Teachers told not to ask for hands up

Any one else seen this story in todays papers.

Teachers are apparantly being told not to ask for hands up in classes incase some of the little darlings feel inadiquate or think that they are not as clever!!!

Oh my f#88king god, what ever next? its a fact people some of us are less inteligent than others.

How much more is the UK going to wrap everyone in cotton wool, faliure is part of life.

Kids today are never shown the negative in what they do any more, always the best, its like yes you completly f**ked up your exam but you got your name right so have a reward!! not a good thing in my eyes, reward where nessacery but punish and point out errors as well.

I remember reading about youngsters applying to the army and when they failed they did not know what to do because they have never been told before that they were cr*p at something.

This county is going down the pan far too quickly for my liking!!

viva la revlution!

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Completely stupid IMO. What might happen is the kid that gets picked may not know the answer and will feel even more inadequate when the whole class laughs at their completely wrong answer.

yep at least let the kids who know/want to answer , that way the others learn as well without looking even more stupid.

Did you know that most schools now have 'non competitive sports days'.

Oh brother.....

Its dog eat dog in the outside world and, as far as I'm concerned, the sooner my kids know that the better.....

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by Jamaxx

Did you know that most schools now have 'non competitive sports days'.

Are we applying that to the olympics too?

[Lissa]

So teachers can no longer ask for hands up in class in case it makes some children feel inadequate, but they now have the power to search those same children for knives..................presumably the knives they will use to stab the teacher with for making them feel inadequte! Is it just me, or is the world going mad?

Thats just stupid and non-competitive sports days! so whats the point in doing it? Everyone has a competitive streak in them and its not wrong or evil to let this out every now and again, surely its better to teach the kids to win with diginity or lose with dignity.

It will get to a point where kids won't get taught because its infringing on there growth by sitting down in a chair but they cant be taught standing up or walking cause that will cause to much stress on them! ARGH

Originally Posted by neio79

Teachers are apparantly being told not to ask for hands up in classes incase some of the little darlings feel inadiquate or think that they are not as clever!!!

Actually, that's not true. Chinese whispers.

An academic (and nothing to do with us) did some research which found that if kids aren't able to put their hands up to answer a question, they feel inadequate. Tell us something we don't know

Good teachers will always notice this and will have their own strategy for engaging with those kids who aren't able to answer the question, or are just not 'hand putter uppers'. We have not, and I doubt if we ever will, instructed teachers not to ask for 'hands-up'.

The report on BBC TV, with some woman who is head of some teachers association, said "We are reminding teachers that those who don't know the answer may feel in adequate" (or something very similar). More to do with "children being "traumatised"....

Complete and utter gonads !

Some children are more inteligent than others, if we are not going to continue with the 2 tier schol system (Grammer schools) how on earth can those that are better excel ? And, those that are not as bright need to be taught differently.

Having a "one size fits all" system will hold back those who excel and won't focus on those who find some learning difficult.

At the end of the day we need those with brilliant minds, and we need those that are skilled with their hands. Don't let the education system screw it up for everybody just because they want one system that based on an "average" pupil.

Originally Posted by Jelster

The report on BBC TV, with some woman who is head of some teachers association, said "We are reminding teachers that those who don't know the answer may feel in adequate" (or something very similar). More to do with "children being "traumatised"....

I think the point is more to do with the fact that there are bright kids who have self-confidence issues and find it difficult to put their hand up and could get overlooked/labelled as stupid (mostly by people who equate confidence with intelligence - not always the case). Which goes back to my point about good teaching.

Of course, that has nothing to do with Grammar schools. Most schools have selection criteria based on ability.