C4T#3

In Will Richardson's blog post Classrooms as “Shapeless and Unmoored”, he provides a link to a post that talks about how corporations put up a wall between now and the future. The future is an enemy because it is an idea that can't be thought and it is a risk that can't be managed. Richardson comments on this post saying that if you replace corporations with classrooms, it will make sense. The classroom doesn't need to treat the future as an enemy. Students should be creative and invent a future for themselves that will make them better students. He really gets his readers thinking about how classrooms need to break down the wall and work with the future to make a successful learning environment. What really stands out is the comparison of corporations and classrooms. Change needs to be made both in the classroom and in corporations. We can't keep living in the past and keep making the same mistakes. We need to invent a future that isn't the enemy; we need to combine the future and the classroom to make a better learning experience rather than living in the past.

In his blog post, One Mom’s Struggle With School and Tests, he shows a letter that he received from a mother that is thinking about opting her child out of testing because she feels that it does not help her daughter at all. She is not happy with the way the school system is teaching children and causing them to feel inadequate. I believe that not every child has the same way of learning. Some students may benefit from hands on activities while others learn better by reading. It should be a teacher's job to adapt to each child's needs and ensure they have the best learning experience possible. It is not right for a student to feel inadequate in their learning, they should feel confident in what they learn. Change needs to start in the school, not at home with the student.