Maybe the teacher is lousy, but kids can learn to follow the rules and get the grade while doing their real learning.
Wanted to respond to this but I need Dottie ( I mean Cathy)
to explain this sentence please, in the context of dealing with a bad teacher. I am lost
Ania, I am imagining a situation I encountered in high school where a teacher was just punching the clock and not interested in really teaching anyone. I think that somehow kids need to switch from external motivation (pleasing a teacher for instance) to self-motivation. Even though the teacher is giving me pointless busy work and useless comments (if any!) on graded work, I should still play the game, turn in the stuff, but extend my own learning just because I want to learn something. I think at some point, we want our kids to start differentiating the curriculum for themselves.
