We have to stop pretending...

Dr. Scott McLeod issued a challenge a few days ago to post five things that we need to stop pretending in education.  I am taking on this challenge with my five things that we need to stop pretending.  Please visit Scott's blog and please take the challenge yourself, but most importantly you need to share and share again!  So here it goes:

We have to stop pretending...

• ...that if we made more money we would be more motivated to teach and educate students better.
• ...that students are digital natives and automatically know more than us (about technology) just because they were born more recently.
• ...that any type of structural change will fix education.
• ...that poor kids, black kids, Hispanic kids, kids from broken homes, special education kids, or any other kid who has been dealt a difficult hand doesn't want to learn or can't learn.
• ...that a clock, calender, or room will dictate learning.

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