This post is in response to the following video about a second grade teacher who is fed up with his elementary school's 'One-Size-Fits-All' curriculum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSgchJe2Z0
Stephen Round, the dissatisfied teacher who has decided to stop teaching at his elementary school, is reading his resignation letter to the Human Resources Department, but also to anyone else who is watching in order to get his point across. Stephen is very passionate and caring when it comes to teaching. He really cares about his students and wants what is best for them not what is easiest. Sure it might be easy to discipline and use more textbooks. Teaching is more about what the teacher has to offer rather than what the books do. Speaking in terms of monotonous readings and studies. The school board wants better "test takers" rather than enriched thinkers. When I was in elementary school, things were very social I feel like I learned more socially then mentally. Although the current educational board would think this would be a waste of time, in all honesty my social interactions on the playground and with teachers gave me a well rounded mind along with a good conscious.
Stephen Round stands for everything the educational system should be; teachers should be more concerned about problem solving abilities rather than creating good "test takers". Children should have the ability to react properly to different events that happen around them, this cant be taught in the classroom. Threatening or shortening recess would only be detrimental to a child's well-being and it would hinder future success as that child grows older. Stephen has made an excellent video and I hope that it gets the awareness it deserves.
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