The Independent Project

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Music:
American Beauty Theme - Thomas Newman
Spanish Armada - Ratatat
Spoon - Cut Chemist
Crescendo - Peter Boyce

Category:

Education

Tags:

• independent
• project
• massachusetts
• monument
• mountain
• high
• school
• new
• york
• times
• education

[scottstier]

This program is brilliant because instead of dictating to students exactly what they need to learn in a forced fed fashion, they are allowed to explore various fields of study based on their own curiosity. They are learning how to learn for themselves which is much more valuable than temporarily memorizing a set of facts that are meaningless to the individual. It's a paradigm shift from hoop jumping to mind expansion.

[moonrice555]

 The girl who starts talking at 3:15 has it DEAD WRONG. The teachers' hands are tied. They are NOT the ones who set the curriculum. It is designed and then handed to them by higher-ups who then say, "Go teach this." This is why the teachers are just as miserable as the students.

[dukesingreenriver]

I think a program like this will work for some students. Not all. I work at an alternative high school where some students still struggle to read and even add or subtract. I feel its a good program but the students need to have the skills and knowledge to carry out a project. If they don't understand basic math, how can they perform a science experiment without blowing themselves up? How will they be able to follow the directions of that experiment if they can't read? Just saying.....

[ElizaMogha]

am i the only one who thinks the background is a bit too loud? im trying hard to hear the interviewees!!

[lovelplants]

very well. :0

[oldsowconsulting]

Every high school should be engaged in this experiment.

[msbrookebunten]

The beauty of this project is that you are no longer simply learners, but experts. You're fantastic!

[tortillitas18]

Homeschooling is the best.

[moonrice555]

@krs239 I would say that is semantics, as most people hearing her don't know enough about how public school works and would assume she's saying it IS their fault.

[krs239]

@moonrice555 She was saying that the teachers are not inspiring or driving students to ask questions. It's true.

She also didn't claim it to be their fault, right?

[moonrice555]

@aikimoe "The good ones work around the curriculum, the bad ones rely on it." Yeah--and then the ones who work around it get reemed out by their bosses when they find out.

[aikimoe]

@moonrice555 She might very well have been talking about the kind of teachers who would say, "It's ridiculous to think that kids can be trusted to learn on their own." There are good teachers and bad teachers. The good ones work around the curriculum, the bad ones rely on it.