Comments on: ‘The Power of I’ at the Carnival of Education http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: rightwingprof http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33478 rightwingprof Fri, 18 May 2007 18:39:48 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33478 See the pingback. See the pingback.

]]> By: Right Wing Nation http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33477 Right Wing Nation Fri, 18 May 2007 16:51:38 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33477 [...] Goddess is discussing the idea of giving Incompletes in secondary school (thanks to Joanne Jacobs for pointing it out–I'm not sure how I missed it on my first read through the Carnival this [...] [...] Goddess is discussing the idea of giving Incompletes in secondary school (thanks to Joanne Jacobs for pointing it out–I’m not sure how I missed it on my first read through the Carnival this [...]

]]> By: Richard Aubrey http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33476 Richard Aubrey Thu, 17 May 2007 17:21:43 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33476 Or what? Or what?

]]> By: rightwingprof http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33475 rightwingprof Thu, 17 May 2007 16:13:15 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33475 "yeah, because we wouldn’t want to teach anyone that deadlines matter." Actually, that's only one of several reasons. “yeah, because we wouldn’t want to teach anyone that deadlines matter.”

Actually, that’s only one of several reasons.

]]> By: greifer http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33474 greifer Thu, 17 May 2007 15:56:55 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33474 yeah, because we wouldn't want to teach anyone that deadlines matter. if you don't show up for your sales pitch there is no doing it later. if you don't go to the surgical watrd on time, there is no later. uf you don't stop the water leak now, there is no later. yeah, because we wouldn’t want to teach anyone that deadlines matter.

if you don’t show up for your sales pitch there is no doing it later. if you don’t go to the surgical watrd on time, there is no later. uf you don’t stop the water leak now, there is no later.

]]> By: rightwingprof http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33473 rightwingprof Wed, 16 May 2007 21:31:07 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33473 I'll have to think about it, but my initial reaction is that giving Is is a remarkably bad idea. I’ll have to think about it, but my initial reaction is that giving Is is a remarkably bad idea.

]]> By: Ken - Businessman/School Board Member http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/05/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33472 Ken - Businessman/School Board Member Wed, 16 May 2007 19:26:16 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/05/16/the-power-of-i-at-the-carnival-of-education/#comment-33472 The replies to the article "The Power of I" at the other web site are interesting. They mention the "Punitive" piece at the Secondary Schools. That's because this concept of giving an Incomplete as a temporary grade wherein the student can revisit the assignment and have its content reviewed and graded later seems to be primarily the need of students in grades 9-12. Now that's likely because in grades K-8, some sense of the importance of handing in work on the date it is due was not communicated to the little ones or their parents. Not a good thing. But setting up a program to manage the inflow of "late" assignments is also a ridiculous waste of a teachers or anyone's time. And if all this institutionalized schooling is supposed to be part of a preparation for life and upping the ante on a young person's ability to make their way in a post school world; what good is the lesson that not having something done when it is due is excusable? Just imagine during an employment interview a hiring authority asking, "and what's your average when it comes to being late at getting things done? Two days or two weeks?" Does anyone think that is what employers are looking for? The replies to the article “The Power of I” at the other web site are interesting. They mention the “Punitive” piece at the Secondary Schools. That’s because this concept of giving an Incomplete as a temporary grade wherein the student can revisit the assignment and have its content reviewed and graded later seems to be primarily the need of students in grades 9-12.

Now that’s likely because in grades K-8, some sense of the importance of handing in work on the date it is due was not communicated to the little ones or their parents. Not a good thing. But setting up a program to manage the inflow of “late” assignments is also a ridiculous waste of a teachers or anyone’s time.

And if all this institutionalized schooling is supposed to be part of a preparation for life and upping the ante on a young person’s ability to make their way in a post school world; what good is the lesson that not having something done when it is due is excusable? Just imagine during an employment interview a hiring authority asking, “and what’s your average when it comes to being late at getting things done? Two days or two weeks?” Does anyone think that is what employers are looking for?

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