C4T Teacher #2 Summary Post

I have been following post done by Karl Fisch and he is a very interesting guy. I say this because a lot of the posts that he post on his blog are very eye catching and makes you want to read and respond in pages at a time. The two posts that I commented on were the newpaper article in the Denver Post and the post about Teacher/Parent Conferences.

First let me say that I never thought that some people could have such a negative outlook on something as important as education and allow certain things to be publicized for us to see. The Denver Post made a headline story that read "Back in Action" and the subtitle to that read "Summer is almost over and the disappointed about returning to class...", really? It's understood that some kids aren't as excited about going back to school when the summer break is over, but the word disappointed to me is a little extreme, especially when coming from a newspaper publisher. If anything they should have been helping promote some sort of back to school function, especially with the drop-out rates that are sky rocketing today.

The other post that I commented on were his thoughts on Parent/Teacher Conferences at school. He made a statement by saying what is the purpose of holding a conference about a student and they are not present. Well to me this makes sense, because it's true that the parent may be able to relate the conversation back to the student but with them not being present, most of the time they are not going to be the least bit interested as to what went on. He also brought up the idea of a student-led conference, which I think seems to be great. It not only allows students to have that sense of authority and attention many always strive to get, but it also allows for better communication with the teacher, parent, and of course student as to what is understood and/or misunderstood in the classrooms.