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<p>If there was just one way of teaching something, and students all learned the same way, you really wouldn’t need very many teachers. Isn’t the great skill in teaching figuring out how to get the material across to the students?</p>
<p>I think that the class in question was literature. Think of symbolism. A few people are great a picking it out, a lot more can find symbolism if they are told what they are looking for, and some of the more literal minded might not be able to find it unless it was literally highlighted. Once size fits all doesn’t work. If you aren’t going beyond the packet, the school district might as well just hire classroom monitors. Where is the pride and satisfaction of getting a kid to what my HS chem teacher called “the a-ha moment”?</p>
<p>I know that last year in science, my D would ask the teacher for more explanation and she would be referred back to the online power point…but on several occasions, her friend would be able to explain the concept to her in just a few sentences.</p>