone! Hope you are having a great week! Please check out my VoiceThread link...enjoy!
http://voicethread.com/share/775920/
Shayne
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Your voice thread looks great. I too have had students ask me why they have to learn certian things. I teach social studies so I tell them you can always learn from the past. Since you teach reading and writing you could tell them that they can not learn anything unless they can read and write. For example you can not do math, or science without knowing how to read the material to understand how to problem solve or learn concepts.
ReplyDeleteHey Shayno, Sadly I too have had students ask me why they have to learn a given subject or simply if they Have to do it? I teach 2nd grade, that's just nuts that little ones can already have the I don't want to mentality. I look at other cultures and how it is a priveledge to get an education and wonder what our society needs to do to change.
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ReplyDeleteI teacher freshman social studies and I have my kids read for about 15-20 at the beginning of each class. They constantly ask me the same questions, "Why do we have to read?" "This is history, why are we reading non-history stuff?" And I tell them the same things you do. That it is important to educate yourself to have thoughtful and deep conversations with others. ALso, being knowledgable about the outside world makes you a more well rounded person. They still don't agree fully.