High School teachers please explain !

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It is very obvious to me that high school students do not have a clue what the word commitment means. Actually a commitment by a student athlete is really not worth a dime until he signs on the dotted line. Your word is no longer your bond(hasn't been for decades). lt It is my understanding that many schools across America do not even teach spelling any longer. Word meaning and reading comprehension are severely lacking also. And we wonder why our public secondary schools are so far behind in the education of our children. As a holder of a BS Degree in Secondary Education it is so obvious to me why so many children are being home schooled, as well as private schools are increasing in attendance daily ! So, fellow teachers if you cannot teach spelling in high schools across America, please, at least please explain to them what a few words mean.
 
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Today: We need some serious training in what the word commitment means. It's ridiculous that this generation cannot honor it's word.

Tomorrow: 5* defensive tackle flips commitment from Alabama to UT

90 seconds later: Boooooooooooooooooooooom. Welcome young man! What are we up to on 247 now?
 
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BruinVol said:
So it’s the high school teachers job to teach what a commitment means ???


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That was not my point that it was the high school teachers sole responsibility to teach all word meanings. I guess I should have stressed that spelling in general helps students learn word meaning and a general use of the English language. I would like to think that students knew what many words meant prior to the high school level.
 
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I'd settle for just making sure kids are educated and not just getting by. Too many football players showing up to college not educated enough to remain there. Case in point, the rumors about Pickens at UGA. A lot of it is laziness on the part of the student, but teachers need to take note of these kids as well. Their parents too. It's just a cluster. Football isn't forever, an education lasts a lifetime. JMO, of course.
 
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ReelfootVol said:
It is very obvious to me that high school students do not have a clue what the word commitment means. Actually a commitment by a student athlete is really not worth a dime until he signs on the dotted line. Your word is no longer your bond(hasn't been for decades). lt It is my understanding that many schools across America do not even teach spelling any longer. Word meaning and reading comprehension are severely lacking also. And we wonder why our public secondary schools are so far behind in the education of our children. As a holder of a BS Degree in Secondary Education it is so obvious to me why so many children are being home schooled, as well as private schools are increasing in attendance daily ! So, fellow teachers if you cannot teach spelling in high schools across America, please, at least please explain to them what a few words mean.
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Um, I don’t believe there is no such thing as a B.S. in Secondary Education. A B.S. degree in a discipline and education courses to become certified.
 
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Commitment is a word better taught through action and example rather than vocabulary and lesson, and the onus is on the home and the parents to be that example.

Education is and always has been a simple equation. You get what you put in and the rewards of hard work are exponential. I have students in the same class, listening to the same lecture, completing the same work, and I add, blessed with the same ability who score completely different during an assessment. Why? Effort trumps ability every time when all things are equal.

I had 27 kids earn an F one year on a report card because they simply refused to turn in the assignments. 27 out of 75. I had one parent of those 27 contact me. Education is not valued at home any longer.

I could write an entire book on this, but for the sake of brevity and the fact that it's Saturday, and I really just want to read about my vols hosting some absolute beasts this weekend, followed by a game of ultimate frisbee, before watching what I hope will be a beat down of Memphis...I'll stop here. 😀 Go Vols!
 
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ReelfootVol said:
It is very obvious to me that high school students do not have a clue what the word commitment means. Actually a commitment by a student athlete is really not worth a dime until he signs on the dotted line. Your word is no longer your bond(hasn't been for decades). lt It is my understanding that many schools across America do not even teach spelling any longer. Word meaning and reading comprehension are severely lacking also. And we wonder why our public secondary schools are so far behind in the education of our children. As a holder of a BS Degree in Secondary Education it is so obvious to me why so many children are being home schooled, as well as private schools are increasing in attendance daily ! So, fellow teachers if you cannot teach spelling in high schools across America, please, at least please explain to them what a few words mean.
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