User talk:Pjack020

Paul, I really enjoyed to read your philosophy of education. I see you are a very young and I loved to find one that believes on himself thinking he  can make a difference. I am sure you will. The idea of a teacher seeing their students grow up, inside and outside, is exactly what I think too. I am excited to find someone as young as you that understands that it is not just about being competitive and succeding in school, but it is to learn how to be happy and strong in our school life because we had a good feed back from when we were children. I invite you to see my coments in my article, and you will see in my personal experience how important this was for me. About no child left behind, I agree with you. I also think that everybody has different talents. Someone might not be good in Math, English or Science but good in art, sports and generosity etc. I am not saying that students do not need to pass Math, English or Science exams. I am just saying that teachers might need to have this sharpness or finess to recognize when someone has differents gifts and making them feel proud of them, even though those don`t  embody with the curriculum.Mchar009 (talk) 12:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)68.110.155.87 (talk) 12:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Paul, your ideas about how parents can take a real active role in the learning process of their child is VERY IMPORTANT. I sometimes got the impression from our class that too much emphasis was placed on just the teacher and child relationship when really it should involve the parents to some degree as well. Parents ought to be the primary teachers and the degree to which we cooperate and share with them various things we notice about their child the more they will be able to join in the cooperative effort of directing their child's efforts and motivations. As far as the NCLB directives and the SOL assessments, I think they are a good start. I also think that was time goes on there could be a cooperative effort to make them a little more of formative tools rather than summative assessment tools. What do you think? Ed Farinholt (efari002) (talk) 04:30, 16 November 2008 (UTC)