So, Calvin, why do teachers become jaded and lazy? Did they start out that way or did something happen to young people who sought a rewarding life teaching?
I suspect that some of the same factors that turn off children turn off teacher too. Little children learn all the time (assuming they are not regimented too much in a pre-school). Play is children’s learning and learning is children’s play. And yet a few months ago I read in Newsweek that children are burning out by fourth grade. If so, why?
Let’s ask the right questions: why do children and teachers burn out?
One reason is that they are doing is insignificant busywork. I’m sure you can think of others.
Is there anything in standardized tests that will prevent burnout? Is it possible that testing contributes to burn out?
