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 pseudonym rated 39 months ago - A failure to comprehend failure is surely the worst sort of failure. And, if one were to give this worst-sort failure a grade--in the range of A to F--they would have to give it a Z, "Z" for "ZERO!" Classrooms should be used to teach students about the real world: a world that...
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- Metamorphosis rated 39 months ago
- from the page
"Liz Beattie, a retired teacher, will call on the association's annual gathering in Buxton, Derbyshire, to "delete the word 'fail' from the educational vocabulary to be replaced with the concept of 'deferred success'"."
"repeated failure, such as in exams, can damage pupils' interest in learning." ~ Liz Beattie
"What happens when an exam is failed but, for example, three-quarters of it is perfectly satisfactorily done? It should be possible to do the other bits as add-ons afterwards and to defer the success of the exam." ~ Liz Beattie
"Elsewhere we applaud those who persevere, like marathon contestants who take days to complete. It's time we made the word 'fail' redundant and replaced it with 'please do a bit more'," ~ Wesley Paxton.
It seems that Liz had deferred success with her proposal.
- pseudonym rated 39 months ago
- A failure to comprehend failure is surely the worst sort of failure. And, if one were to give this worst-sort failure a grade--in the range of A to F--they would have to give it a Z, "Z" for "ZERO!" Classrooms should be used to teach students about the real world: a world that is made up of both "failure" and "success."
Additionally, all examinations should be of the comprehensive type. Testing in modules (instead of comprehensively) lends itself too much to "cramming," (which is basically useless for the long-term) and only came about in the first place so schools could artificially raise their average test scores. Modules testing is but one of the many "inventive" ways schools have "devised" as part of their "teaching for the test" philosophy.
I agree with the previous reviews by gantlord, Lookinglong, penman2, and Herald.
In a nutshell--it's time to wake up and smell the coffee.
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- penman2 rated 39 months ago
- gantlord has already hit the spot with this.
I hate 'political correctness', partly because it is a form of censorship and partly because it tries to hide (unpleasant) truth and reality that we should face up to.
When nonsense like this arises, I begin to wonder what teachers think their role and duties are. Out in the 'real world' there is a lot of failure to face. Life is dreadfully unfair. Children need to be taught to recognise it, face it and overcome it.
Look at sport - any successful sportsman will face huge amounts of failure before success comes and even then they will 'fail' regularly. The successful ones live with failure and keep going. Teaching children about how common failure is in life and the necessity of keeping going is probably the most important lesson teachers have to give children.
- gantlord rated 39 months ago
- Madness! Pure madness! I would argue that part of the reason people get so down in this society is that we set every up to be winners and when we find out the true nature of life we are deceived. Children need to be able to handle failure, not be hidden from it. Part of life is failing, knowing one has failed and picking oneself up and trying again.
 Herald rated 39 months ago- What cobblers. It's worth remembering that the so-called "Professional Association of Teachers" is a marginal group with no credibility in the UK teaching profession. It developed under the Tories as a tame trade union intended to cheer on the then government's education policies. It's every bit as feeble-minded now as it was then, apparently.
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