This Week In Education Thompson: "I Don't Care" In The Classroom

This Week In Education

Thompson: "I Don't Care" In The Classroom

Over at GothamSchools, teacher C.W. Arp correctly explains how "‘I don’t care’ is one of the Gigantic Problems." Of course, elementary students like Arp‘s and teenaged students like mine actually "care." Cultivating a reverence for learning is so much more difficult, however, when schools must compete with so many other factors for the affection of our kids. Before the recession when my school had a student parking lot that had cars in it, too many students worked 35 hours a week or more. Some students struggled to support their families, some worked to support their cars, and most labored for a

Video: 17 Best Movie Prom Scenes Of All Time

From Seventeen magazine, via Jezebel, the best prom scenes from the movies, starting with this one from Twilight. Is your favorite in there? Plus the dance scene from She's All That below the break.