http://brandilholmes.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/ttctw-ch-10-the-community/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:35:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://brandilholmes.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/ttctw-ch-10-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-15 crothstein Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:37:19 +0000 http://brandilholmes.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/ttctw-ch-10-the-community/#comment-15 Bravo Brandi for not accepting a statement as face value. We really can't know what anyone is thinking can we. I have been around long enough to know that years from now a text book will be critcisizing this one- pointing out all the misconceptions. Yet each educational trend is always based on a desire to help children. And ultimatelyl, if that is what you are doing in your classroom, then you are doing the right thing. If we are self - reflective, and dilligent in our efforts to connect with our students then we can create a learning community in the classroom. A school has the potential to be a place of gathering in a community if it is used as a resource for parents who are struggling in this society. When the book referred to smaller schools, I thought of this- a time when schools could really interact with the people it serves. Bravo Brandi for not accepting a statement as face value. We really can’t know what anyone is thinking can we. I have been around long enough to know that years from now a text book will be critcisizing this one- pointing out all the misconceptions. Yet each educational trend is always based on a desire to help children. And ultimatelyl, if that is what you are doing in your classroom, then you are doing the right thing. If we are self – reflective, and dilligent in our efforts to connect with our students then we can create a learning community in the classroom. A school has the potential to be a place of gathering in a community if it is used as a resource for parents who are struggling in this society. When the book referred to smaller schools, I thought of this- a time when schools could really interact with the people it serves.

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