Thursday, September 8, 2011

Just do it!

I have been helping my friend DT (the one who just moved to TX) with some curriculum development for the high school classes he's teaching. Yesterday afternoon I was looking for non-traditional pre-algebra materials and found this great quote which I might have to use on my syllabi in the future.
"Did you know that teachers used to be students? Why are they now smarter than the students they teach? One reason is that they do the stuff. They stand at the blackboard, and they write and talk.
Please don’t just read the questions and then read the answers. Use a piece of paper and a pencil.
Please."
~Stanley F. Schmidt (Life of Fred: Pre-algebra 1 with Biology)

1 comment:

Mel said...

Okay....now THAT'S worth stealing and handing to one of the educators I know!