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Liberal Myths About Education (view source)
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10. '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
10. '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
11. '''It doesn't matter if you succeed, as long as you try.''' While genuine effort and a strong work ethic are admirable, teaching students that results don't matter is gravely misguided; of course, that isn't how the real world works. Most employers don't care if you tried really hard...they care if you got the job done. Failure doesn't automatically make one a bad person, but it does carry consequences, and students need to be taught accordingly.
12. '''Students shouldn't be 'tracked.' Putting students of different ability levels in different classes can hurt their self esteem.''' Anyone familiar with what goes on in the typical classroom has encountered the opposite: if a student has a serious deficiency in a subject, putting them in a classroom with other students of much higher ability is the surest way to shine a spotlight on that deficiency. Students are keenly aware of which students in a class are the "smart ones" and which ones are the "dumb ones." Generally, efforts to teach students with widely different levels of academic ability in the same class results in boredom for the advanced students and frustration for the struggling students.
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