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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor
As for math teachers, as long as the students can pass the SOL, the county is happy....doesn't matter how they get the info across.
As for foreign language teachers, most of them are *not* native speakers (this goes for ASL, too) Most of them are second language learners and they teach the way they were taught.....vocab, vocab, vocab.....very little grammar, very little culture behind the languages unless you get a REALLY enthusiastic.
It's all about the credentials....no longer is being a fluent, native person enough......now there is the evil PRAXIS and NCLB!! (do NOT get me started on that one!)
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What's the SOL?
Sort of sad for foreign languages....
I've heard of the PRAXIS, NCLB is "No Child Left Behind", right?
Randy