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Jul. 31st, 2009 08:24 amThis is probably not going to be nearly as well-articulated as I would like, as I've been wordless for so long that I'm losing all skills, but I had a thought last night and I want to grab it, because it's important, and I want to think about it and I want others to think about it, too.
Our schools have all of these resources for identifying "problem" kids -- bullies, troublemakers, reading-challenged, math-challenged, what-have-you. These resources are poor and underfunded and miss many kids or maybe the kids get the program but it's not the right program for *that* kid, so it doesn't help, or it doesn't help enough, or whatever, -- but -- the programs are there, and we're trying.
What we don't have, and I think we legitimately need in the schools, are programs to identify kids' strengths. Who is a future engineer? attorney? medical researcher? climate scientist? plumber? carpenter? mechanic? Why is there so much focus on weaknesses and so little on strengths?
That's all for now, I'm off to see my daughter's painting. :)
Our schools have all of these resources for identifying "problem" kids -- bullies, troublemakers, reading-challenged, math-challenged, what-have-you. These resources are poor and underfunded and miss many kids or maybe the kids get the program but it's not the right program for *that* kid, so it doesn't help, or it doesn't help enough, or whatever, -- but -- the programs are there, and we're trying.
What we don't have, and I think we legitimately need in the schools, are programs to identify kids' strengths. Who is a future engineer? attorney? medical researcher? climate scientist? plumber? carpenter? mechanic? Why is there so much focus on weaknesses and so little on strengths?
That's all for now, I'm off to see my daughter's painting. :)
