This tuesday we went to visit the schools of Bridgeport and Brewster. What this two schools have in common is that both have a large amount of mexican children, actually 81% of the students speak Spanish as their first language.
I liked Brigdeport School, because it shows that good results can be possible no matter the social status or the background of students, I mean if those children who, primarily, are not Americans, living in a country with a language that it is not theirs, can achieve things like being listed as one of the better schools, (in fact it has been National and State distinguished as a very good school) why not the rest as well.
One of the things that I really liked was the possibility of taking some college classes at school so that students can obtain credits then when they go to the University. I think it is great, I hope in Chile we had something like this, because I think it motivates students to continue their studies after school, and they can also see how different is college from school.
On the other hand, we have Brewster, which has not been so successful, actually it has been intervened and now they are working with an Scripted Curriculum.
Another thing that draw my attention was the fact that if students show up late for classes too many times they receive notificatios and their parents can be required to go to the court and they can actually go to jail... It is also interesting the fact that each state has their own curriculm for classes.
Now some questions to think about...
What other laws do exist in the US to control dicipline and attendance to classes??
What of the things you saw in this visit do you think you can apply to the teaching of EFL?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a national curriculum for schools or having a different curriculum for each state or region?
I liked Brigdeport School, because it shows that good results can be possible no matter the social status or the background of students, I mean if those children who, primarily, are not Americans, living in a country with a language that it is not theirs, can achieve things like being listed as one of the better schools, (in fact it has been National and State distinguished as a very good school) why not the rest as well.
One of the things that I really liked was the possibility of taking some college classes at school so that students can obtain credits then when they go to the University. I think it is great, I hope in Chile we had something like this, because I think it motivates students to continue their studies after school, and they can also see how different is college from school.
On the other hand, we have Brewster, which has not been so successful, actually it has been intervened and now they are working with an Scripted Curriculum.
Another thing that draw my attention was the fact that if students show up late for classes too many times they receive notificatios and their parents can be required to go to the court and they can actually go to jail... It is also interesting the fact that each state has their own curriculm for classes.
Now some questions to think about...
What other laws do exist in the US to control dicipline and attendance to classes??
What of the things you saw in this visit do you think you can apply to the teaching of EFL?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a national curriculum for schools or having a different curriculum for each state or region?
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