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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 468697" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>This stuff makes my blood boil.</p><p></p><p>Short answer: NO WAY.</p><p></p><p>1) I think most group work is just an easy way out for the teachers (and then I have to duck when I say it because the teachers on the board will be throwing bricks...) but I'm serious. If kids were 2x4s it might work - if they all came from the same culture, had the same personality, were at the exact same level academically... MAYBE. Reality - the teacher can't even handle the dynamics, so how on earth can the kids?</p><p></p><p>2) I have never, ever, supported a teacher who punishes a group as a group unless it can be absolutely proven that the entire group was breaking school rules (catch 6 kids dong grafitti on the school wall... sure, nail all 6). Most of the time, the situation is way to complex for a teacher to figure out, so they take the easy route. The "official line" is that kids need to "learn to work with others". Well... in my opinion this junk just proves to our kids that working with others doesn't work, can't work, and is to be avoided at all costs. Not the intended lesson, of course.</p><p></p><p>UGH.</p><p></p><p>This is not just "not fair".</p><p>This is just plain WRONG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 468697, member: 11791"] This stuff makes my blood boil. Short answer: NO WAY. 1) I think most group work is just an easy way out for the teachers (and then I have to duck when I say it because the teachers on the board will be throwing bricks...) but I'm serious. If kids were 2x4s it might work - if they all came from the same culture, had the same personality, were at the exact same level academically... MAYBE. Reality - the teacher can't even handle the dynamics, so how on earth can the kids? 2) I have never, ever, supported a teacher who punishes a group as a group unless it can be absolutely proven that the entire group was breaking school rules (catch 6 kids dong grafitti on the school wall... sure, nail all 6). Most of the time, the situation is way to complex for a teacher to figure out, so they take the easy route. The "official line" is that kids need to "learn to work with others". Well... in my opinion this junk just proves to our kids that working with others doesn't work, can't work, and is to be avoided at all costs. Not the intended lesson, of course. UGH. This is not just "not fair". This is just plain WRONG. [/QUOTE]
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