Brillant Students

Posted on by under Homeschooling

This is so very close to my heart. I truly believe that a lot of tests are not for the students but rather for the institution or the system. There to prove a point… And not there to bring the student forward…

But then I’m that crazy homeschooling mom… 😉

44 thoughts on “Brillant Students”

  1. If you give students the same problems on the tests but without the stress (even if there were time limits but only so people aren’t there for hours), I feel like scores would increase.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

      • I think, if you asked most teachers, they would agree. It seems education has become more about fudging numbers, and achievement of children, against this national average, which is average…. I don’t know where. Children need to be judged on their own merit. You have to realise all kids start school, and each class, at a different developmental and academic level. If they are all supposed to reach the same level but a certain point, then how unfair is it on a ‘low achieving’ child, who, theoretically, may have made more progress than a brighter child, one academic year,and moved up more levels, from say a 2 to a 4, and the brighter child who goes from 4 to 5. The brighter got to the expected 5, just going up 1 level, so he is lauded. The child who jumped 2 levels, is still slated because he didn’t get to the right level.
        Isn’t applauding individual progress more important, to make a child feel his worth?
        Sorry Sandra, I’ll get off my soap box now!! This issue really bugs me!!!!

        Liked by 1 person

      • I guess Its why I do what I do… If I can help even one of those strugglers reach a target, I’ll be happy. But equally, I’ll only push them as far as I deem correct…

        Liked by 1 person

  3. I agree completely
    Great post. It’s hard to come across such a meaningful message delivered in such few words
    Crazy homeschooling mom? Hahaha. I don’t think so. You’re more like the mom who took a stand against the system.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

      • Your last statement. Yes. I think it’s only fair they recognize that fact. That people are different.
        There’s a quote (by Einstein, I think. Not sure) that I like: ‘Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.’

        Liked by 2 people

      • Yep, that’s an Einstein quote. I love it too. And there’s another one down that line: Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it and so it goes on flying anyway (by Mary Kay Ash)…

        Liked by 1 person

      • Exactly. Why do these people feel the need to complicate everything? Great quote. As a matter of fact, the bumble bee is a hero.

        Liked by 1 person

      • Right? I heard that quote for the first time of a friend of mine who had an accident and ended up paralyzed. She always said that she would be able to walk again. They told her she wouldn’t. The bumble bee quote was her mantra. Today she is able to walk again. For a short distance and if she can hold on to something. But she can stand up and walk. And all of it because she did not believe in “not being able to” and kept trying…

        Liked by 1 person

      • That is really inspiring. Really. And that’s coming from a person who’s not inspired easily. Thank you for sharing that with me. I’ve taken a screenshot and I’ll try to get everyone I know to see it

        Liked by 1 person

      • Inspiration-ception? Inspiring the one who inspired you? This is some great positive energy today.
        I’ll be sure to check out that post when it’s published.

        Liked by 1 person

    • That is so very interesting! Would you be up to write a guest post for my blog about this experience? No deadline. Just email it to me when you are ready… If you’re up for it…

      Like

      Reply

  9. Reblogged this on Just Plain Ol' Vic and commented:
    Amen. As a parent I have always hated standardized tests as a measure of achievement, especially when schools are evaluated based on the results of those tests. It creates a system where teachers teach to the test and not teach their subject as they should.

    Once you leave school, no where in the “real” world is your performance based off one test. We live in a world where we are evaluated on an overall quantitative and qualitative set of standards.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    • Based on recent painful experience in the “real” world, Vic, what you have said about how we are evaluated out there just ain’t so. That’s why I taught my children to put more weight on how they value themselves than on anyone else’s opinion of their worth in the world.

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

      • I agree with your statement 100%.

        My comment is that in the “real world (aka professional job)” your performance evaluation is not based off one data point but a set of data points that gives an overall evaluation. So how schools evaluate performance is contrary to how an employer would.

        This comment however had nothing to do with a child’s view of their self worth, which I agree needs to come from them and not from anyone else.

        Liked by 2 people

  13. Do you mind if I quote a few of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources back to your weblog?
    My website is in the exact same area of interest as yours
    and my users would genuinely benefit from some
    of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this ok with you.
    Thank you!

    Like

    Reply

Leave a comment