Do schools do put too much pressure on our students? If so, is it high schools that do that with all of the requirements to graduate that need to be fulfilled or is it done the same way at elementary schools too? Are we forcing students to learn too many facts and memorize things that they will never need to know again? Or are we giving them opportunities (in their time at school each day) to work cooperatively, problem solve and learn about things they can use outside of the classroom. Are we giving them enough time at the end of their school day to play? Or, along with outside of school activities do our kids not have enough time to do stuff like play with cardboard boxes and just "be kids"?
Do parents put too much pressure on their children? Do I put too much pressure on mine? I think being a teacher gives you the ability to have the perspective to see things from both sides in that regards. I have seen students who got a question wrong on a test or even a quiz or an assignment that have not been able to handle that failure/hurdle. How did we get to this point? When students resort to cheating or plagiarism in order to "succeed or be successful" in school, does that mean that they have been pushed too far? I would say it does.
I know that this is mostly, (well pretty much entirely, actually) just a bunch of questions. Something to think about though anyway...I know I am.
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