Nice post! Concerning Ms. Mac’s two statements, both are definitely great. The first should be applied for us to start forgetting about those difference that separate us, and the second should be applied for false facts not to be stuck in student’s minds. I always hated those true/false questions, specially the tricky ones, because they provide you with false data and you’ll start doubting the correct data.

This is a really nice post! And I really enjoyed the TED talk! It makes us think totally different from the way that we always thought was the best but we deeply knew that it wasn’t the best. Differences are there and we should not try to hide or ignore them. That’s how people are… Different! And we should acknowledge those differences and treat those people the same way we treat a person who’s not that different.

Interesting graphic. It’s nice how it shows that students want to use social media and will find a way to use it while at the same time a lot of schools don’t allow them to use it. But, as it was said, “social networks are here to stay”, and students would always want to use them, so it would be better if teachers find ways to teach students while using social networks as an educational tool. This also makes the students more interested, as the statistics in the graphic show.

I really like your article and the new idea that you proposed. I never thought that straight-A students need more care from the teacher. I even thought that they need less care since they’re better than the others. But what you said definitely makes sense and teachers need to take it into consideration.

I liked the article, especially that last sentence. I believe that an educator’s main purpose is to challenge himself while preparing every class in order for the class to stimulate the student’s creativity and let him grow personally while learning.

I completely agree. Faking it won’t last long and people will notice it. Being yourself is the best way to do anything and be good at it, especially if you’re a teacher. But also challenging yourself from time to time in order to be better and try new ways is also very encouraged.

I totally agree that money is not the only problem. Students need motivation, and schools need to change the way they teach in order to make the student more involved and motivated.

I also thought about the same thing concerning getting a job or getting accepted in a college or grad school. How would the employer / school decide on whether one person is better than someone else and pick him instead if there are no qualitative grades involved?

I agree with what you talked about, but could you think of any other practical way to evaluate students fairly? What do you propose as a replacement?

I believe that you’re right about having different evaluation methods for every course. Every course is different. A quantitative grading scale only works for a few cases.