Today I had to give my students a test because our school is a High School Transformation School. This means we received money from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. As a part of the agreement, whe have to follow this curriculum and give a number of assessments. It saddens me to know that so many inner city students have been set up to fail and when they are given a task they complain about it.
They were supposed to write an essay and many of them wrote one HUGE paragraph. There is no beginning and no end. What is even more disturbing is this is OUR future. What is really going on? I don't get it.
Week Five Poem-a-Week Challenge: Ode to My Mom
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This week's Poem a Week Challenge was to write an ode. I decided to write
about my mom, instead of writing more poetry about the pandemic. So this is
what...
3 years ago
2 comments:
I know -- I told my kids that the essay should be five paragraphs and I thought they were going to riot. Awesome!
Frank said, Don't you eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever, wear your gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggreat grandma hat ever again.
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