Carrie’s TEBlog

RJ I think brings up a great point in his response to McNeil. She writes all negative points about teaching. Yes her points are valid, as RJ points out, yet I think her story is very one sided as well. The issue here is you can always take research and make it look the way you want it to look. Honestly, yes teachers are struggling to teach mixed classrooms, but many have some good skills that are beginning to work better and better. When you read articles like this I think it is important to remember there is always another side. We read these kinds of articles to gain both points of view because in the end we choose what works for us. If this article makes you angry then that will affect how you think about teaching in some form as well as if you liked the article. Also perhaps, this is an example of where we already know what we think about teaching and that is what we think to be right. This article is a challenge of the educational system, and no one likes challenges. I think that reading this article would be better if it was accompanied by an article on the other side.