After reading David Warlick's post called "Are they students or are they learners?," I asked myself that question and thought about my own experiences and ideas. In this blog post, Warlick compares and contrast the common roles of students and learners. He talks about how teachers view their pupils more as students than as learners. He tries to emphasize the fact that the states base a lot of the education system on government testing. Scores are what matters to them the most nowadays. Teachers focus more on having the students 'get the score' as opposed to actually learning something. Many other bloggers put their opinions in the comment box. Most people agreed, but there were some who disagreed.
I think that what he is trying to put out there is true. Government testing is always going to be something teachers base their lessons upon. They want that extra cash at the end of the year. These teachers aren't too worried if the students are actually retaining the information. I'm not saying, every teacher is like this, but a lot of them are. This blog is a good way for teachers to share their own thoughts that maybe they aren't comfortable expressing in their own school or institution. There's no wonder this post got the most comments under Warlick's blog. It was a very interesting topic to discuss.
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