rospaw
Senior Member
Wife was telling me kids in public Ga schools can listen to music while in class studying/doing work ect. Is this correct?
I just asked my son and he said yes.. Sometimes..during some classes. This is all news to me. Not during lectures or anything like that.. Just while they're doing their work.
My son is in middle and has teachers on both ends of the spectrum. One has a basket for phones, where another allows them to listen to music when doing worksheets and as a perk to finishing early with at least an 80 on the worksheet they can play games/watch videos. He's a bit on the hyper side so the music actually helps him focus on the paper then his mind wandering around the class. But he has classmates that can't listen while they work because it does distract them.
Daughter in elementary has even facetimed me from her class when she had a question from the teacher.
It's a new age! They even have school issued laptops in elementary that they do half+ their school work on instead of paper.
I have a 6th and 8th grader and both are 90% laptop work. No books at all. My son was working on tectonic plates/earth layers and had a question. I said hand me your book. He said What book?( I can't seem to remember that they don't really have books) The teacher says we should use google. So i go over to the bottom of a cabinet and pull out the old encyclopedias and he spent an 1//2 hour reading about his question then another hour plus about other stuff. (leaning on his own! ) I think i might bring that set back to life in a bookcase in the den.
Yeah, paper is a thing of the past. Heck, my sons handwriting makes a docs handwriting look a work of art! Teachers are fine with the handwriting. I'm not! He has been doing 2-3 grade writing exercises for me 4 times a week. I'm just at the stage where i can read a note saying "gone to Jims house to play" Teachers DO NOT CARE IF SOMEONE CAN WRITE even print.
"what worked in your class 40 years ago doesn't work today"As far as how students perform with technology.... what worked in your class 40 years ago doesn't work today. The world has changed and education had to change with it. Just because it's different doesn't mean it won't work.
News flash, Practical Application is not taught in High School or College now days.
"what worked in your class 40 years ago doesn't work today"
Yes it does! What i learned is still with me and i use it daily.
In Gwinnett county they play on their phones and iPads all day long. If you're a teacher and take it away you will be at the least reprimanded. Source MIL is a retired Gwinnett county vice principal. The teachers are afraid of students and liability.
Another reason "old school" was better. The roles have reversed in some cases. I know i was afraid of my teachers and my teachers were NEVER afraid of me. The respect has gone and it shows/plays out watching what goes on in our younger (under 30) crowd nowadays. You learn to respect at home BUT to keep it in-check, you need others around you to practice it.