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Making Clockwatching Even More Agonizing
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The fact that a private school is trying much longer classes is an indication that educators are completely detached from the actual classroom experience and how kids respond. Classes lasting over two hours? Torture. The key isn't more classroom time, it's helping kids learn at their individual proper pace. For some -- and I was like this -- it would mean LESS classroom time and more independence; if the Internet existed when I was a kid, I might have blown through high school in three months. For others, it might mean more tutoring. But sitting in one place for two or three hours isn't what kids need. (New York Times)
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