Haiku Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I read every issue they send me. I really wish I could like this publication. But they are so smug. It just grates on my nerves. Why do I keep reading it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The double pleasure of being able to say, "Yeah, I do Latin and the great conversation," and "Wow, we're so much less stuffy than these guys." I wonder if that's what they're secretly aiming at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The double pleasure of being able to say, "Yeah, I do Latin and the great conversation," and "Wow, we're so much less stuffy than these guys." I wonder if that's what they're secretly aiming at. :lol: :lol: Still waiting for the new Classical Teacher, but...yeah...that thought crossed my mind recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I tossed the whole thing in the recycle bin after starting one article. Something about the superiority of a teacher teaching at the front of the room and how "modern" educational theory does horrible things like have the teacher sit with the students on the floor or circulate in the room. They also don't like learning centers, which I've seen work very well with young children in teaching science. Just rubbed me totally wrong...maybe I didn't read it carefully, but I have an attitude about these things. Even with college students, sometimes I like sitting right with them, doing the same exercise. And I let them work in pairs, and walk around a lot. Horrors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I usually enjoy the magazine, but I agree that this one was super-smug. I think they have a good thing going with their Highlands Latin School or whatever it's called, and the college admission essay from one of their students was certainly . . . interesting, but to say that their brand of classical education is THE way to go for EVERY child is just a little over the top. And I've been in enough elementary and early childhood classrooms to know that a teacher standing in front of the class imparting knowledge is not always going to work. Sometimes learning centers ARE the way to teach a concept well. Glad it wasn't just me who didn't like this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alef Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I also wasn't impressed with the bit about kids sitting in straight rows of desks while teacher lectures at the front. I really don't think that retaining good things from the past means we have to throw away everything we have learned about education and learning in the last fifty years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I read it as they were being Smaug. :lol: :laugh: Classical Dragons anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I read it as they were being Smaug. :lol: :laugh: Classical Dragons anyone? That's on the last page. Really. There is an article about Peter Jackson's movies. I enjoyed most of the articles, but the college admissions essay that they published just about made me gag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I feel the same. I constantly wonder why I keep reading it. That first article in the latest issue was way over the top - even for them. I actually stopped about 1/3 of the way through and reread. I was sure I must be misunderstanding. The classical school would have mindless drones, sitting silently, doing the exact same assignment... and this would be a good thing? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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