Summary Blog C4T

Bill Genereux is the teacher that I was assigned and he had a very legitimate complaint in his first post which was Pineapples Don't Have Sleeves. His 6th grade daughter was sent home with a practice test on reading comprehension skills. One of the questions was setup to where she had to pick the answer that best summed up what the story was talking about. The question was worded so wrong that his daughter could not answer it, and when Bill looked at the question he could barely come up with the correct answer. I even gave the question a shot and I could not determine what the right answer was. Bill was upset that the teacher had sent home the practice test worded to difficult for his daughter to answer. His main concerns was that teachers, and the author of the story, should be getting the questions down to a form where the sixth graders could understand them and that the wording should be correct coming from an educator. In my comment to Bill, I agreed with what he said about the teacher and the author needs to be aware of the content that they are sending home to the students. Even if it was a practice test it should be a good example of what is to come on the real test.

Inspire Her Mind was the second post that Bill wrote about in response to a Verizon commercial that he had seen. The video's message was showing us that we don't need to stifle a girls mind by always telling them what to do instead of them getting a hands on approach. Bill felt like because the girls are being pushed away from getting a hands on approach with building things that it would shy them away from wanting to learn about math and science. Being that Bill has a daughter in the sixth grade, he felt that the video was a good eye-opener for people. Bill is doing all that he can to keep his daughter intrigued with math and science. I complimented Bill on his efforts with his daughter. I did agree with him because I do see where not letting the children be free to explore will cause them to hate those subjects. Keep the child's mind open for any future endeavors they may want to pursue.