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FAILAIDS curriculum change

Journal Entry: Sat Mar 31, 2007, 12:33 AM
  • Listening to: 'Gabriel' by Lamb


Don't make me laugh...bitterly.

Now, I'm young, I'm not old by a generational standard. But I don't see why essentially dumbing down the school system will allow students to exceed the decent levels of literacy that we experience now. If a child can't spell, it's not an indication that the English curriculum should begin to compensate.

I'm studying to be a teacher, and currently the trend is that anything we can do to make out methods different or 'modern' is good, despite whether or not it's utterly ridiculous or terrible. How this Norm Hart can suggest that 'digital literacy is vital' is beyond me, obviously this is the desperation for the 'modern' showing through in despite of logic and the corruption of social and educational standards.

I'm scared. I'm honestly scared. Acceptance of digital literacy may seem innocent now, but eventually it will lead to a whole generation who's English comprehension is founded in incomprehensible language.

I'm scared.

Discuss.

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~MakotoKei Mar 31, 2007, 1:04:27 AM
the curriculum shouldn't be dumbed down, if it continues the education level of AU would equal the USA (no offense to anyone from the US, not saying you're dumb i've just put my HS school schedual against a college curriculum and the outcome wasn't good. though i'm sure it'd be subjective to where you live or something perhaps?) and even though digital litracy is important isn't that like running before crawling in this circumstance?? *ahem* ya did says discuss *nods* call me old fashioned if you want, but i'd preffer learning the long basic way before anything else anyday
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~mercury-yume Mar 31, 2007, 2:16:57 AM
well, I wouldn't call you old fashioned or anything seeing as I agree with what you're saying. But it's illogical, it's lowering the standard for the sake of those that can't meet the standard, rather than helping me improve. I figure it'd just be easier to help them understand the different appropriate contexts for 'digital language' rather than acommodate to it.

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