Tuesday was the first day of school. It is over and the early indicators are not promising.
I put a map of the United States on the board and asked the class if anyone could come up and show me where the Mississippi River was located. In fairness I will point out that it was a satellite map with no labels. Not one student in any of my classes even came close. A few came up and looked. I guess they figured I would have it outlined in red or something. None of them even had a clue.
Out of my five classes, two are designated as “honors”. One of them is some new category that is above honors. The best they could do was point at the Pacific Ocean and a vague gesture towards New England.
It is going to be a long year. At this point I don’t expect them to know the difference between a democracy and a republic. I don’t expect them to know where the Darling River is located. But the Mississippi?
It is going to be a long year.
homo unius libri
Hoo, boy. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteIt always makes me wonder what they talk about with their parents or if they talk to their parents.
DeleteGrace and peace.
That's pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteMany of them are really nice kids. All of them are painfully ignorant but that is a key ingredient if you are a progressive and want to control the population.
DeleteGrace and peace.