Lawrence O'Donnell Nails It
When students can shuffle off their failures onto their teachers, are we really creating a culture of accountability?
When I brought home a bad report card, it never occurred to me, or my parents, to blame my teacher... I also hated and did badly in anything involving writing of any kind. Which is kind of like wicked ironic since I then grew up to be a writer. That just points to the unpredictable ways we learn things.As I have argued here before: failure IS an option. It can be a very powerful motivator for a student (or a parent). I