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Apollo
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My brother is in an advanced program that has him taking a math class one grade ahead of what he should be taking. I was in this as well, and when I was in 8th grade I had to take a bus to the high school so I could take math first period, then take a bus back to the Middle School, then sit around until it was time for 2nd period.
At the time, I thought this was stupid. But for my brother, they've outdone themselves. They want him to take a class via video, watching the teacher teach class over at the other school. There's about 30 kids geting screwed like this because they're too cheap to fork out the extra bucks to get a teacher to teach another class. Now, the problems are obvious: if you don't get something, you can't ask the teacher to go back over it; if you have a question, you can't ask it; and if you have trouble with the homework, there's no way to be sure the teacher will go over it. Not to mention the fact that the chances of all those kids, by themselves, actually paying attention to the video are nil.
Of course, just about every student's parents have complained, but it looks like they can't do anything. Right now, my brother will be dropping out of the program and taking a math class lower than the one he's currently taking, just to avoid this "tele-teaching."
So, my question is, have any of you heard of anything like this being done? And what do you think of it?
At the time, I thought this was stupid. But for my brother, they've outdone themselves. They want him to take a class via video, watching the teacher teach class over at the other school. There's about 30 kids geting screwed like this because they're too cheap to fork out the extra bucks to get a teacher to teach another class. Now, the problems are obvious: if you don't get something, you can't ask the teacher to go back over it; if you have a question, you can't ask it; and if you have trouble with the homework, there's no way to be sure the teacher will go over it. Not to mention the fact that the chances of all those kids, by themselves, actually paying attention to the video are nil.
Of course, just about every student's parents have complained, but it looks like they can't do anything. Right now, my brother will be dropping out of the program and taking a math class lower than the one he's currently taking, just to avoid this "tele-teaching."
So, my question is, have any of you heard of anything like this being done? And what do you think of it?