alt.education

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 7:14 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> messagenews:3d97f0d5-da8c-4ebe-91fd-babc62c973ad@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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>> > On Feb 24, 3:09 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
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>> >> > She started the whole "not answering" thing in RESPONSE to a
>> >> > question
>> >> > and has gone on to ignore about 5 questions from me. So, I guess
>> >> > you
>> >> > are inaccurate.
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>> >> Oh, no, Kenneth. I have told you that I will be *glad* to answer your
>> >> questions, as soon as you answer the one question I asked you. I'm
>> >> not
>> >> refusing to answer at all--like you are--I'm just not going to answer
>> >> until
>> >> you finally answer my one question. So I guess you are inaccurate.
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>> > First, you say I need to provide an idea. Then, I point out that I
>> > did provide an idea. Then, you say you need full details before you
>> > will answer me (a standard YOU have never met in your
>> > ideas...hypocrisy).
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>> > So, despite the fact that you haven't provided details on any idea
>> > that you have posted (hypocrite) and are currently admitting to be
>> > guilty of the charge you have against me (not answering
>> > questions...hypocrite), I'm going to provide details..right
>> > here...right now. Then, I expect FULL DETAILED answers to EVERY
>> > question I have given you.
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>> Reading comprehension is a very important skill to develop,
>> Kenneth. Keep working at it.
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>> > Financial Savings Accounts Suggestion
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>> > I suggest (my opinion) that students be taught the value of saving
>> > money by way of setting up savings accounts for the students. In that
>> > teachers are currently demanding students' families give many school
>> > supplies (paper towels, crayons, protractors, etc) to the class each
>> > year, it is not unusual to ask them to donate money to a savings
>> > account (which could be in any amount of money...even a penny). Over
>> > the course of the upcoming years (even after that class) the students
>> > could see the value of compounding on their money.
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>> Obviously you still have no dies about how to set goals and objectives.
>> This is just the same idea you presented before a little more dressed up.
>> So, I will ask a few questions about it just to clarify:
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>> 1) Do you consider "teaching kids to save money" and "setting up
>> savings
>> accounts" to be one and the same? If savings accounts are just one kdea
>> on
>> how to teach kids to save money, what other ideas will you use?
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>> 2) Who will collect the money? How often will it be collected? Who will
>> count the money? Who will compute the interest? Will these be student
>> tasks, and, therefore, ways for them to learn the value of saving? How
>> will
>> those lessons be taught to students who choose not to bring money?
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>> > In fact, it may be a good idea to make this a 529 college savings
>> > account. Of course, all of this is just my idea of how to make it
>> > work.
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>> 3) Who will open the bank accounts? Do you know of a bank that permits
>> deopsits as low as one penny? How often will the money be deposited?
>> Where
>> will it be kept until it is deposited? How much interest do you think
>> that
>> the students who only deposit a penny each month will earn?
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>> 4) How will the responsibility for these savings accounts be handles from
>> year to year? Will the original teacher continue to handle them? Will
>> the
>> new teacher take over? What will you do about students who move part way
>> through the year? Who will be responsible for getting their money for
>> them?
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>> 5) What specific objectives--measurable behavioral objectives--are you
>> looking for from the students to show you that they have mastered what
>> you
>> are trying to teach?
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>> > There you go, everyone. I expect to see full detailed answers to all
>> > of my questions, now.
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>> Was you answer detailed, Kenneth?
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> Of course it was detailed, or do you need me to give you a definition
> of "detail." I did give you specifics, as you requested. Just
> because you like to renegotiate at you go doesn't give you an out.
> Answer my questions.

You gave a very small amount of detail on *one activity* relating to
teaching kids to save money. Is one activity all you plan to use? Just
one? And *how* are you going to incorporate it into the classroom? Do you
think you could hand this "detailed plan" to another teacher and have them
put the plan into action? Is this how you are being taught to write goals
and objectives in your education classes?

As for your questions, I am not going back through this entire thread to
search them out. If they are that important to you, repost them and I will
be glad to answer.