I wanted to add to Darin's blog about his teacher.
Having teachers that challenge us is something that happened to me in the 10th grade. Mrs. Edwards was my 10th Grade Honors World Literature teacher. The class was the hardest thing I took in high school, and one of the very few teams that I really earned a "B". Now, there were plenty times I received B's, but the effort was not there. In this case, I worked my tail off to get a B, and I feel like a much better student today. My had to read Dante's Inferno, The Oedipal Trilogy, Julius Caesar and my favorite novel of all time, Jane Eyre (Cue up the sarcasm). I'm lucky to get my 10th Graders to read Of Mice and Men, much less Dante's Inferno.
Education is a different animal than it was even just a few years ago. It's almost imperative that teachers find new ways to engage students, before there is no other choice other than committing felonies. Darin points out some good points, and I don't know what else to offer. it's important that educators keep on trying new things to help students find some kind of interest out of school.
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