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Every job I’ve had has required team work and working groups. No way around it, so you have to find a way to make it work.
As for bullying, no shortage of that in the workplace either.
Actually, paying people to write college essays is a rich people’s problem. Actually, college is so expensive that it is becoming a rich people’s problem.
One problem with “letting them fuck it up on their own” right after they learn something is that it reinforces the wrong answer and then it becomes harder for the kids to learn the right way.
This is a key reason why my principal friend is against homework.
If school was a about learning bunch of independent items this would not be too bad, but with each lesson building on next and all students expected to go at the same pace, the results of fucking something up can multiply.
I never do my son’s homework for him or give him an answer, but I do try to steer him back in the right direction when I see his messing something up.
“not all people work well with others, and they shouldnt be forced to.”
Avoiding cooperation with others is extremely self-limiting over the long term.
BHS, I did a lot of group/team stuff as well in MBA school. where did you go???
oh fuck no, cooperative learning? bitch please. there was nothing more annoying in school than group projects. i always felt like i was left with the lions share of the work and other people always brought down the grade. i specifically remember complaining in 8th grade to my history teacher when he assigned me to a group with a bunch of stupid people who probably never saw an A in their life. i flat out refused to partake, complained to my guidance counselor that i couldn’t be asked, and was excused from that project.
not all people work well with others, and they shouldnt be forced to.
*rob*
Yes, kids need to learn how to deal with bullying and a bloody nose. All work and No recess or playtime makes Johnny a dull boy.
bullying, has me torn and glad I don’t have kids. Are kids so much more meaner today than in past? “Glee” type mentality makes it worse I think.
If anyone spots the Crazy Crown Heights Cat Ladies, kindly let them know that I am looking for them. Tell them I will show up at their door unannounced if necessary.