Comments for Tutoring Match Blog http://www.tutoringmatch.com/blog The Faster, Better Way to Learn Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Literature is losing the battle against testing by Cari http://www.tutoringmatch.com/blog/?p=2238#comment-558 Cari Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:12:05 +0000 http://www.tutoringmatch.com/blog/?p=2238#comment-558 I completely agree, Stacie. When I first became an English teacher, a surprising number of people asked (disparagingly), "Do you think you're going to teach kids to love books?" While that was never my primary goal, it did seem like a valuable potential bonus (if not "books," maybe at least one book). I can't imagine anyone looking at education now and asking a teacher that question. As annoying as I found it, not hearing it anymore is worse. When do we give kids a chance to fall in love with a book, with science, with history, with math, with the arts? Why do so many believe we have to force children to learn? Wouldn't it be better--and have far more lasting results--to work to help them love learning? I completely agree, Stacie.

When I first became an English teacher, a surprising number of people asked (disparagingly), “Do you think you’re going to teach kids to love books?” While that was never my primary goal, it did seem like a valuable potential bonus (if not “books,” maybe at least one book). I can’t imagine anyone looking at education now and asking a teacher that question. As annoying as I found it, not hearing it anymore is worse.

When do we give kids a chance to fall in love with a book, with science, with history, with math, with the arts? Why do so many believe we have to force children to learn? Wouldn’t it be better–and have far more lasting results–to work to help them love learning?

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