And what, exactly, do you think would the purpose of an educator be if they didn't at least encourage students to read in class? What this is, is snobbery.
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· 8 years ago
Encouraging someone to do something doesn't mean they'll always do it.
don't want to stand in the middle of the debate, but in my opinion (!) both of you are right. an educator should be encouraging and inspiring kids to read, but it's all the kids' choice to act on it. i mean if i know that i'm not exactly and expert in reading and my teacher says so - or at least hints on it -, then shouldn't i know better and practice at home? though some of those kids do need to be pushed, others may move better at their own pace.
@aenean I know you mean well but you're not looking at the problem correctly. Why does society require school? Why is it enforced? The answer is simply that most people won't or can't teach their own kids and kids most definitely won't try learn on their own (there are exceptions). We make kids do things not because we're mean or whatever but because when left to their own devices they will not do the things they need to help them in life. So making the worst reader in class read every time is the right thing to do because they won't do it on their own time. There is no teaching job harder than trying to teach someone who doesn't want to learn what you're teaching. For the rest of the kids in the class that can read with no problem, maybe they should just read ahead and stop being the immature little troglodytes that they actually are.
story time: i have a 32 year old sister who has 3 kids and honestly.. her parenting is a mess. his son is the literal example on this topic that if you don't teach or motivate your kid to read - they won't. and what's the worst? she's so stubborn she never lets me help her. i try to get her kids to read, not just to play minecraft (okay, well that's not a bad thing, but only if they don't do that all the time) or watch videos that doesn't make sense even for someone as open minded as me, and she just shuts me down, saying that i should not be telling them what to do, but she never makes them study until there's a big test. it's incredibly annoying because reading is a must-do, there's stuff written everywhere and if they don't read, their life is going to be just about the same as when you buy some kind of ikea furniture and you don't read the instruction (because you know them, oh yes you do) and then end up f*cking it up - like those tests and classes they never study for.
..yeah. i know. and by the way, sorry for misunderstanding the situation.. it may be that i was just looking at the problem by a perspective that wasn't the same as yours. i do agree with you though.
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· 8 years ago
Waiting for that "How do you expect them to read well if they don't practice?" asshat to show up.
Wait he's already here, shit.
like actual help
Wait he's already here, shit.
Right above you.