Big Mac: Goedde’s Full Of Beans

Really? It’s just the same? A teacher instructing students is doing the same sort of work as a farmer plowing a field? What classroom experience is Mr. Goedde drawing on? I taught for six years, and I found that the more technology I introduced to a lesson, the more things went wrong. I finally settled into using the overhead projector and occasionally the TV. Anything more was just asking for trouble. Computers fail. Webpages lock up or move. Computer projectors never seem to work correctly. I see trouble ahead for this laptop program. As I understand things, students will be issued a laptop as freshmen and expected to use it throughout the four years of high school. Here are some problems that I can foresee. Full comment here .

DFO: It’s interesting that the two chairman of the education committees in the Idaho Legislature are insurance salesmen from the Coeur d’Alene area.

Question: Would you compare teachers to a farmer plowing in a field?