@WyoLamar We cram to get good grades, but a lot of times the cramming causes us to get worse grades because we tried to shove so much information into our brains at once that we can't remember everything. #diglitclass
"I focus not only on where I can improve, buy where I am already strong, and I look to develop this strengths in myself and in others." This is a great view on self improvement! #diglitclass
We should change the way we are doing things, but we should always remember the way things were done so we can use it as a reference of what to do and what we shouldn't go back to. #diglitclass
I think we should take some advice from Will Richardson and unlearn and change the way we have been running our classrooms. There has to be another way to teach our children that will actually work for them. #diglitclass
I like how North Star is more centered around the students than the academics. They have a plan to get things done, but they get to do it in a way that makes sense and works for them with someone who wants the best for them. #diglitclass
I think North Star is doing it right. Every students needs someone who cares, and every student that goes into this school gets that, without even having to try. #diglitclass
I think the stress on grades is changing the definition of smart. It used to be what you knew, now it's your grades in different classes. If you are failing, you probably won't be considered smart, if you have straight A's, you are. #diglitclass
A lot of parents only care about their child's grades, my parents did. I was in AP classes, so I was "smart", but that's because I had good grades in those classes, not because of what I could really do in that class. #diglitclass
The sad truth these days is that grades are taking over the classroom. They are more important than the actual learning that happens. I am guilty of this, I care about my grade, but I never think about what I am actually learning. #diglitclass
I wish that I could have gone to school like Sudbury Valley, but I have the feeling that I would have been one of those kids who never went to a class. But I would've been the one that tried to do everything on my own and then got frustrated when I couldn't do it. #diglitclass
I would love to visit Sudbury Valley School because it sounds like an incredible place. I would love to see how it is run and how the kids really decide how and when to go to school. #diglitclass