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Home : 2009 : Oct : 21
changes in teaching
By ccarlton
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I taught elementary school for seven years. This last year was my last. I pretty much quit for the simple reason that this profession got progressively more stressful to the point where I couldn't deal with it anymore. As far as how this profession has changed, in my opinion it has not changed for the better. While I do think the whole standards and accountability thing helps gives teachers the scope and sequence of what needs to be taught, I think that the biggest thing that's happened in the constant assessing that higher ups say is necessary. The students are being tested to death and being pushed to the near stress levels teachers are. I think the kids are being turned into clones because of the constant assessing. The higher ups are forcing each student to try to achieve the same result in the same time frame regardless of the needs of the students. Everything is all about test scores and like it or not teachers are being asked to teach to the test, even if the higher ups say that's not the point of NCLB. If the goal is higher test scores, how can you not teach to the test? Students are being pushed harder than necessary, teachers are not getting paid for the extra things they do, and more is being asked of teachers each year. Kids are not enjoying school the way they used to. When I was in school, we didn't have power standards, and benchmark tests every quarter, and I still learned the things I needed to. I enjoyed some of the learning. The worst part of school for me was having to deal with mean kids picking on me. I think that the higher ups have good intentions for education, but their method for going about it is wrong and it's ruining education.
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