A Standardized Composition Test
We know bubble sheets are unrelated to “real life”.I think we made the “education thing” up by constructing much nonsense about the written word being the supreme method of sharing ideas and information.
I think we have forgotten that sharing experiences and doing things together are matters that (1) allow us to learn and (2) make us human.
I began asking a question of Paramedic and EMT students (HS grads/GED) to kick-start discussions about medical-legal issues. I ask them to write down the first word that comes to mind when asked “What Are You?” I ask that question three more times, and request they again write their answer down.
The answers generally deal with biological sex, sex/gender/family roles and issues, race/ethnicity, nationality
